The Telephone Building

F.W. Woolworth Co.

Restoration Updates

June 2, 2025 • Peoples Bank

New Elevator Shaft Construction Underway at Peoples Bank

Crew pours concrete into hollow concrete blocks during the phased elevator shaft construction. — Masons fill concrete block cells in stages to ensure strength and stability.

Crews have started constructing a new elevator shaft inside the historical Peoples Bank. The original shaft was removed earlier in the renovation because it didn’t meet current codes, so a new elevator pit was dug and poured to create a strong concrete foundation.

Masons are erecting the new shaft using concrete blocks and filling each section to ensure structural integrity. This process sets the stage for a fully modern elevator system within the building’s historical envelope.

Workers prepare vertical steel rebar supports to reinforce the next level of the new elevator shaft. — Crew members align steel rebar rods before the next concrete pour inside the elevator shaft.

Worker constructs elevator shaft walls inside the Peoples Bank. — New concrete block walls rise from the elevator pit.

Construction worker fills hollow concrete blocks with poured concrete to reinforce the elevator shaft structure. — A worker pours concrete into stacked blocks for the new elevator shaft.

Learn more about the full restoration plan for the Peoples Bank.

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Restoration Updates | See daily progress on Historic Cleveland Street

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Streetscape Upgrades Begin Along the Telephone Building

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Roof Preparation Underway for Solar Panel Installation at the Woolworth Building

Drywall Removal Completes on the First Floor of the Brown Brothers Building

Electrical Removal Completed at 635 Cleveland Street

SEE ALL UPDATES

An exciting new chapter of historic restoration begins for four unique properties on Cleveland Street in Downtown Clearwater.

See the magnificent transformation now underway

FOR INFORMATION

Scott Dobbins
scott@hybridgecre.com