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Caldwell Arts Council pushes $2.4M campaign to convert historic Uptown Lenoir building into arts center
Summary
Representatives of the Caldwell Arts Council described plans to transform the historic Hinkle Opera House / W. E. Shaw building in Uptown Lenoir into a multilevel art center with gallery, retail, classrooms and a 100–150‑seat theater; the $2.4 million capital campaign is about halfway to its goal.
Eric Stafford, a representative of the Caldwell Arts Council, and Jonathan Beale, a representative of the Caldwell Arts Council, outlined plans to convert the historic Hinkle Opera House (also known locally as the W. E. Shaw Furniture Building) in Uptown Lenoir into a multilevel arts center and asked the public to support a $2,400,000 capital campaign.
Beale said the Arts Council purchased the building about a year and a half ago, and has completed drawings and re‑engineering work to create a multipurpose facility. “We have set our capital campaign goal, which will fund the art center at $2,400,000,” he said, adding the campaign is “right at halfway, maybe a little over halfway to that goal.”
The project…
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