Downtown Wiscasset crumbling brick façade repair cost, timeline remain uncertain Questions about what caused the brick façade of the 163-year-old Wawenock Block building in downtown Wiscasset to crumble and how long the repairs will take remain unknown nearly one month after the incident. Share The owners of the Wawwnock Block in downtown Wiscasset doesn’t know how long it will take to repair the building’s brick façade after it unexpectedly crumbled earlier this month. Kathleen O’Brien / The Times Record Contractors are working to stabilize the façade of a downtown Wiscasset building after a layer of bricks peeled off and crumbled to the sidewalk below earlier this month, but the exact cause of the collapse and how long repairs will take remain unknown.