Visitors to the colonial courthouse should start seeing changes inside the historic circle during the next few months. The Gloucester County Board of Supervisors authorized $75,000 of the county’s Tourism Reserve Fund to rehabilitate several of the historic buildings, which includes making space for an expanded visitor’s center.

The board voted unanimously to authorize the expenditure of the reserve funds during its meeting Tuesday night in the colonial courthouse.

Gloucester Parks, Recreation and Tourism director Carol Steele said that with the money that was authorized Tuesday night, the Gloucester Visitors Center will move from its cramped quarters in the Roane Building to the larger annex, which is attached to the colonial courthouse. This is the space that recently housed Gloucester’s Animal Control and Emergency Services departments; those departments have since relocated.

The annex, she said is in need of an ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act)-approved whe...