Hygrade Market has been around for over 60 years. It fell into a neglect and disrepair for over 20 years until Tom and Dawn Christopher took on the project to begin a two year restoration process. Seven 30 yard dumpsters with many grindings of concrete original floors later exposed cast iron ceiling beams and the old structure began to appear. A fella knocked on the door one day asking to look around. "What do you do?", Dawn asked. "Oh, I’m a plasterer", he softly replied. Hawk in hand he went to work on the slow process of restoring the 120 year old original plaster walls which had suffered fires, sheetrock covering, and drill holes. He was able to save the walls which now look stunning in the way old churches in Europe can appear; cool, soothing and filled with history.

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