Western Specialty Contractors Restoring Façade of Historic Building in Florida
Western Specialty Contractors – Orlando Branch is nearing completion on a year-long project to restore the façade of historic Peck Center in Fernandina Beach, Florida. The $1.2 million façade restoration project started in January 2022. The scope of work is expected to be completed by the end of February 2023.
Peck Center was originally opened by Professor Moses H. Payne in 1885 as a four-room school building for African Americans. When he passed away in 1888, Peck was promoted to assistant principal and worked to develop the high school’s curriculum, with the first senior class graduating from the school in 1891.