Adjacent houses razed. The massiveness of the project shows not only in the demolition of the old Middle School auditorium but of houses in adjoining lots and a across West Fifth Street for parking. The site is all flattened. Image: Steve Lunde
Site awaits gold-painted shovels for ground-breaking
WINONA, Minn. – Ground has been cleared for construction of the privately financed $35 million Masterpiece Hall concert venue and art gallery next to the Winona library, but Schwab, the contractor, yet to bore support columns or lay concrete. Originally philanthropists Bob Kierlin and Mary Burrichter had hoped for a debut concert in 2025. Post-CoVid supply-line shortage are a problem.