Kevin Miller reported that he toured the upper-story Wilson’s Hall (later called Courteville Hall) at the Coeur d'Orville Market (commonly called Fitzy’s) at 110 South Hill Road and found the largely intact meeting-hall space historically significant. The current owner, AJ Patel, intends to create a small apartment for an employee using plumbing already at the rear while leaving the hall’s historic features — flooring, rostrum and trusses — largely intact.

Why it matters: the hall served as an early community gathering place and site of the town’s first improvement society and early Catholic masses in the 1860s–70s; retaining the interior features preserves an important element of town social history.

Details: Miller showed photographs of the hall’s inlaid floor, original rostrum and curved ceiling trusses and said Patel intends to install a compact kitchen and a bathroom toward the back without removing major historic fabric. Kelly O’Brien asked whether interior changes would trigger the town’s demolition-delay review; Miller clarified that the town’s Demolition Delay By-law applies to total or substantial exterior demolition and does not regulate most interior alterations. Patel indicated he plans to preserve the hall’s open character and the commission expressed support for preservation-minded reuse.

Next steps: Miller requested photographic documentation for the commission’s records and encouraged continued communication with the owner about preserving visible historic elements. The commission offered to record the space with photographs before any interior work occurs.