Dignitaries shovel scoops of dirt during Monday afternoon’s groundbreaking ceremony at the Wedgewood House on Pine Street in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Guest gather on the lawn during Monday afternoon’s groundbreaking ceremony at the Wedgewood House, center foreground, on Pine Street in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Lewiston Housing Deputy Executive Director Travis Heynen speaks during Monday afternoon’s groundbreaking ceremony at the Wedgewood House on Pine Street in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

The figure in the cupola has been a fixture of the Wedgewood House on Pine Street in Lewiston for the past dozen years. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Lewiston Housing Deputy Executive Director Travis Heynen speaks during Monday afternoon’s groundbreaking ceremony at the Wedgewood House on Pine Street in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

U.S. Senator Susan Collins, left, meets with Lewiston City Council Members Rick LaChapelle, right, Lee Clement, second from right, and Robert “Bob” McCarthy prior to Monday afternoon’s ground breaking ceremony at the Wedgewood House on Pine Street in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Members of Tree Street Youth, left, wait for their turn to meet U.S. Senator Angus King, center right, during Monday afternoon’s groundbreaking ceremony at the Wedgewood House on Pine Street in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Guest gather on the lawn during Monday afternoon’s groundbreaking ceremony at the Wedgewood House on Pine Street in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal