Washington leaders seek feedback on old gym restoration

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WASHINGTON, Washington County — The oldest residents remember when the city's old gym was a gathering place for music and dancing, plays and weddings. Due to some old-school thinking and recreational taxes, those days could soon return.

At the corner of Main Street and Telegraph Street stands an old two-story school building constructed in 1909, where the city museum currently resides.

In 1924, a gymnasium was added to the rear of the building, Washington Mayor Kress Staheli said. Now civic leaders want to use recreation, arts and parks taxes to renovate the building and reutilize it as a community center.

"The goal is to better utilize the (gym) portion of the building by integrating modern functionality while preserving the rich heritage of this sandstone structure, rooted firmly on pioneer grit and a lava rock foundation," Staheli said in his monthly address to the city.

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