BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION TO CONSIDER HISTORIC BUILDING TODAY

  

Brenham's Building and Standards Commission will meet today (Wednesday) to discuss the future of the old St. Anthony Laundry Building.

Located at 209 S. Market Street in Brenham, the building stands as one of the oldest remaining in downtown Brenham. It is one of the buildings included in the National Registry listing for historic downtown Brenham.

The building has been left open to weather through holes where windows used to be located. Now after years of exposure, the roof has given way. The St. Anthony Laundry Building is now considered an “unsafe structure”, thus making it the topic of the Building Standards Commission today. The owners of the two-story building, Kent Brownell and Mary Corona, are seeking bids to have it torn down.

Doug Price, the Executive Director of the Brenham Heritage Museum, is hopeful that something can be done to save the historic building from destruction.  Price says the Laundry Building is a visible historic structure that helps completes the historic perspective of Commerce Street.

The Commission will meet on today at 5:15 p.m. in the second floor council chambers of the Brenham Municipal Building.