COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – South Monroe Street between U.S. 12 and West Pearl in downtown Coldwater is closed until further notice after pieces of a historic building fell to the street over the weekend.
Pieces of the brick and ornamental overhang fell off of the old Merriman Dental Office Building at 25 West Chicago.
Coldwater Police and Firefighters were dispatched to the corner of South Monroe and West Chicago just after 3:00 p.m. Sunday afternoon.
No injuries were reported.
Barricades and yellow tape were put up to keep vehicles and pedestrians out of the area.
Coldwater City Manager Keith Baker says Hops on Monroe will be moved further south on South Monroe this Thursday evening to avoid the area.
He says the owners of the building are Rhonda Ives and Neil Degolia and that work is supposed to start Tuesday on removing the remainder of the overhang on the building to assess the deterioration of the brick facade.
Baker does not have an estimate on how long the one block section of South Monroe will be closed.
South Monroe has been a center piece of the city’s efforts in recent years to revitalize the downtown area.
If you have any questions, please call City Hall at (517) 279-9501.
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