In March, Antique Reclaimed Lumber owner Phillip Price met with the demolition contractor to learn more about the fate of the wood used to build Old Fort Elementary School, which was demolished earlier this year to make way for the new school building.
PHOTOS SUBMITTED
After inspecting the vacant building and the lumber used to construct it, business owner Phillip Price was able to convince the demolition contractor to save the old growth, yellow pine floor joists instead of just crushing them up and sending them to the landfill.
PHOTOS SUBMITTED
So far, the wood from the former Old Fort Elementary School has been milled into wide plank flooring that has been installed in an Airbnb in Madison County, a new home in Nebo and an airstream.
PHOTOS SUBMITTED
The reclaimed wood was transported to Dysartsville where Antique Reclaimed Lumber is located. Once the wood from the 82-year-old building arrived, Phillip Price began to breathe new life into it.
In March, Antique Reclaimed Lumber owner Phillip Price met with the demolition contractor to learn more about the fate of the wood used to build Old Fort Elementary School, which was demolished earlier this year to make way for the new school building.
After inspecting the vacant building and the lumber used to construct it, business owner Phillip Price was able to convince the demolition contractor to save the old growth, yellow pine floor joists instead of just crushing them up and sending them to the landfill.
So far, the wood from the former Old Fort Elementary School has been milled into wide plank flooring that has been installed in an Airbnb in Madison County, a new home in Nebo and an airstream.
The reclaimed wood was transported to Dysartsville where Antique Reclaimed Lumber is located. Once the wood from the 82-year-old building arrived, Phillip Price began to breathe new life into it.
