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Township eyes renovation of former municipal building
Township eyes renovation of former municipal building
Library size would more than quadruple at 515 Millers Run Road
By Andrea Iglar
South Fayette Township plans to renovate the former municipal building at 515 Millers Run Road in the Morgan neighborhood.
The building would include an expanded library, updated senior citizen meeting space and recreation programming rooms.
The township Board of Commissioners held a public meeting on June 24 about the rehabilitation plan.
The firm MS Consultants of Moon Township presented a conceptual design that increases space in the existing 12,200-square-foot facility by constructing a 2,900-square-foot addition to the front of the building.
The approximately $4 million project would expand the South Fayette Township Library from 1,900 square feet to 8,700 square feet—a more than fourfold increase.
Plans also show two rooms totaling about 1,500 square feet of flexible space for township recreation programs.
The 3,000-square-foot senior center, including its 2,150-square-foot activity space, would be refreshed.
The building exterior, plus systems such as heating/cooling, plumbing and electrical, would be updated.
As early as this summer, commissioners could approve developing specific construction plans and a bid package. Work could start as early as spring 2026 and take about a year to complete.
The project would be funded by the township’s 2020 bond issue, plus a $750,000 state Keystone Grant for Public Libraries.
The police station and township administrative offices vacated 515 Millers Run Road in late 2024 and moved into the newly built South Fayette Township Municipal Center off Hickory Grade Road.
The library and the South Fayette Area Senior Citizens Association continue to occupy the Morgan building, which dates to 1958. Both groups would need to temporarily relocate activities during the renovations.
