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Topping Out Ceremony

Event Details

Time: December 2, 2010 from 8:45am to 9:30am
Location: Site of the new building (west of the current branch) at the construction entrance on Frederick Road
Street: 9421 Frederick Road
City/Town: Ellicott City
Website or Map: http://maps.google.com/maps/p…
Phone: 410.313.7750
Event Type: public, ceremony
Organized By: Howard County Library
Latest Activity: Nov 22, 2010

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Event Description

Celebrate the placing of the last steel beam in Howard County Library's new Miller Branch. Join us for a Topping Out Ceremony for Howard County Library's new Charles E. Miller Branch & Historical Center

Howard County Executive Ken Ulman, Howard County Library Board of Trustees Chair Charles McLaughlin, and Howard County Library President & CEO Valerie J. Gross will offer brief remarks beginning at 9 am.

While the public is invited, this is an active construction site and guests should exercise caution.

"Topping out" is a ceremony held when the last beam is placed at the top of a building under construction. The practice of "topping out" a new building can be traced to the ancient Scandinavian practice of placing a tree on the top of a new building to appease the tree-dwelling spirits of their ancestors that had been displaced. The practice migrated to England with Scandinavian invaders and took root there.

For more information, call 410.313.7750 or visit hclibrary.org/about/MillerProject.