Thursday, April 9th
SEWICKLEY — After occupying the building for nearly four decades, and after almost ayear and a half of negotiations and bureaucracy, Sweetwater Center for the Arts will soon officially own its longtime home, the Old Sewickley Post Office.
Established in 1975, Sweetwater Center for the Arts moved into the Old Sewickley Post Office in 1988. Since the early 1980s, the building has been owned by the Old Sewickley Post Office Corporation (OSPOC), and then it was leased to two occupants, Sweetwater (which takes up about 85% of the building’s space) and the Sewickley Valley Historical Society (which fills the other 15%).
After the ownership transfer, the Historical Society will remain in its space in the building and will have a long-term lease agreement with Sweetwater, according to board president Marty O’Brien.
“We’re excited that Sweetwater is making a big investment in the Sewickley community with taking over the building and we’re hoping for all the best,” O’Brien said.
“The Old Sewickley Post Office Corporation was created in the early ’80s to basically save the building from being demolished, and they fundraised to not only purchase the building but renovate it for adaptive reuse,” said Christine Brondyke, executive director of Sweetwater Center for the Arts.
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