Purchasing an older building comes with moments of uncertainty.

“There have been some tense moments,” acknowledges archivist Allan MacDonald of the recently-purchased Macdonell House. The building, at 28 Kenyon Street in Alexandria, will become Glengarry County Archives’ permanent home in 2020.

Removing a decades-old layer of stucco from the building’s exterior required a leap of faith, since the condition of stone walls hidden beneath was unknown. MacDonald was relieved when the original grey limestone was revealed, intact.

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