Demolition Of Portico

(above) Original building in 1903

Photos show the demolition of the portico of the Mechanics Institute Lawson on the 27th of April 2009 to make way for the highway widening through Lawson. The old hall was officially opened in 1903. The portico was not part of the original building, it was a later addition. The exact date of this addition is not known but it is thought be in the 1930's, just before the second world.