Council saves city's oldest building

28 Feb 2017


Menomonie’s oldest standing structure in the downtown historic district will soon be relocated.

The 1862 building was saved from demolition when the Menomonie City Council unanimously approved spending up to $10,000 to preserve the building by having it temporarily relocated on city-owned land below Fire Station #1 on Fourth Street.

The motion to move the former Jill’s My Style building at 125 Main Street came just in the nick of time, as construction of the new Cobblestone Inn and Suites hotel at that location is ready to get underway next week.

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