Last call at the Brickhouse this St. Patrick's Day will be more than the final chance to down a drink, as the bar's management prepares to move the tavern to a new location and the property's owners ready to raze the building for a parking lot.

Supposedly State College's second oldest building, the Brickhouse, 123 1/2 Humes Alley, will close at its present location March 18 and re-open sometime in April at the present site of the Brewery, 233 E. Beaver Ave., said Carl Easterling, the bar's owner.

"The last day of the Brickhouse is St. Patty's Day . . . they forced me out because I was supposed to be here until May but it would have cost them $64,000 more, with their permits or whatever, to take it down," said Easterling, known as "Crazy Carl" to tavern regulars. "Not to worry, the Brickhouse is not really going down, it's just getting bigger."

Property manager Henry Burnham said he was asked not to comment by the property owner's attorney, William Donovan. Donovan could not be reached to comment yesterday on the proposed lot.

The bar's lease ran out last week but included an extension until May, which was then cut back to March 17, Easterling said, adding that he has bought the entire block surrounding the bar's new spot, which also includes Pizza Pi, 231 E. Beaver Ave, Penn State Sub Shop, 225 E. Beaver Ave., and The Music Mart, 227 E. Beaver Ave.

"I won't rent off anybody anymore," Easterling said.

No one has tried to save the building from being razed, he said.

"It's the second oldest building in State College . . . everybody has known for a year that the place is going to be knocked down and they're saying, 'What can I do?' When I tell them to walk over, drive over, get over to the historical society, nobody is doing it," Easterling said.

The Centre County Historical Society, 1001 E. College Ave., maintains a registry of buildings of historical significance in the area. No one has approached the society about saving the bar, which would require research to prove the building's historical significance and the paperwork to get it on the registry, said Grant Sherritt, a member of the society's board.

"That depends on the historical merit and to my knowledge it has not been verified, and somebody would have to do a lot of work to do that. It might even be too late at this point," Sherritt said, noting the research would take more than the two weeks.

Easterling said he had booked entertainment through May, which will still perform at the new location.

On St. Patrick's Day, the bar will open at 9 a.m., featuring several area, Philadelphia and Harrisburg bands beginning at 10:30, Easterling said.