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2017 Best Historic Rehabilitation Project Garner, NC Full Bloom Coffee and Craft Cafe in Garner, NC Garner entrepreneurs Patrick and Michelle Byrd completed a full renovation on a c. 1910 historic bank building located at 141 West Main Street in downtown Garner. The under-utilized, deteriorated property, last used as a barbershop, was renovated for the Full Bloom Coffee and Craft Cafe. The owners preserved the original vault in the building for their cafe kitchen, rehabilitat

2017 Best Historic Rehabilitation Project Elkin, NC Maggy's Place in downtown Elkin, NC The 523 square foot space, formerly used as offices for the Elkin Manufacturing Company and the Elkin and Alleghany Railroad in downtown Elkin, is the last remaining wooden structure on Main Street. The c. 1870 building located at 231 West Main Street was covered in aluminum siding. A major concern for the renovation was the condition of the wood underneath the siding, but the German lap s

2016 Best Public Building Improvement Lexington, NC The Old Davidson County Courthouse in Uptown Lexington, NC The Davidson County Board of Commissioners voted to restore the exterior of the Old Davidson County Courthouse on South Main Street in Uptown Lexington in August of 2013. The iconic building is the home of the Davidson County Historical Museum. The Old Court House, constructed in 1858 in the Greek Revival architecture style, has been listed on the National Register o