NEW SCOTLAND — With hundreds of thousands of dollars already expended on the project, it’s likely to take hundreds of thousands more to get the Hilton barn over the finish line.
Ten years after the town moved a historic barn across Route 85A to save it from demolition, the project faces a looming impasse: The exterior is finished, the money is gone, and fully half of the 7,200 square-foot building remains an unfinished shell sitting on bare ground with no heat, no plumbing, no electrical systems, and no floor.
The 125-year-old barn had an initial cost of $1.2 million, but then COVID happened, costs soared, and change orders were approved…