ST. ANTHONY BUILDING TO BECOME ‘FOUR STAR CONCERT HALL’

  

The city of Brenham will soon gain a new concert venue at a historical location.

John Elford, the new owner of the St. Anthony Laundry Building, has announced plans to turn the property into the Four Star Concert Hall of Brenham.

Elford saved the historical building from demolition after it was deemed an “unsafe structure” by the city. Since his purchase of the building, Elford has been working on making the building structurally sound. He says that while weather has delayed much of the work, he plans on having the venue open by mid-summer:

Elford says the concert hall will have the capacity to hold approximately 140 to 180 concert goers, depending on the type of performance taking place.

"We will utilize all kinds of musicians" said Elford. "We have such great local musicians in this four to five county area. I could go out every night and listen to them. So, we are going to feature them as well as some more notable entertainers from abroad."

The venue will also feature a bar and an outside area:

Most importantly, Elford says he’s dedicated to preserving the historical significance of the structure, while simultaneously providing an entertainment venue for residents and visitors alike.

"That building has what everyone in the industry calls 'good bones' and it really is a great structure" said Elford.

"I'm really glad I found it and that we are going to preserve it. The outside will pretty much look the same. We will dress it up a little bit with some lighting and such, but we are pretty much trying to preserve what everyone has been looking at since 1880."

 

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6 Comments

    1. I don’t think the city planner pays attention to parking if your downtown or near downtown. It is first come, first serve. Other places have to comply with the city rules.

    2. It won’t be because the city will allow it to open with insufficient parking since it’s in the downtown area. A normal Joe Blow like myself always had to put in extra spaces before getting my Certificate of Occupancy.

      1. “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.” This is running ramp-id in our city planning with the proposed lack of available public parking, with inadequate street widths in developing areas, with extreme lack of street maintenance. When planners fail; citizens are guaranteed, that they will be paying higher, and new tax methods, to makeup for planner mistakes and errrors.

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