The room walls were first framed up, air jetted tubs set in place, plumbing installed, then electricity, the sprinkler system and finally the drywall and floor restoration. In order to achieve the water flow needed to service the sprinkler system, we had to dig up the entire street in front of the stone building in order to install a 1″ water pipe and then tie together the two water supplies in each building. You will find historic details throughout the buildings from stone walls to mortise joints to hand hewed log joists to original flooring. Wherever possible, these details were exposed. The construction company finished their work in December of 2008. Steve and Venetia took over with the interior finishing work and the floor restoration was complete.
The Boone’s Colonial Inn opened, officially, on December 31, 2008 after an expenditure of $650,000 and nine months of construction and over 400 hours of work by Steve and Venetia. We thank Jim Droste for his patience and commitment to historic preservation. We thank Harry Knollhoff and Rick Pfaff our electricians who really anticipated every electrical need. We will miss Harry’s constant whistling of the oldies but goodies. Steve Burke our lead carpenter was the best. He was always there to do what we needed on the Inn and always understood the need to adhere to historic preservation standards and yet try to keep us in budget. Victor with Reliable Fire Systems, we say thank you for working with us to make the Inn safe and the systems as non intrusive as possible. Bob our plumber with Boland Plumbing, we say thank you for your patience and for working with us on creative solutions and explaining again and again how the Willy Wonka Chocolate factory actually works. Dana and Tom Hartman, two of our other dear friends who helped us with the marketing details. Dana Hartman, who owns Hartman Design, spent countless hours designing and redesigning our website and marketing materials and still does to this day. And, yes, Dana it is your inn too. To Dan and Karen Satterfield for helping us when the chips were down and for designing and hanging our sign. And our countless other friends and family who gave in spirit and labor to make this a premier lodging facility on Main Street. Finally, to my parents, Paul and V’Anne Mydler, a loving thank you for your constant “never give up” attitude and your love for all things historic and preserving one of the first historic buildings in the South Main Historic District. Their dedication to what is now Boone’s Lick Trail Inn(c.1843) and saving it from demolition by purchasing off the city auction block is what true perservance is and the finest example parents can show their children. If you do what is right and work hard, good things will follow.
We hope you enjoy our boutique inn and the attention to detail in order to build a historically accurate property. It is truly a labor of love for the buildings and the South Main Historic District.
Venetia McEntire and Stephen Powell
Proprietors
Boone’s Colonial Inn and Market
Boone’s Colonial Inn
322 South Main Street,
St Charles, MO 63301
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