HUNTSVILLE — Huntsville’s former City Hall, first opened in 1965, is now set to be dismantled after closing this year.

The municipality has announced that it has hired Britt Demolition and Recycling for the task.

According to the city, the contract for the project, worth $1,243,000, specifies that it must be completed in 240 days.

“There were a lot of historic things that were done in this building,” said Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle of the old city hall. “And maybe that’s why you’re a little bit sad to leave it because of the historic things that were done between 1965 and 2024 that happened in the city of Huntsville. Somewhere in this building, it was part of that process.

“Every milestone that we reached during that time, every milestone was shaped and put together somewhere in this building.”

The first two to three months of the project will focus on environmental abatement inside the building. It will then be torn down through mechanical means and not imploded.

City officials said there will be no impact on the annual Tinsel Trail in Big Spring Park or any other holiday activities in the park.

The contractor will leave the site ready for the future Big Spring Park East Expansion project.

The new City Hall opened in May at 305 Fountain Circle.