Facade Friday: West Jefferson, NC

Since March of 2016, the North Carolina Main Street Program has partnered with UNCG’s Interior Architecture Department and its Center for Community-Engaged Design to provide design assistance to designated Main Street and Small Town Main Street communities across the state. Undergraduate and graduate students are selected to become Main Street Fellows. The Main Street Fellows work with UNCG Interior Architecture Department Professors to complete facade rehabilitation designs and upper story apartment conversions in designated Main Street communities.

Friday Spotlight

The Farmers Burley Tobacco Warehouse is a non-contributing building on the outskirts of Downtown West Jefferson’s Historic District and sits at the intersection of Long Street and Graybeal Ave. This one-story corrugated metal industrial property was built circa 1940 and features a front entrance as well as several truck bays and a truck unloading dock to the far north side of the structure.

The interior is primarily open with the roof’s steel and steel structural columns exposed. Mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems are exposed.

Facade Proposal

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