Conway Architectural Salvage and Heritage Project

06/17/2026

06/17/2026

And found this today underneath a beam…

06/08/2026

MATERIAL REUSE in ACTION ALERT: OLIVER’s LODGE Edition:

We’re happy to report a good bit of Oliver’s rare, locally milled materials have already found new homes with deep connections to Oliver’s and Murrells Inlet!l

More coming soon, but first up:

3000 square feet of Oliver’s Lodge’s old growth Longleaf Heart Pine T&G boards we recovered in the first few weeks of the deconstruction project will now be used to renovate a building in Marion, SC!

The building will soon be a boutique hotel and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

For those who don’t know, the Oliver’s lived in Marion before moving to Murrells Inlet!

06/07/2026

To our drummer friends, check out the handcrafted stave drums by Herb Sommers of Olde Saratoga Stave Drums, now available at Andy Owen’s Music Store!

Herb, master drum maker, will soon have a Southern Heritage Snare line, handcrafted from fine wood recovered from our projects!

More on all this soon!

We are happy to announce Olde Saratoga Stave snare drums are now available for purchase or special custom order through Andy Owings Music in the Coastal Grand Mall..Myrtle Beach.
Stop in , check out our display...test drive.
We currently have a 13" x 5 " solid shell Cherry
And a
14" x 6-5/8" solid shell Black Limba..

06/02/2026

Roof and second story deconstructed.

The old growth Longleaf and Cypress framing lumber is exquisite.

More on the lumber reclaimed so far coming soon.

It’s A LOT!

05/28/2026

Stay tuned

05/28/2026

Oliver’s Lodge Project

Materials Sale Announcement!

Own a piece of Murrells Inlet’s historic built environment and help our nonprofit keep Oliver’s precious memories alive!

When
Monday June 1, 2026 - until project completion.

9am-2pm M - F

What:
For Sale - Oliver Lodge’s rare, locally harvested, historic building materials
• old growth Longleaf Pine flooring; 1xs; beams; beadboard; dimensional lumber; • old growth Cypress (some Pecky Cypress); 1xs; beams; dimensional lumber • windows; doors; fixtures; • bricks • and more!

Where:
4204 Hwy Bus 17
Murrells Inlet, SC

Please no phone or email inquiries about these materials.

All sales are from site only.

05/25/2026

05/23/2026

Oliver’s Lodge Project Update:

We had several days of progress and finds this past week.

We have deconstructed much of the roofing elements and top floor of what we’re calling the East wing of Oliver’s.

We’ll report more soon on what we’re recovering, and it’s a lot and it’s beautiful!

This week we discovered two more MAKER’s MARKS by Captain “Billy” Oliver!

That makes 3!

The signatures so far are located at three major points in the building: 1) the roofing board at top of “West” Wing (that structure was made mostly from reclaimed 1860s materials); 2) Maker’s Marks now found on studs at inlet-facing side and 3) North-facing side of “East” Wing!

This links the two different building phases — the West Wing built first largely from earlier materials and the East Wing built second from early 1900s materials — together, to a single builder - W. L. Oliver - who started construction in 1910!

Happy Preservation Month!

For •PEOPLE •PLACE •PLANET

Drone footage courtesy of

05/19/2026

Board by board, brick by brick, our community-driven nonprofit is saving Oliver’s Lodge fabrics and continuing the tradition of deconstruction and material reuse.

We estimate this single project will keep approximately 300 tons of rare, historic, and locally harvested building materials out of our landfills and for reuse.

Our region’s landfills are at capacity.

We are doing our part.

We look forward to local and state agencies doing theirs!

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