Augusta firm is restoring 130-year-old Phinizy home

Staff Writer

Rob Mauldin is no playwright, but he is hoping to write a third act for a building that has already seen 130 years of Augusta history.

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Rob Mauldin, the vice president and principal architect at 2KM Architects, gives a tour of the Phinizy House. The firm is working to restore the downtown complex, built about 1882.

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Rob Mauldin shows the detail on an old doorknob. Former mayor Jacob Phinizy built the home.

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2KM project manager Michael Grenz, who is trained in art restoration, is studying several murals that were discovered.

It began as the fine home of a wealthy man during Americas Gilded Age. Its second act lasted more than 60 years as the last place thousands of Augustans passed through on their way to a final resting place.

Now workers are restoring the rambling complex on the corner of Monument and Greene streets after it sat empty and crumbling for almost a decade. Mauldin said when he and his partner, Dan King, bought the property in 2010, roof leaks and general neglect had taken a heavy toll.

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