02 Apr 23:
To some it's just an old red barn, owned by Smithfield Foods and used for storage decades ago. Today it is a hazard due to a rotting false floor and leaky roof, among other issues. CUrrently located behind the Smithfield Inn, its future is being discussed.
We looked it over, it does need repair but with the pandemic induced inflationary price of materials, it could be economically repaired. We'd hope that the repair would be taken a step further to repurpose the structure into a multi use event-training-museum space. But it's not our money or our building.
In the meantime we took measurements and photos in case that will be the only record of it. At a minimum, there is a lot of good lumber there that could be salvaged, or the structure could be rebuilt elsewhere ala Barnwood Builders.
We think it would make a good small boat chandlery and boat shop :) Only a block from the waterfront.
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