If you’ve wanted to tour the newly relocated and renovated Huntingdon City Hall at 19810 East Main St., then you’ll get the chance Sunday.
   Open house will be held from 2 until 4 p.m. Entrance into the building can be gained through either of the two back doors on the upper and lower levels and through the front door. There is parking in the rear of the building.
   The Finance and Administration offices that moved into the building March 14 takes up a majority of the space in the new building.
   However, the Huntingdon Alumni Association has space on the east end of the building and the Carroll County Sports Hall of Fame will have an upstairs room on the east end that has yet to be renovated. The Huntingdon Historical Museum will be located in an upstairs area on the west end of the building.
   Members of the Alumni Association will be present to show off their area.
   The project cost the town approximately $400,000, but is valued at approximately $800,000. The total renovation amounted to $666,000, according to figures obtained from the mayor’s office.
   Mayor Dale Kelley issues a special invitation to attend the open house.
   “We’re excited to have the new location for City Hall to better serve the people of our community,” said the mayor. “We hope people will come and enjoy a tour of this historical landmark in our town,”
   This historical building began as two homes built by a brother and sister in the early 1900’s. The original home on the east end was built by Anne Eliza Priest Williams after the death of her husband, Felix Grundy Williams, and the home on the west end was built by Ms. William’s brother, Haywood Priest.
   The homes were purchased by Robert Dilday who converted them into Dilday Funeral Home. He purchased the Haywood Priest home in 1946, and later in 1962 purchased the Ivy Williams Teachout home (daughter of Anne Priest Williams). Dilday Funeral Home connected the two structures in 1968, using both structures for the funeral home business. After Dilday’s death, Danny Carter and Roy Bozeman purchased Dilday Funeral Home and continued the Dilday tradition. Upon Carter’s death in 2001 and Bozeman’s retirement in 2004, Carter’s son, Steve Carter, purchased the building and became sole owner of the Dilday-Carter Funeral Home, and later began construction on a new facility in 2008.
   The Town of Huntingdon purchased the Dilday-Carter Funeral Home property in November 2009 for $150,000 for the relocation of City Hall and the Huntingdon Historical Museum, and to provide a home and office space for the Huntingdon Alumni and the Carroll County Sports Hall of Fame. City Hall offices moving to the new location included the mayor’s office, Finance & Administration, the recorder’s office, codes enforcement/public works director and the town council meeting room.
   Renovations to the building began in 2012 with the replacement of all windows/doors and heat/air units to energy efficient units. Construction of the drive-in window and the vault for records storage were made to accommodate the needs of the Finance Department. Renovations also included the installation of a lift for ADA compliance, roof replacement, reconstruction of porches, interior and exterior painting, new flooring throughout the building, driveway upgrades and landscaping.
   The Town of Huntingdon received $100,000 financial donation of Wright Charitable Trust toward the purchase and renovation of the building, the Energy Efficiency Grant of $100,000 for the installation of energy efficient windows and doors and heat/air units, and $50,000 from the US Rural Development grant for ADA roofing and painting upgrades.
   The town personnel took on the renovation project and saved an estimated $100,000 savings on labor and equipment.