Historic Home Goes Green
Tyler Southard
Story Created:
Dec 15, 2010 at 6:56 PM EDT
Story Updated:
Dec 15, 2010 at 10:36 PM EDT
A home undergoing a face lift along the cobble brick streets on historic College Hill - all a part of an effort to restore its vintage look using a green touch.
"By doing this at this house it's such a big house, we're proving that historic preservation is kind of one of the main aspects of conservation because we're recycling an entire house," says Daniel Groce, Historic Macon.
The house which weighs in at over four-thousand square feet was first built in the 1880 by the Willinghams before being given to their son-in-law, Richard Lawton.
"There's a lot of history with the house there's been a lot of things over the years but it sat dormant for about 5 years now," says Groce.
This energy efficient rehab will make this the first of its kind in the state. Local businesses have made generous donations to this project supplying everything from heating and cooling to paints.
One of the goals of this project is to restore as many original pieces as possible preserving the historic characteristics of this home.
New wiring and plumbing have been worked into the house and insulation injected in eliminating the need to take out the original walls.
Before the bloom of the cherry blossoms, the floors will be restored and the walls primed, ready to host the decorators show house tour where local designers bring the house to life.
"They pretty much have free reign to do what they want and highlight their style," says Groce.
The decoration show house tour will take place in March from the 17th to the 27th.
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