Street Closures to Allow Work on Former Stevens Hardware Site

ANNAPOLIS, MD — Materials necessary to begin the exterior shoring on the old Stevens Hardware building downtown will begin Monday, Jan. 11, Annapolis officials said.

On Monday and Tuesday, the outbound lane of Randall Street, closest to the building, will be closed between 8:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. The inbound lane will remain open at all times and traffic will be maintained in both directions in that single lane.

City officials expect the first full road closure of Randall Street will be on Wednesday, Jan. 13, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. to erect the shoring on the Randall Street side of the building between Prince George Street and Dock Street.

The Capital-Gazette reported in June that Mission BBQ wants to open a location in the hardware store.

The 6,000-square-foot property at 142 Dock St. closed Dec. 24, 2012, Patch previously reported. Owner Marge Stevens — who had worked at the shop nearly every day for 53 years since her late husband Bud Stevens bought it in 1960 — and her three sons decided to close the business.

Fans of the long-time business wrote messages to the Stevens family on a banner hung outside the store during its final days.

»Patch file photo of Stevens Hardware