PROVIDENCE – Preserve Rhode Island (PRI) and the Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission (RIHPHC) on Thursday recognized individuals, organizations and projects that furthered historic preservation in the state.
Culled from nominations, the two groups presented honors in the categories of public works, stewardship, project, homeowner projects and historic rehab tax credit projects. PRI and RIHPHC also bestowed four special honors, one each for volunteer service, professional leadership, public service and artisan.
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The 2009 winners are:
• Antoinette F. Downing Volunteer Service Award to architect Frederick Love for his expertise and understanding in leading the Pawtucket Historic District Commission for the past 20 years.
• Frederick C. Williamson Professional Leadership Award to Tribal Historic Preservation Officer John B. Brown III for his efforts to preserve and protect places that are important in the history and living traditions of the Narragansett Indian Tribe.
• John H. Chafee Public Service Award to Sen. Paul V. Jabour, Rep. Stephen M. Costantino, Councilman John J. Lombardi, the West Broadway Neighborhood Association and Jessica Jennings for translating grass-roots neighborhood advocacy into city and state legislation to protect the visual integrity of historic districts when it comes to the installation of gas meters and regulators.
• Stephen J. Tyson Sr. Artisan Award to Robert E. Donnell for his professional expertise and innate common sense in achieving the highest-caliber exterior and interior restoration projects.
• Stewardship Award to the R.I. Office of Library and Information Services for implementing Protecting the Past-RI, a statewide disaster planning effort to safeguard priceless heritage collections.
• Homeowner Awards to the Deininger family for the stunning restoration of Seven Oaks (1873) in Bristol and to Nick Oldenburg and Paul Carter for the high-quality restoration of the Joseph Cooke House (1819) in Providence.
• Project Award to R.I. Department of Transportation, Public Archaeology Lab (PAL), and the Cranston City Planning Department for the careful study, recovery, and reburial of 3,100 individuals in the old State Farm Cemetery in Cranston.
• Project Award to the Sanford and Smith families for their dedication to returning the Star Diner in East Providence to its 1951 glory.
• Project Award to the Newport Restoration Foundation for its dramatic recovery and painstaking restoration of the Almy-Cory House in Portsmouth.
• Project Award to Portsmouth Abbey School for the inspired restoration of a modern masterpiece, the Chapel of St. Gregory the Great.
• Public Works Awards to the city of Providence for the rehabilitation of the Fox Point Bathhouse for reuse as a school library and community meeting place and for the green rehabilitation of the Nathan Bishop Middle School as a 21st-century learning facility.
• Historic Rehab Tax Credit Project Awards to the latest crop of outstanding rehabs made possible by Rhode Island’s Historic Preservation Investment Tax Credit Program: Rumford Center (East Providence); Aquidneck Mill at the International Yacht Restoration School (Newport); Greystone Lofts (North Providence); and Hampton Inn and Suites (Providence).
