Members of the Benjamin Cushing VFW Post 2425 have offered to donate their building for use as a senior center after the group disbands this summer.

Town officials learned of the offer in January. Since then, Marion’s fire chief and facilities manager have performed a cursory inspection of the one-story building, located at 465 Mill St.

“Nothing detailed, just a walk through,” said Selectman Jody Dickerson. “Structurally it’s very good. It would need moderate renovations or upgrades.”

Selectman Chair Stephen Cushing said officials are considering the offer, but haven’t examined it in depth yet.

“We just found out about it a month ago and haven’t had much time or opportunity to discuss it,” Cushing said.

Cushing, whose great-uncle is the post’s namesake, said dwindling membership is the reason behind members’ decision to close the post, slated for June 30.

He said post members have been active in the community through the years, raising funds to purchase town ambulances and taking the lead for festivities surrounding Memorial Day, Veterans Day and the Fourth of July.

“They’ve done an enormous job for this town,” Cushing said. “Unfortunately, that generation is getting older and the younger veterans aren’t participating.”

Cushing said the selectmen will take the offer under consideration in the meantime.

Currently, the Council Aging hosts classes, activities, lunch and a blood pressure clinic in the Music Hall a couple of days a week. The program was launched last fall while a permanent space for a senior center is sought.

A new senior center was included in plans that would overhaul the aging Town House and link it with the Elizabeth Taber Library. A second set of plans called for renovating just the Town House, without the expansion.

Over the course of several public forums held last year, residents weighed in on which project they favored. Ultimately, a majority said expanding the library and including space for a new senior center would be too costly.