PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles has added an additional year to its deadline for finding funds to restore the former City Hall and Fire Hall on Lincoln Street.
In August, the City Council gave city and Clallam County staff six months to find funding sources to repair the art deco building at 215 S. Lincoln St. that once housed the council chambers, jail and firefighters.
On Tuesday, it voted 7-0 to extend the deadline to March 2013.
Reinforcing the building’s foundation and performing some minimal repairs is estimated to cost $230,000.
Another $1.05 million will be needed to restore the exterior of the building.
The county received a $500 grant for restoring the parapet, a false front above the roof, in December.
The building, the focal point of the drive to establish a historic district last year, is expected to become the new location for the Clallam County Veterans Association once repaired.
Veterans association Vice President Terry Roth said the group is all for such a move, which would place the group next to Veterans Memorial Park.
The city and the county both support relocating the group from its current location at 261 S. Francis St.
“There’s more at stake here than just the fire hall and veterans,” Roth told the council.
“We’re talking about the ability of the county and city working together on common projects.”
The former City Hall was built in 1931; city offices moved in the 1950s.
The historic district formed in March 2011.
It also includes the original Clallam County Courthouse and the Museum at the Carnegie, both located on Lincoln Street.
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Reporter Tom Callis can be reached at 360-417-3532 or at tom.callis@peninsuladailynews.com.
