The document discusses the history of renovations and additions to a church building over several decades. Major renovations in 1957 included constructing new stairwells, adding a floor and ceiling, and dividing the basement into new classroom and meeting spaces. Another renovation in the 1980s added a handicap accessible chair lift and entrance ramp. The original 1912 church building underwent several renovations and expansions to accommodate a growing congregation by adding safer exits, expanding classroom and meeting areas, and improving accessibility.

1. August 11 & 12, 2012
Centennial Celebration

2. required
remodeling
 safer exits
 stairway to basement ~ narrow, single-lane, wooden steps
 kitchen to outside ~ six steps ~ big, hot ovens
 Sunday school ~ crowded ~ more rooms needed
 narrow balcony to one set of stairs ~ unsafe

3.  Sunday school
area
open area, before
remodeling
 stairwell area
sacristy
 room to the right
nursery, lounge
 door to the left
sanctuary entrance

4. original
1912
church
sanctuary ~ the auditorium, adjacent side ~ lecture
hall

5.  Frank M. Fenton,
building committee chair,
safe stairwells, better use
of Sunday school area
 classes “bursting at the
seams”
 basement social hall
subdivided, classrooms,
wooden doors on pullies
 1st Higher Grounds

6. 1957
 stairwells
constructed
 added floor/
ceiling
 divided into
chapel area,
parlor,
restrooms
$54,000 raised in pledges
 choir robe room, no elevator, elevator lobby pastor’s
study
 much of construction done by members
 1982 handicapped chair lift, entrance ramp

7. Renovation
 stained-
glass
windows used
in stairwells
 back
stairway
stopped at
present
parking lot

8. landscaping ~
dogwood trees, rhododendron bushes, azaleas, gingko
trees

10. pulpit Bible ~ 1952 ~ chapel Bible
memorial gift ~ Rodney Evans ~ Karen Fenton’s
father