Sun Sign Restoration Lighting Event

The City of Lowell and the Lowell Historic Board are proud to announce the Sun Sign Restoration Lighting, taking place on Monday, October 27, at 6:30PM in front of the Lowell Memorial Auditorium, 50 East Merrimack St.

Located atop the historic Sun Building in Kearney Square, the twin rooftop signs have long been a familiar feature of Lowell’s skyline. Installed in 1934, twenty years after the building’s construction, the signs once served as a beacon for generations of residents and travelers. The February 1, 1937, edition of The Lowell Sun proclaimed that the rooftop displays “contain the largest neon letters in Middlesex County,” while a 1939 article described scouts using the illuminated signs as a navigational landmark.The October 27 relighting ceremony will feature remarks from Mayor Daniel P. Rourke, City Manager Thomas A. Golden, Jr., Lowell Historic Board Chair George Villaras, and Alex Costello, former Lowell Sun Editorial Page Editor