Missile museum ready to take off after building repairs

TOPSAIL BEACH, NC (StarNews) — The Missiles and More Museum on Topsail Island reopened on May 22 after the Assembly Building, which is where the museum is housed, underwent $150,000 worth of repairs.

According to Edna Smith, president of the Historical Society of Topsail Island, the repairs began in September and included complex and structural repairs to the building’s roof truss system. The historical society, which operates the Assembly Building, realized repairs were needed after an inspection uncovered severe termite damage. Butch Parish, a member of the society’s board of directors, was the project manager for the repairs and enlisted the help of engineers who had experience with the type of construction needed for the building.

Steve Smith, a member of the society’s board of directors, said there are only a few buildings with the kind of ceiling system similar to the Assembly Building, and they were built in the 1940s.

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