Inn at Palmetto Bluff River House

LOCATION: Bluffton, SC
OWNER: Palmetto Bluff Lodge, LLC
CONSTRUCTED VALUE: $8,232,500
CONTRACT DATE: 2/2003
ARCHITECT: Hart/Howerton

This 34,000 sq. ft. building is located overlooking the May River. The building includes the Inn's main dining room, bar, dining porch, wine cellar, gift shop, guest services, administration offices and kitchen. The building frame is a combination of cast-in-place concrete foundation, structural steel columns and beams, concrete on steel deck floors and wood framed walls and roof. The exterior finishes are brick foundation and steps, painted cypress siding with wood louver accents, large custom wood windows and a copper standing seam roof. Interior finishes include heart pine wood, stone and tile floors, custom painted and stained millwork, and a heavy timber framed ceiling at the banquet room.