Historic Katherine Hall

27/03/2026

This is the cornerstone for Katherine Hall. The center hole was a tiny time capsule where the Ware Shoals Manufacturing Company placed a few items important to them in 1913. The cornerstone was removed in the 1979s. The gentleman from the company that will be reinstalling the cornerstone into its rightful place came by Wednesday to measure it and check it out. I am looking forward to seeing this cornerstone back where it belongs.

26/03/2026

I dropped off an application packet to the Greenwood County Treasurer's Office a few minutes ago applying for Hospitality funds to assist the Ware Shoals History & Tourism Committee in purchasing a live streaming camera. This will be the first of a set of live stream cameras I wish for the History & Tourism Committee to purchase to promote tourism to Ware Shoals and to display the natural beauty of our amazing town. Please help me pray that our project is funded through this Hospitality funding opportunity.

Thank you,
Micheal Powell

23/02/2026

We have a called council meeting today. This will be a goal setting session. Please come out today as the Ware Shoals Town Council develops the goals for the Town of Ware Shoals to strive towards over the next few years.

27/11/2025

Happy Thanksgiving from Historic Katherine Hall.

11/11/2025

Katherine Hall Update:

Work has started on Karherine Hall. A lot of work goes on in the process before the rehabilitation effort is noticed. Preservation South has been hired to manage the project. Kyle Campbell from Preservation South has been working closely with the architectural company, McMillan Pazden Smith to create the architectural drawing for the facility. An enormous amount of work has gone into this part of the rehabilitation project. The Properties Committee from the Ware Shoals Town Council has had multiple meetings to approve the town's desires for the plans. The architectural drawings will soon be completed and sent for approval from the agencies that gives final governmental approval. The plan is for the plans to be approved by the end of 2025. The goal is for bids to go out in the Spring and work to begin after that.

04/11/2025

Katherine Hall officially opened 112 years ago today. The rehabilitation of this facility should be be in progress the next time we celebrate Katherine Hall' Birthday.

01/11/2025

Join us tomorrow for great music and help us celebrate the 112 birthday of our amazing facility, Katherine Hall.

Tomorrow afternoon we are playing a free show in Ware Shoals for the Historic Katherine Hall Celebration. Our friend South starts at 1pm and we go on around 2pm. Bring a chair and friends for this free event!

27/10/2025

Join The Ware Shoals History & Tourism Committee Sunday, November 2 as we celebrate the birthday of Katherine Hall. The rehabilitation of Katherine should start in 2026. The entertainment is as follows:
1-2 Travis South Acoustic Solo
2-5. The James Radford Band
5-6. Travis South Acoustic Solo

04/10/2025

The Ware Shoals History & Tourism Committee is excited to announce that the James Radford Band will perform a free concert on the Katherine Hall lawn on Sunday, November 2 at the Katherine Hall Birthday Celebration. A talented artist from Ware Shoals, Travis South will also be performing at the celebration. Help us celebrate our amazing facility as we recognize her past and bring on the rehabilitation project that is expected to begin in 2026.

30/09/2025

McMillan Pazdan and Smith Architecture is the architectural company for this project at Piedmont Tech. They are also the architectural company for the Katherine Hall Rehabilitation Project. The architectural plans should be complete and approved for Katherine Hall in a few months. Great things are happening in Ware Shoals.