Porter Memorial
Preservation

Porter Memorial

  • TypeAdaptive reuse, civic venue
  • LocationPorterdale, Georgia
  • Year2014
  • PracticeHistoric Preservation
  • Firm of recordLominack Kolman Smith Architects

An adaptive reuse of a 1938 mill town gymnasium in Porterdale. After a fire collapsed the roof and gutted the interior, the surviving brick walls were stabilized and reinforced, and the shell became an open air event venue for the community.

Recognition

Historic Savannah Foundation Preservation Award

Awards received by Lominack Kolman Smith Architects, firm of record.

Then and now

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The gymnasium after the fire, and the open air venue within its walls.

Porter Memorial today Porter Memorial before BeforeToday

Gallery

10 photographs

Where it is

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