Bringing the Past "Back to the Future"!
Our architectural designs work because we never try to make an historic home anything more than what it was intended to be. Relic Pine first developed the "Origin Approach" to historic rehabilitation.
From Neglect to Repurposed Frontier Manor
At Relic Pine Enterprises, we are devoted to the art of resurrection– breathing new life into the Cracker Houses of the Deep South while preserving their soul and story. Guided by the standards of the National Park Service and the spirit of lsaiah 58:12, we restore these timeworn homes with reverence, craftsmanship, and purpose.
Our mission is to honor the past by adapting it for the future, crafting spaces where heritage and modern living coexist, where weathered pine speaks, and where every board remembers. We are not merely builders, but stewards of legacy reclaiming beauty from ruin and rooting tomorrow in the sacred ground of yesterday.
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Our Managing Director, Owen Wright, has spent 38 successful years in the cultural resources and environmental planning sectors. He holds advanced degrees in American History, Historic Archaeology, and Historic Preservation. A corporate leader, Wright has developed and managed large projects throughout the Deep South, the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions. He also oversees daily operations on his family's 190 year old South Georgia Centennial Farm.
A South Georgia Hooterville Community.
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Principle of Embodied Energy
Embodied Energy Life Cycle
Relic Pine was founded upon a set of standards for the treatment of historic properties: preservation, rehabilitation, restoration, and reconstruction. At the heart of our approach rests history, heritage, sustainability, quality of life, and the conservation of embodied energy.
Embodied energy is the energy consumed by all of the processes associated with the production of a building, from the mining and processing of natural resources to manufacturing, transport and product delivery. Embodied energy DOES NOT include the demolition and disposal of the building material.
When an historic building or structure is lost due to demolition by neglect or to clear the way for new construction we not only lose tangible links to our past, we also waste the embodied energy that was invested in its initial design and construction.
Historic Preservation and sustainability are natural partners. Preservation and reuse of historic buildings reduces resource and material consumption, puts less waste in landfills, and consumes less energy than demolishing buildings and constructing new ones.
Interestingly, more local jobs are created using the principles of historic preservation than those associated with new construction.
