PARISHVILLE - While winter storm Euclid may have dumped more than a foot of snow on the north country, Parishville Town Supervisor Jerry G. Moore said it couldn’t stop work at the town hall.

“It slowed them down, but they have been working steady when the weather has allowed,” Mr. Moore said, adding he’s glad the project got started when it did.

“It’s a good thing we took the bricks off when we did because the walls were moving,” he said. “You could see where the bricks were bulging out.”

After removing the bricks, Mr. Moore said the building’s exterior walls were rebuilt with three inches of insulation added, something Mr. Moore said will “pay for itself in no time.”

“The bottom two feet were completely dry-rotted out. There were only a couple of spots where there was any support at all,” he said. “We don’t know what was holding the second floor up.”

Mr. Moore said the town hall was built in 1910 and appears to have been built with whatever scrap lumber and boards they could find at the time.

“It’s kind of patched together. It looks like it was put together with whatever they could find,” he said, adding that casings weren’t even built for the windows.

“There was nothing to stop the wind from blowing right through them,” he said. “But it’s being done right this time. We’ve got the best materials we could get. It’s going to last.”

The building’s windows are being replaced with new energy-efficient windows and the siding that will be installed comes with a 50-year warranty, something that Mr. Moore said a few people have questioned.

“I told them that if it only lasts 40 years to call me,” he joked. “Connie (Maguire, town clerk) said it’s already warmer in there with just the plastic on the building.”

When asked if there was any timetable for completion, Mr. Moore said he’s not in any hurry to have the work completed.

“We’re kind of doing it day by day. If they can work three days a week that’s fine. If they can work four or five that’s fine too,” he said. “We don’t want them here if they can’t do anything. There’s no point in them being here and losing money. We don’t want that.”

Work remaining to be done includes some roof repairs as well as the installation of new fascia and soffit.

“We don’t want them to open that roof until we know we’ll have a couple of good days in a row,” he said.

Work is being completed by Harvey Construction, Chase Mills, who was awarded the $65,150 last month.

“The Harvey Construction Company has been doing a wonderful job. They’re here early every day and they’re cleaning up as they go along,” he said. “The day they took the bricks off, you couldn’t find a piece of brick anywhere.”

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