CONSTRUCTION UPDATE

The exhibit rooms have undergone significant upgrade with fresh paint and trim, higher ceilings and installation of high-end, museum-quality lighting. It's a fresh clean palatte awaiting installation of a completely upgraded and expanded Jesse James exhibit and Northfield History exhibit coming soon.

Now - onto the outside. Trucks will take over the Division Street parking spots in front of the Scriver Building, if they haven't already, as crews prepare for demolition of the existing peaked roof.

The first step will be to cut into the existing roof from the outside and extract insulation, monitoring for possible artifacts in the attic space. Then workcrews will work inside the dark, hot and messy structure increasing the support structure before they begin tearing the old roof off in favor of an upgraded and reinforced flat one, restoring the building to it's 1876 roofline.

Extreme degradation, advanced flat-roof technologies and a desire to restore the building to its 1876 exterior when the James-Younger Gang attempted their ill-fated robbery have all influenced the decision to continue our founder's vision of restoring the exterior of the building to it's 1876 appearance.

Stay tuned and respect the barriers on Division Street sidewalks - it's a construction zone.