Crooker Construction begins demolition of The Center in downtown Waterville on May 4, 2021, to make way for the Paul J. Schupf Art Center. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel

Crooker Construction begins demolition of The Center building in downtown Waterville on May 4, 2021. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel

A worker dismantles the remaining parts of the skybridge that connected the Waterville Opera House to The Center in downtown Waterville on April 29, 2021. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel

Crews demolish The Center building on Main Street in Waterville on May 11, 2021. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel

Crooker Construction begins demolition of The Center building in downtown Waterville on May 4, 2021. Now in its place is the Paul J. Schupf Art Center. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel

Crooker Construction begins demolition of The Center in downtown Waterville on May 4, 2021. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel

Construction crews begin putting steel in place at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center in downtown Waterville on Oct. 5, 2021. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel

A welder with American Aerial Services works on the Paul J. Schupf Art Center on Main Street in downtown Waterville on Jan. 19. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel

The Center building at 93 Main St. in Waterville is shown in March 2021 before it was razed to make way for construction of the Paul J. Schupf Art Center. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Workers swing a beam into place before it was installed during a topping off ceremony for the Paul J. Schupf Art Center in downtown Waterville on Nov. 9, 2021. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Workers build a walkway that connects the Paul J. Schupf Art Center, left, with the Waterville Opera House on Dec. 14, 2021. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

A beam is signed before being lifted into place during a topping off ceremony for the Paul J. Schupf Art Center in downtown Waterville on Nov. 9, 2021. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Workers build a walkway that connects the Paul J. Schupf Art Center with the Waterville Opera House on Dec. 14, 2021. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Workers raise and position a window before installing it at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center on July 18. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

An installation crew with Cumberland County Glass finishes the south side of the Paul J. Schupf Art Center on May 13. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel

Jason Sheckley, a worker with New England Theatre Service of Beacon Falls, Conn., sets a movie screen in one of the theaters at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center in downtown Waterville on Oct. 25. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel

Chris Sicely, right, and Tom Collins, welders with Charles Leonard Steel Services of Concord, N.H., set a railing in place in a theater of the Paul J. Schupf Art Center in downtown Waterville on Oct. 25. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel

A man works on lighting at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center in downtown Waterville on Oct. 25. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel

Carpenter Jeff Cochran on Oct. 25 begins closing the open space left behind from the skybridge that at one time connected the Waterville Opera House to The Center, which has now been replaced with the Paul J. Schupf Art Center in downtown Waterville. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel

Construction workers finish adjoining the Paul J. Shupf Art Center skybridge to Waterville City Hall in downtown Waterville on Nov. 30. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel

Nick Menario and Matt Gendron, installers with Neokraft Signs of Lewiston, hang the final sign to the Paul J. Schupf Art Center in Waterville on Dec. 7. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel

Nick Menario and Matt Gendron, installers with Neokraft Signs of Lewiston, hang the final sign to the Paul J. Schupf Art Center in Waterville on Dec. 7. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel

Grace Kroeger applies caulk to the trim around the entrance to the Waterville Opera House from the Paul J. Schupf Art Center in Waterville on Dec. 7. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel

The Paul J. Schupf Art Center, in foreground at left, as seen from above on Dec. 15. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel