Mount Pleasant Magazine July/August 2017

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town hall
If a picture really is worth a thousand words, imagine
how many words are conveyed from an intricately
designed 3-D model. One talented Wando High
School graduate was given the opportunity to make
such a model of the new Mount Pleasant Town Hall – and
she did not disappoint.
Harrison Novak, a junior at Clemson when the new
building was completed, was double majoring in her senior
year at Wando: Art and Architecture, and Math, Science
and Engineering. Through the school’s intern program, she
had the opportunity to work at Stubbs Muldrow Herin,
the architectural firm that designed the new Town Hall.
As one of her first assignments, she was given the task
of creating a scaled site model of the much-anticipated
project. With only drawings for reference, Novak worked
for three months to complete the job, using materials
provided by SMHa.
“I would leave school after last block and go work on
the model for four hours Monday through Thursday,”
Novak said. “I had a desk all set up at SMHa, with a
computer behind me and all the tools and gadgets to use.”
Novak said the intern program offered at Wando was
extremely beneficial, and she felt fortunate to have been a
part of it.
“You really get the experience of working a real job and
learning the proper etiquette that goes with that,” she said.
The model was displayed at the old Town Hall
beginning in early 2015. As construction of the new
building neared completion, Novak said it was great to see
BY DIANE PAULDINE
A Model
Student
Wando Student
Helped BringTown
Hall to Life Harrison Novak was a student at Wando High School when she built
the model of the new Town Hall.
Photo courtesy of Stubbs Muldrow Herin.
The completed
model of the
new Town Hall
was on display
at the old Town
Hall beginning
early in 2015.