Project: Hayden Padgett Memorial Press Box
Firm: Morrison Architecture PC
Contractor: Gregory Company Inc.
Location: Mountain Home
Inspired by a courageous boy whose dream was to become a Mountain Home Bomber football player, the Hayden Padgett Memorial Press Box represents all Bombers gone too soon and the heart of a little boy who through his fight, touched so many and brought the community together. Many people in the community and surrounding area donated their time, materials and energy to build the memorial.
The project is conceptually derived from the Mountain Home High School mascot, the Bomber airplane, and a WWII control tower. The main roof symbolizes an airplane wing with circular cutouts in steel beams acting as wing ‘rib’ support members, metal soffits to encompass the wing’s skin and the ‘MH’ logo graphic at the underside of the roof which can be seen from below and from the football field. These graphics are reminiscent of the identifying symbols found on fighter planes. Uplights illuminate the main roof wing off of the steel columns giving the illusion of the wing being “lifted and flying” and symbolizing Hayden’s angel wings and freedom from the earth.
The memorial represents Hayden Padgett’s watchfulness over his beloved Bombers and in the words of his mom, Michelle Padgett, “the spirit of a boy who loved all things Bomber football.”
Owner/Client: Mountain Home School District
Project Team: Laura Morrison, AIA; Charles Morrison
Consultants: Hathaway Engineering, Architectural Engineering Consultants
Photographer: Ken West
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