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Bluebag Media
Memorial Hall
facelift highlights first concert
GREENVILLE – Maybe it’s an aura. Maybe it’s the fresh paint, or maybe
it’s the shiny brass fittings and railings, or refinished front doors
with new brass hardware. St. Clair Memorial Hall is 103 years old but
it looks like it was unveiled yesterday.
“The most telling tale,” said Matt Jordan, the project manager for the
refurbished Performing Arts Center, “is it was built between 1910 and
1912 at a cost of $135,000. We refurbished it to the tune of $500,000
and barely scratched the surface.”
Visitors to the Oct. 10 DCCA Artist Series event, however, noticed. One
immediately talked about the center staircase now having a brass
railing down the middle, something older visitors had been requesting
for years. Others noticed the fresh paint and repaired marble; the new
brass hardware on the refurbished front doors. But most of all, they
noticed the new seating in the auditorium...
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