Located at 92 Frood Road in Downtown Sudbury, on the northwest corner of the intersection with College Street, the building was originally built in 1947 as a Royal Canadian Legion hall.

With the need to acquire a new home for the expanded union organization, representatives Don McNabb and Gib Gilchrist selected the hall, which the Legion had put up for sale due to declining membership.

[5]Many of the union's records, including active files and archives comprising a major part of the city's documented labour history, were destroyed in the fire.

[6] Leo Gerard, a former leader of Local 6500 who has been the president of the Steelworkers International since 2001, returned to Sudbury on the weekend and spoke to the media, stating that "next to losing a family member, this is the most traumatic event in my life.

The intersection of Frood Road and College Street remained closed to traffic for most of the weekend as police investigated the fire.

[8] The Greater Sudbury Police Service issued a request for information, offering a $1,000 reward for tips given to the city's CrimeStoppers line.

Marie, as well as the head office of United Steelworkers International, later made additional donations which resulted in the reward being increased to $15,000 on September 29.

[7] After accepting many equipment and furniture donations from the community, the union moved into new temporary offices at 128 Pine Street on September 26.

In June 2009, the Steelworkers chose not to build a new facility on the original site but instead purchased a former grocery store, which was shut down by the Loeb chain in February 2009, as the new hall.