Hahn Building News Today

NAPOLEON — A rededication ceremony of the Haly Chapter #136 at the Napoleon Masonic Lodge will be held this Saturday as the chapter is recognized for more than 150 years

Renovations at a nearly century old building reveal one of its early tenants. A sign from the past, visible earlier this week. “I was shocked.” That’s how Jim Nash, with the Farnsworth-Hill property management company, describes his reaction when workers rehabbing the 708 Church Street building earlier this week uncovered a sign from years gone by. “Milburns,” the sign said, above a window and some plywood window coverings. That 708 Church storefront most r...

Recently, Rev. Doug Jones and the congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church on East Church Street made plans to install a columbarium in their memorial garden. The walkways and gardens are nestled behind an old brick wall running along Maxwell Avenue and the historic Hahn Building, facing Church Street. Knowing that the area may be archeologically sensitive, excavation work began under the watchful eye of Dr. David Hixson, an archeologist and assistant professor of Art and Archaeology at ...