PROVIDENCE – The adaptation of a former U.S. Rubber Plant building into an arts and social enterprise facility for WaterFire Providence is among the notable projects that will receive a 2017 Rhody Award for Historic Preservation.
Other top projects named this week by Preserve Rhode Island and the R.I. Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission include the renovation by ASH NYC of 32 Custom House, a vacant office building in downtown Providence, converted to luxury apartments and a restaurant at ground level.
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Cromwell Ventures, of New York, has received a project award for its rehabilitation of three buildings in the former Mechanical Fabric Company complex to create 40 live-work apartments, a shared work space and a culinary incubator, called Room & Works.
The R.I. Department of Administration, meanwhile, received a Stewardship Award for the restoration of the Statehouse dome, including the preservation of its murals and for work to preserve murals in the Colony House in Newport.
The awards will be presented in a ceremony at the new WaterFire Arts Center on Oct. 22 from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
In addition to the preceding, the 2017 Rhody Awards go to:
Elizabeth Capozzi, the Antoinette F. Downing Volunteer Service Award, for her commitment to preserving Rhode Island’s heritage as an advocate, fundraiser, and board member of the State House Restoration Society and Preserve Rhode Island.
Pieter Roos, the Frederick C. Williamson Professional Leadership Award, for his contributions to historic preservation in Newport and his 18-year tenure as executive director of the Newport Restoration Foundation.
The Babcock-Smith House Museum, the Education Award, for a wide-ranging initiative to research, interpret and broadcast the role of Westerly in the granite industry.
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, the Landscape Restoration Award, for placing underground more than 60 utility poles along Sachuest Point Road in Middletown, a source of artistic inspiration since the 18th century.
The Preservation Society of Newport County won a project award for restoring the tile roof of the Chinese Tea House, 1913, at Marble House in Newport.
One Bay Street Center won a project award for the rehabilitation of the Lanphear Livery Stable in Westerly, which provides an array of community spaces, storefronts, offices and apartments.
House of Hope CDC won a project award for its rehabilitation of Fair House in the Pawtuxet Village of Warwick into safe and comfortable apartments for individuals with disabilities and who were formerly homeless.
Mary MacDonald is a staff writer for the PBN. Contact her at macdonald@pbn.com.
