CPA Projects – Detailed Report

The funds will provide funding for necessary work to preserve and restore parts of the historic 1889 portions of the original Acton Memorial Library building. The work will include spot pointing the east, west and south sides of the building’s brick and brownstone exterior, resetting granite steps, repointing brownstone steps, and rebuilding approximately five feet of the west chimney top due to spalling mortar and bricks. This project received $70,000 in CPA funds in 2020, but due to rising costs, that fund amount does not cover the total cost of the work. Without this critical repair, continued degradation of the mortar, brick, and brownstone will persist, and interior water damage will be imminent.