on the Lost Highway in
Pomeroy, Washington
The Hotel Revere
Pomeroy, Washington
On the Lost Highway
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Revere Restoration Project
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The Hotel Revere
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The Historic Hotel Revere
Castlemoyle Publishing's Executive Office
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This is it. November, 1998. Beverly saw the dream. Ken Graham (in white coat) the real estate agent who worked with us to procure this building, was a bit skeptical. | |
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The Summer of 2000 saw the drywall go up. | |
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You can see Justin Wilson of Marble Magic (Grangeville, Idaho) who, in addition to doing the tile in the bath and break rooms) worked with us as a contractor on the Executive Office. | |
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"Ok, Justin," says Beverly (she is on the right), "You've painted the primer coat. Now what about the finish coat?" | |
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Zap! Only took Justin and his assistant, John, a day to finish spray painting the walls. (The steel posts and beam -- visible at the end of the picture -- will be boxed in with wood when done. Justin painted them because ... they were there! | |
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Another view of Justin and Beverly. | |
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We skip a few days and some pictures as we see the beadboard (wainscoting) in place and painted. The trim around the windows was lovingly painted by DeLynn Phearson, while Deborah Hancock (in far view) and Keith Wilber handled painting the beadboard. The beadboard was all "salvaged" from this room (in the top picture, you can see it). Beverly's dad, Bruce, came up with a way to strip almost all of the old paint off each piece of tongued and grooved beadboard before parts of it were hand stripped. |
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Beverly (still in full torso brace from her recent back surgery) and her mom, Elsie, pause for a bit of a break. Elsie is leaning up against the "pony wall" built by Sam Cavanaugh, Beverly and John's son-in-law. |
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"I don't think that wall was there when we bid this project," recollects Mike Deal, owner of Pomeroy's Home Mart, who provided the carpet for the offices. |
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As you can see by Brittany Ann's gracious curtsey, the beautiful carpet is enjoyed by all. |
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The (somewhat) crowning moment! Part of the furniture is in. John's and Beverly's desks are, we are promised by Bob at Black and Vails in Lewiston, Idaho, on their way. |
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As we end this segment of the trip, there are two things about this picture. One, there is no desk for John.... The other, you can see in the comparison below. |
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Before (November, 1998)
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After
(September, 2000)
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