After hardware popped off the windows at the Burchfield Nature and Art Center in West Seneca and its walls started to sag six years ago, there was talk that it might have to be demolished.
The town closed the building in January 2017, moving out three town offices, as well as art exhibits, concerts and classes, while it investigated what was causing the problem. An architect concluded the building was slowly collapsing as wooden studs supporting the walls and roof rotted from the bottom.
The art center gallery at 2001 Union Road – named for the famed artist Charles E. Burchfield, who lived nearby – is scheduled to reopen Monday with a Native American exhibit. The exhibit coincides with the commemoration of the Third Treaty of Buffalo Creek, signed May 19, 1842.
“Everybody is just so happy to see this is opening,” said Carol Yetter, one of the volunteers with the Friends of the Burchfield Nature and Art Center. “People are coming in, peeking in the windows.”
Even the most fervent Burchfield supporter is cognizant of how much repairs might cost. Many residents are on edge after seeing town tax rates climb by 12 percent over the last two
The exhibit will be open through June 10 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday and from noon to 4 p.m….
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