JACKSON, Wyo. — Last week, the Board of Teton County Commissioners (BCC) approved a request for a construction contract to replace the roof and make other structural upgrades to the building that once housed the Huff Memorial Library on King Street.
The building, commonly referred to as the “Old Library,” is currently home to the Jackson/Teton County Affordable Housing Department and the county’s Engineering Department. The construction contract with ACM Wyoming will cost the County $445,024 and will use the Facilities Capital budgeted funds for fiscal year 2026. In a separate agenda item, BCC approved the expenditure of $57,139 in funds from the Energy Mitigation Program (EMP) for upgrades to insulation in the same building.
According to the county staff report, the log cabin was originally constructed in the 1940s through President Franklin Roosevelt’s Works Progress Administration. The structure housed the Teton County Library until 1997 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. A structural engineer performed a “structural condition assessment” of the building in 2023. It was found that the Old Library has “significant maintenance issues including the roof as well as overall structural deficiencies.”
County staff relayed to Buckrail that there was no opposition or public comment regarding this agenda item at the Jan. 20 BCC meeting. Commissioner Luther Propst asked staff if they had connected with the Teton County Historic Preservation Board. Staff confirmed that the Preservation Board had been notified, and the renovation plans had been reviewed and accepted.
The Affordable Housing Department will move to the basement during a portion of the construction efforts. The EMP funds will be used for insulation upgrades during the larger maintenance project.
