The Plymouth Board of Public Works received an update on what is needed to preserve the historic firehouse on Center Street.
Brent Martin from SRKM said the building was built in 1875 and renovated in 1993. When the contractors renovated the building, they sealed the brick in such a way that the condensation could not expel from the interior part of the structure that caused them to deteriorate. The trapped water also froze and expanded that caused even further damage.
What Martin plans to do is use a different compound to re-seal the bricks to deter any further deterioration. The tower will be repainted as well as the exterior bricks. A 50/50 grant will help cover the cost of the renovations.
He said while the brick is bad any major renovations won’t be needed for another 20 years.
Questions about the addition of parking spaces around the firehouse were brought up, plus other concerns caused the Board of Works members to table a decision on the project until next month.
