The Prattville Historic Preservation Commission voted Oct. 23 to grant a certificate of appropriateness to Polk Family Properties for exterior repairs at 205 and 213 South Court Street, the old Moncrief building. Proposed work includes replacing rotted wood, repairing door hardware, repainting facades with a palette the owner described as "Kendall Charcoal" with a pale blue trim, removing nonhistoric aluminum trim, and restoring a ghost sign.

Owner Billy Polk explained the paint and material choices and said they used historic-color guidance. "These are historic colors," Polk said, adding the intent is to "clean it up" and remove aluminum framing that obscures the façade. Commissioners extensively questioned which brick sections are original and which are later overlays and whether painting the newer overlay brick would create a visual mismatch with original historic brick higher on the building.

Councilor-elect Thea Langley spoke in support of Polk's stewardship but warned of inconsistent treatment: "We may be entering into some dangerous, litigation type territory when we allow it for one and we don't allow it for the other," she told the commission, urging consistent policy application. Commissioners debated precedent and uniformity across the block and noted prior painted downtown buildings.

After deliberation, Commissioner (speaker 9) moved to approve the application on the basis that the building contains two distinct brick types from different eras; Mr. McKay seconded. The motion passed 5–1. The commission recorded no additional conditions beyond the presented application.

The owner said he may later return with signage requests dependent on tenant leases; no immediate signage change was approved.