City leaders spent Friday morning putting the original stained glass windows back into Fayetteville's historic Hollingsworth House as work to restore the house as a meeting place and community center nears completion.

City Councilman Al Hovey-King, chairman of the Main Street Committee, said those involved in the project hope to have it ready for use by the public within two or three weeks.

Demand is already heavy for the space, he added. Numerous residents already are lining up to use the house for receptions, weddings, meetings, parties and the like.

Main Street Fayetteville, the city's downtown revitalization organization, rescued the historic home from the bulldozer and has been working to restore it for over a year.