After years in an ownership black hole, with community members donating their time and dollars to keep it from falling apart, the next chapter of Berkeley’s Old Finnish Hall will soon be up to the county auction block.
The 1908 building has racked up nearly $1 million in back property tax to Alameda County, a mushrooming liability years in the making that shows no signs of abating.
And so the hall, which has been declared a city historical landmark, will come up for sale at Alameda County’s online tax defaulted property auction, which starts Friday and runs through Monday, along with more than 200 other properties countywide. (Interested bidders must submit a refundable $5,000 deposit by 1 p.m. Tuesday.)…