TSYS to Restore Historic Mott House Overlooking Chattahoochee River (Atlanta: credit, hotel)

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Project will take 18 months to turn 1840s-era home into company conference center, boardroom

The Calhoun-Griffin-Mott House is a survivor. And now the historic structure on the TSYS campus overlooking the Chattahoochee River is about to gain new life with a major renovation.

Work is scheduled to begin in October on the property — commonly referred to as the Mott House — and take about 18 months to complete. It then will become a conference center for TSYS clients, as well as a new place to meet for the credit-card processor’s board of directors.

When the project is done, it will have approximately 13,000 square feet. It will include a kitchen facility and a dining room, a history room, six conference rooms, and a new state-of-the-art boardroom.

The Mott House was built in 1841 and home to Columbus businessmen James Calhoun and Daniel Griffin.

The Mott House was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. That designation for it and the surrounding mill structures drew the ire of historic preservationists when TSYS decided to build its large campus.

Mott House visitors will have a close-up view of the whitewater course on the river, as well as the 14th Street pedestrian bridge that links Columbus to Phenix City, where Troy University will start soon on a new campus complemented by a Courtyard Marriott hotel.

The architect for the project is Columbus-based Hecht Burdeshaw Architects. The contractor is Thayer-Bray Construction, also of Columbus. Atlanta-based studio A2 architecture + interiors will be the interior designer.








Pictures from the downtown TSYS World HQ's.

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