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Before Renovations

 

  

 

 

                           



 

LOCATION: Athens, GA

COMPLETION DATE: 1993

CONSTRUCTION COST:
$1,200,000

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

JWRA and Lane Greene provided the architectural restoration design to fit modern code requirements while retaining as much of the theater's original design as possible. Since this was such an unusual project only hand drafting was performed (no CADD). There had been a feasibility
study and minor repairs, over the years, as grants permitted. The program demanded creative solutions to anumber of problems:

Original molded-plywood seats were not recoverable but period upholstered seats were salvaged from another theatre circa 1920's and were refurbished.

 

since 1970

Morton Theatre
Restoration