Lavigne Building - Insider Tour

Join us for a full pre-renovation tour of the historic Lavigne Building in Appalachia, Virginia. The building has previously served as an appliance store as well as residential units. Subscribe to our channel to follow along with all of our progress!

[@HamiltonMechanical]

Trumbill would have been late 30s early 40s. I've replaced a lot of their panels here in my town, Oak Ridge Tennessee which was built during ww2. Not long after the 40s they went under so you don't see them often. definitely very old, and most likely original to the building i would think.

[@AphonicRoar]

It would be great if when you have the building done, you clean out that collapsed building next door but leave the facade and turn it into a private outdoor area for the tenants

[@AppalachianRisingVentures]

We plan to one day work on the back cliff side of these buildings on this side of main to create outdoor spaces and possibly more parking. Currently, anybody living here can park on the street, but we hope someday that Main Street is busy enough that parking is a problem again. 🤞

[@lauraw289]

I love architecture and history so these videos are fascinating to me. It's unfortunate that great old buildings get deserted like this. I think it's wonderful that you're trying to restore them rather than just tear them down.

[@AppalachianRisingVentures]

Yes, too much of our Main Street is already gone because they sat until they were unsalvageable. We pray for direction every day on how to manage these projects so we can hopefully save a piece of our history.

[@southeastmichigancitizen4886]

I enjoy watching these videos. Waiting for the restoration videos.

[@AppalachianRisingVentures]

They will slowly come along! We will have an update very soon on the upstairs apartment of the Beauty Shop that we just posted a tour of last night!

[@suzannenachstein6837]

I wonder if the weird shaft at the beginning is a dumb waiter? My grandmother had one in her apartment that she lived in from the 1930s-1980s. They’d use it to send garbage to the basement, it had a mini elevator that people would pull up and down with ropes. They said that they used it once to pull my mother up to a neighbor’s apartment, but that could have been a tall tale😂

[@johnszurek5209]

Keep up the good work. I really enjoy watching your channel as you explore and explain the building.

[@Real_Moon-Moon]

I’m studying to become an architect and I’ve always loved old buildings and urbex. This is really cool! Good luck with the restoration. -Moon-Moon from Michigan.

[@bennetfox]

These would be such gorgeous buildings if they didn't pass through the hands of slumlords.

[@tim_g3478]

I enjoyed your narration of the building respecting the original features like the French doors. It will definitely be worth saving!

[@thoraldshib4393]

Another great video! I hope one day you can get a hi lumen flood light to better show the dark areas, But still strangely appreciate your tours of these building!

[@AppalachianRisingVentures]

We have used a better light in the last two videos we have done, one of which was posted last night. Check it out and let us know what you think. We are learning as we go how to make everything more viewable.

[@branhicks]

This is all very interesting. I love seeing the inside of these old buildings. Can't wait to see what you do with them!

[@cat3crazy]

A very interesting building. I love that there was a lot of light coming into the apartments. It's so sad about the damaged. You have a lot of work to restore the building. The plants will definitely take over if given the chance. Do you have any idea what happened to the blueprints? I'm looking forward to seeing all the buildings after they are restored.

[@AppalachianRisingVentures]

No, I am still searching the history of each building trying to figure out who all the original owners of the current structures might have been. But no blueprints have appeared on any of these buildings so far.