This is a test page.
For the past two years, this grand old home has been recognizable as much for the blue city dumpster in the parking cutout on 6th Street as for the neoclassical full-height circular porch columns in front. That is about to change, however, as a herculean effort led by new owner Amy Lee is heading into the finishing stages of painting and floor finishes.
You can't have a performance facility without a stage—and it’s one of the most difficult elements to repair, because it’s always in use. General Manager Dean Eddington and Liberty Hall owner Susan Millstein had been monitoring areas of the stage floor that were showing damage and gradually getting worse.
The home at 843 New York Street, built in 1892 with a porch and back addition constructed in 1920, is enjoying new life after spending the past 40-plus years as a rental property with minimal updates.