The City of Marysville is pressing the pause button on the demolition of a 1912 built house that most recently served as the city’s museum. Marysville Mayor Wayne Pyden says the city will put a temporary hold on razing the Carpenter family homestead to allow for more public input after some in the community were concerned by the removal of the smaller Marysville Bank building also in the park.
“We’ve kicked that can down the road,” said Pyden, referencing demolition. “Lesson learned when we took down the small (bank) building, and I think we need more discussion. Somebody might have an idea we didn’t think of.”
A special meeting is planned to be held on September 17th at the Marysville Community Center to further discuss the museum building. Meantime, councilmembers in Marysville will be meeting on Monday August 15th to discuss the future of the band shell in the city park. That structure could also be demolished in order to make room for a new amphitheater and is expected to be funded by the county’s COVID-19 relief funds.
