A piece of Park City’s history dating to the silver-mining era is re-emerging toward the southern end of Main Street. The ongoing reconstruction of the building, known as the Centennial House, will be highly visible as crowds arrive for the three-day Labor Day weekend, celebrated in Park City as Miners Day. The original building dates to the early 20th century, a time when the mining industry drove the Park City economy, and was once known as the Durkin Boarding House. The Centennial House fell into a terrible state of disrepair in recent decades and had not been occupied for years. The location is just uphill from the commercial stretch of the shopping, dining and entertainment strip. The building is among the most prominent along upper Main Street, and the work is visible for blocks. The project will turn the structure into a house. The municipal Historic Preservation Board on Wednesday received a progress update. The contractor, PJ Builders, drafted a one-page statement provided to the Old Town panel. “The new construction is framed and dried in, and mechanical, electrical and plumbing rough ins are underway. Exterior site work will continue as far as weather allows this fall. Reinstalling the historic siding is the next visible milestone and will return the building’s original character to public view,” the update says. The statement also covered topics like windows and the historic trim. The update says: “The historic windows will be addressed later in the project, consistent with the level of care their restoration requires. Openings will be temporarily blanked so that siding installation and interior work can continue. Because of the way the siding was originally installed, with window trim applied over the siding, the siding can be reinstalled now while the historic trim is held until the windows are set.” The post Park City reconstruction of once-decrepit historic building proceeds appeared first on Park Record. ...read more read less