The relocation of the remaining County Clerk’s offices to the Dunn Administration Building, completes another phase of the Berkeley County Commission’s courthouse expansion project for administrative and judicial services.
The relocation of the County Clerk’s office and several other offices and departments is made by possible by recently completed renovation of about 45,000 square feet of the County Administration Building as well as construction of a new 600-square foot addition and parking lot and ADA improvements.
“With the completion of this latest renovation project, we trust that residents and visitors in need of Berkeley County government services will find them more publicly accessible than ever before,” Berkeley County Commission President Jim Whitacre said.
The County Administration Building is part of a historic woolen mill complex that was purchased by the County in 2001. Formerly home to the Blue Ridge Outlet Center retail shopping development, the woolen mill buildings were originally built along West Stephen Street for the Crawford Woolen Mill, which began operations in 1891, and the Martinsburg Worsted and Cassimere Co., which incorporated in 1899. Years later, the mills were sold and then operated under new ownership as the Berkeley Woolen Co. and the Dunn Woolen Co.
