Historic lilly schoolhouse

1. Lilly Schoolhouse Georgia | Lilly Schoolhouse Historic lilly schoolhouse Georgia Make your reservation to a historic Lilly schoolhouse in Georgia. We provide a historic schoolhouse with a second-floor auditorium on rent to events and occasions. Check out URL for more info :-https://www.lillyschoolhouse.com Yes you found it! The licensed, original version of "There's Always Tomorrow" by Johnny Marks, sung by Clarice in Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. This is the original piano vocal arrangement that has been unavailable for years. This song is not just for Christmas, but for any time of the year. Circa 1912, the Lilly Schoolhouse was built by Perry Green Busbee, Sr., the father of Georgia's 77th Governor, George Busbee. (George Busbee was Governor from 1975-1983) The Lilly Schoolhouse is the only surviving wood-framed school building in the State of Georgia with a second floor auditorium. The auditorium seats approximately 150 and has been restored to an art-deco theater/auditorium of the period. The downstairs floor has a large banquet room and two period classrooms with original chalkboards. Saved from impending demolition, the Lilly Schoolhouse in Lilly, Georgia has been a labor of love for local Warner Robins Attorney, Michelle Smith. The loving restoration has been a several year long, project. In January 2017, a natural disaster of tornadoes almost destroyed three years of painstaking, historic restoration.

2. Extensive rain damage from the January 2017 tornadoes was not covered by the insurance policy, as rain was excluded. Disaster assistance with FEMA and SBA, while promised by both bureacracies never materialized, since Lilly, Georgia was 30 miles outside of the disaster declaration. Local delegations from the Mayor of Lilly, Governor Nathan Deal's Office, State Representative Patty Bentley, and Congressional Representative Sanford Bishop's Office, pleaded to have the disaster declaration amended by FEMA, only to be told that such an amendment could only come from the President. Early in restoratons, the entire front classrooms were almost completely lost due to massive termite damage that obliviated supporting beams, So as not to destroy the integrity of the original heart pine classroom flooring, termite repair was done by crawling under the school, and slowly taking up individual heart pine boards to save and relay them after new supporting beams were constructed underneath. At all times, the goal has been to save the integrity of the building and to maintain its character and charm. The Lilly Schoolhosue is not perfect, because construction in 1912 was not perfect. Defects and imperfections have been lovingly preserved, including the glass opening in an interior door that was once an exterior door. The original craftsman built the door by hand and squared out the opening by sight. The original out of square opening, visible if you look close remains, to be true to the character and charm of the building. Contact US :-- Phone :- 229-268-9405 E-Mail :- Misskitty@lillyschoolhouse.com