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 Some
of the most beautiful and well-located building
sites in the High Country have existing homes on
them. With the use of
craftsmanship and design
details you can enhance the existing
structure and turn it into your dream
home. You can add heavy timbers, stone,
tile, fireplaces, or any of the many other
design styles and material options to give you
an updated, customized feel, or to reinforce the
history of your home. We are Boone NC Builders
that are quite knowledgeable in Boone NC
Remodeling services, Blowing Rock NC Remodeling
and Banner Elk Remodeling projects. Learn about
our services as Building Contactors NC and
projects we've completed using
NC Green Home Improvements.
There are many features that can bring the
amenities of an older home up to the standards
of today's finest custom homes
including new entries, kitchen
additions, butler pantries and more.
You can also increase the size or spacious feel
of your home by creating great rooms,
adding porches or decks, spas, etc.
Landscaping, new driveways and other
details can also make an ordinary home into an
extraordinary home.
 Mountain
Construction, Western NC Builders has completely
rebuilt interiors including moving walls,
redefining living spaces, updating
bathrooms and kitchens, adding
granite countertops, cherry floors and cabinetry
throughout and more.
We have worked on many unusual and difficult
mountain projects, giving us an advantage over
other less experienced builders.
Mountain Construction has remodeled and restored
a number of historic and historically
significant homes in the Blowing Rock area.
We have remodeled a very fine custom home in
Yonahlossee, next to Moses Cone Park,
overlooking Grandfather Mountain. We are proud
to have the opportunity to do a historic
restoration at The Cannon Estate in Blowing
Rock, which was built in 1927 by Joseph and
Annie Cannon. We have also been involved with
construction on homes adjacent to the former
Cannon Estate as esteemed
NC Custom Home
Builders and Building Contactors NC.
When remodeling, as with all of our projects, we
aim to create a final product in which we, along
with our client, can take great pride.
Click here to visit our Remodeling and
Restoration Photo Gallery.
Restoration
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Joseph and Annie Cannon completed the home
they called “Miramichi,” or Happy Retreat, in
1927. Sadly Joseph died while his home,
anchored into the rugged hillside that overlooks
the John’s River Valley to the Southwest, was
still comparatively new, however, his devoted
wife, Annie Ludlow Cannon would continue to call
her magnificent mansion in the mountains home
until her death in 1965.
Yet today, close to five decades since she
lived there, Miramichi remains, not one of, but
the most prominent of Blowing Rock’s historical
seasonal homes still in private hands.
Eventually, the historic home was placed
on the market and today its new owners don’t
even want to hear any discussion about its being
remodeled.
“Restoration” is the word Mark Kirkpatrick
uses now to describe what his Mountain
Construction Enterprises is doing at Miramichi.
“When I first met the new owners it didn’t take
long for me to clearly understand they had no
interest in a remodel. Their intent was
restoration of the home to its original
grandeur.”
 Kirkpatrick
assembled a group of highly skilled craftsmen
who won’t compromise any modern fixture or
workmanship if it detracts from what was there
when the house was turned over to its new owners
in 1927.
“I’m convinced that the new owners are
as intent on doing this for the preservation of
the history of the village as they are for their
own personal lifestyle,” Kirkpatrick says. “I
look at this job as an honor with a lot of
responsibility—probably more historical than
physical. We all feel that we are saving part of
the soul,
part of the history of Blowing Rock.
- Reprinted from The Blowing
Rocket, July 29, 2006
Click here to visit our Remodeling and
Restoration Photo Gallery.
To Get Started Now
Please contact our
office to see our work. You can reach us by
phone at 828-963-8090,
email us, or use our
online information request form to let us
know how we can serve you! |
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