The City of Eufaula held a ribbon cutting ceremony Friday for the renovated city hall, followed by an open house that gave the public the opportunity to get a close-up look of the dramatic changes to the building.

Five years ago the historic city hall at 64 Memorial Drive was closed for black mold remediation.

“We gutted the old building, put on a new roof and made it watertight to take care of all moisture issues. We sealed all of the exterior walls,” said City Manager Jeb Jones.

The city bought a building at 17 Hospital Drive for temporary offices while the city council decided whether to renovate the old building, build a new one or remain on Hospital Drive.

After a couple of years of not receiving any acceptable bids, it was determined that the most cost-effective action would be to renovate the old building at a cost $1.2 million and to sell the building on Hospital Drive.

Renovation began shortly after Christmas in 2023 and was completed in May.

Five years ago, the historic city hall was closed for black mold remediation.

“We gutted the old building, put on a new roof and made it watertight to take care of all moisture issues. We sealed all of the exterior walls.

The city bought a building at 17 Hospital Drive for temporary offices while the city council decided whether to renovate the old building, build a new one or remain at its current location. After a couple of years of not receiving any acceptable bids, it was determined that the most cost-effective action would be to renovate the old building, which cost $1.2 million and to sell the building on Hospital Drive.

Jones said the original idea was to include renovating the armory next door to the city hall and turning it into a convention center.

“But economics prevented that,” he said.

Cunningham Construction out of Tulsa was the low bidder on the project.