Leon Williams Contractors August Blog: East Tennessee Project Profiles
The team at Leon Williams Contractors, LLC,offers complete general contractor services, including a full range of construction services, pre-construction consultation and site assessment, construction management, value engineering, and construction management. Regardless of the size and scope of the project, the team at Leon Williams Contractors delivers outstanding, on-time and on-budget results.
For this month’s blog, we are sharing information about two projects that we had the honor to work on for non-profit organizations in East Tennessee.
Haley Farm
Nestled in the foothills of the Tennessee mountains near Knoxville, the Haley Farmconnects young leaders together and is where policymakers and community builders come to connect, recharge their spiritual and physical batteries and brainstorm strategies.
The grounds of CDF Haley Farm include a main meeting lodge, modernized guest cottages, the Langston Hughes Library and the Riggio-Lynch Chapel. The ark-shaped chapel symbolizes the safe haven every child deserves. This beautiful, simple, functional and inspiring space is alive with great music and great preaching, prayer and worship, discussion and debate.
For the farm, the team at Leon Williams Contractors completely rebuilt a barn that is located on the property. This vintage cantilevered barn was carefully taken down to preserve the original wood, taken apart equally carefully by the team to save the natural beauty of the original design and then painstakingly rebuilt by Leon Williams Contractors to ensure that the fully restored barn captured the majesty of the original work that was created for this piece of East Tennessee history.
Women’s Suffrage Statue
Located in the historic Market Square area of downtown Knoxville, the Tennessee Woman’s Suffrage Memorialwas designed to honor the past and create a legacy for the future.
The Suffrage Coalition was founded to create a lasting memorial to the suffragists of Tennessee. The suffragist’s efforts focused a nation as the last campaign was fought successfully to change the constitution to grant voting rights to women. These rights were guaranteed with the state of Tennessee’s ratification being the final vote to add the 19thAmendmentto the United States Constitution.
With the design assistance of Jimmy Williams of Leon Williams Contractors, the Suffrage Coalition erected a life-size, bronze statue featuring three Tennessee suffragists: Lizzie Crozier French of Knoxville, Anne Dallas Dudley of Nashville, and Elizabeth Avery Meriwether of Memphis.
Leon Williams Contractors has worked with East Tennessee clients on a wide range of retail and commercial construction projects, including banks, medical facilities, commercial offices, residential projects, restaurants,and retail locations. Our team is committed to the preservation and history of the state of Tennessee and are honored to be able to work with these projects in the Knoxville, Maryville and East Tennessee communities.
To learn more about Leon Williams Contractors, the projects that we work on in Tennessee and the services that we provide, please contact us todayto learn how we can assist you with your next project.
