Engineers work to stabilize Wiscasset building after brick collapse
The old Wawenock Block building has stood solidly on Wiscasset s main street for more than 160 years. Author: Don Carrigan Updated: 8:49 PM EDT April 8, 2021
WISCASSET, Maine It was Saturday afternoon, and inside the “In The Clover” women’s clothing store Kate Stanech and her coworkers saw a woman on the sidewalk, clearly agitated.
“She had been walking by and some bricks fell in front of her,” Stanech said.
She had pointed to the historic Wawenock Block building a short distance away. Stanech said she could see the front wall bowed outward, and knew it wasn’t good.
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Wiscasset Fire Chief Rob Bickford at the scene after part of the Wawenock building collapsed April 3. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset newspaper
Hundreds of bricks fell when the wall gave way Saturday afternoon. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper
Wiscasset Public Works Director Ted Snowdon, center. Also pictured are Officer Nathan Willhoite and Earl Babcock. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper
People gather on Main Street to see the damage to the Wawenock building. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper
Wawenock building damage. PHIL DI VECE/Wiscasset Newspaper
No injuries were reported after part of the Wawenock block collapsed Saturday afternoon showering hundreds of bricks onto the Main Street, Wiscasset sidewalk in front of the historic building.