Early Construction Photos

Construction of the lake retaining wall is complete

Preparing to pour the foundation.

Building the retaining wall for the porch.

Plumbing is in:  8 stalls for women, 3 stalls & 2 urinals for men, shower in the Green Room, sinks in the 2 catering kitchens, water fountains, 2 bar sinks.

Pouring concrete for 17,000 sq ft building.

Interior Beams in the Grand Hall are painted white.  The ceilings are 24 ft tall.  Chandeliers will be hung throughout the room. 

Antique reclaimed windows from a textile mill in Pelzer, SC will be installed along the length of the white wall shown in the photo.  

Framing of restrooms, catering kitchens, and stage is completed.

Framing of the stage has begun

Tom Green Jr. exits through the Green Room Entrannce.

Installing beams in the Lakeside Room.

Tom Green III stands in the entrance near the men's restroom.

Covered porch before cantilevered beams are in place.

Building the Faulkner room roof structure.

Framing of the stage and West Catering Kitchen are completed.  Brickwork to begin shortly.

Roofline of the Faulkner room is almost completed

The lake is filling with each rainstorm.  The lake will eventually meet the brick retaining wall about 2/3 from the top of the wall.

Faulkner room roof with antique, reclaimed beams in place.

Covered porch once cantilevered beams are in place.

Reclaimed heart pine flooring from a textile mill in Danville, VA is being installed in the Lakeside room ceiling.

Building the roof for the Faulkner room.

Building the roof for the Faulkner room.

The roof is on for the Faulkner Room

The stage is almost complete.  The depth is 16 feet.  The width is 20 feet at the back of the stage and 30 feet in the front section.

Wrapping up the roof on the Faulkner Room

Roof of the Porte cochère being built.

The roof of the porte cochere is completed.  There's plenty of room for a bus to unload underneath.

Just a few of the barn doors awaiting sanding and then installation on the walls of the Lakeside room.

The installation of the brick masonry has begun.

Window Installation in the Lakeside Room

Band Entrance to the Green Room

Warmer weather finally allows the brick work to continue.

Warehouse/Barn doors are the backdrop for both 45 ft long bars.  The doors are reclaimed from the Dan River Textile Mill in Danville, VA.

Windows between the Lakeside Room and the covered porch are installed.  The porch railing is made from steel beams. Cables will be installed between the beams.

View from the covered porch.

The East wall of the Lakeside Room includes more than 20 warehouse/barn doors reclaimed from the Dan River Textile Mill in Danville, VA.

Looking from the Faulkner Room into the Lakeside Room.  The center section is where the see-thru brick fireplace will be built.

The lake is full.  Exterior work on the porch and brickwork on the stairway is wrapping up in the next few weeks.

Putting in the final windows in the Faulkner Room.  

Beginning stages of the see-thru fireplace

Window seats being built in the Great Hall.  

In the Jefferson we're using a small portion of the 30,000 Oxford brick we have in our reclamation inventory.  They being installed as flooring in the main entrance and for the exterior walls of the Grand Hall closet.

Wrapping up the slate roof on the Grand Hall closet.  The wooden walls are being painted white this week.

Mantles on both sides of the see-thru fireplace will be installed during the next week.