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Restoration architect Paul E. Stephens of New Bern received the 1999 Robert E. Stipe Professional Award. The award is given to working professionals demonstrating outstanding commitment to historic preservation as part of their jobs. In his fifteen years of preservation work, Stephens has earned a reputation for finding creative design solutions that preserve the historic detail of a structure and also meet the requirement of modern building codes.
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The Gertrude S. Carraway Award recognizes organizations and individuals demonstrating strong commitment to promotion of historical preservation. The 1999 Award of Merit winners include Elva Thompson Gheen; John Vining; First Baptist Church, Wilmington; The Crossland Group; Walnut Cove Colored School, Inc.; and the Society for the Historic Preservation of Oakwood.
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The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, located in western Carolina, established a tribal historic preservation office in December 1999. They are the twenty-first federally recognized tribe to do so. James Bird of the Eastern Band was appointed tribal historic preservation officer.
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Dr. Benjamin F. Speller, Jr., Dean of the School of Library and Information Sciences at North Carolina Central University in Durham, received the 1998 Ruth Coltrane Cannon Award, the state's most prestigious preservation award. Speller's contributions to historic preservation are many, including the renovation of Durham's Historic St. Joseph's AME Church and establishing the African-American Resources Collection at North Carolina Central University, which includes over half a million manuscripts, oral histories, and videos.
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The Robert E. Stipe Award is the state's highest award given to working professionals demonstrating outstanding commitment to historic preservation as part of their job. Rodney L. Swink, director of the North Carolina Main Street Center, received the 1998 award. The center, a nationally recognized program, seeks to revitalize downtowns around the state, developing them economically, while preserving historically at the same time.
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Gertrude S. Carraway was a leader in the work to restore Tryon Palace. The Awards of Merit, named for her, recognize organizations and individuals demonstrating strong commitment to promotion of historic preservation. The 1998 Award of Merit winners include Arlene and Daniel Stowe, Lynne Galvin, Jerry Nix, Rex Todd, and Mildred and Ed Page.
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North Carolina is recognized nationally for historical preservation. Currently over 300 preservation projects are underway statewide. Some, such as New Bern's Tryon Palace and grand plantation homes, are preserved as historical sites. Other structures, like downtown storefronts, mill villages and mills, schools, church buildings, and commercial office buildings are preserved not only for their historical value but also their utilitarian value as offices, cafes, shops, and condominiums.
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The rise of the textile industry in the 19th-century changed the landscape. Recognizing that textile mills and villages are part of the state's heritage, preservationists are seeking to save many of them, including the 1880 Glencoe Mill and village.
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The Gertrude S. Carraway Award of Merit recognizes organizations and individuals demonstrating strong commitment to promotion of historical preservation. The 1996 winners of Awards of Merit include Mark Wilde-Ramsing of Wilmington, Pam Turner of Asheville, St. Philip's Episcopal Church in Brevard, and the Catawba County Historical Association.
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Raleigh native Richard H. Jenrette received the nation's highest preservation honor in October 1996, when he was presented the Louise duPont Crowninshield Award. The award is given by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Jenrette has given his expertise, time, and resources to many preservation projects, including restoration of Ayr Mount in Hillsborough, one of the state's finest Federal-style houses.
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The Robert E. Stipe Professional Award is the state's highest award given to working professionals demonstrating outstanding commitment to historic preservation as part of their job. Jo Ramsey Leimenstoll, architect and associate professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, received the award in 1996. Leimenstoll has worked with the North Carolina Main Street Program, was project architect on the Thomas Day/Union Tavern restoration in Milton, and is one of the country's foremost authorities on designing sympathetic additions to historic buildings.
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This article describes the motivations of investors, the obstacles to attracting investment to preservation ventures, public development needs addressed by preservation, financing tools available for housing rehabilitation, and the benefits of public-private partnerships for increasing investment in such ventures.
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Decreasing membership and changing space needs are among factors that place historic church buildings in small towns and rural areas at risk. Deciding what to do with an aging church or one that the congregation has outgrown are the biggest challenges parishioners can face. Decisions can lead to a church becoming a homecoming church, one used once a year; a transitional church, or one receiving minimal maintenance; and an adaptive church, or one used for purposes other than religious.
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Allison and David Black, of Black & Black Preservation Consultants, received the 1992 Robert E. Stipe Award. The award is given to working professionals demonstrating outstanding commitment to historic preservation as part of their jobs. Among the state's most experienced preservation consultants, the Blacks' works includes National Register nomination projects for thirty-four individual properties, thirty-six districts, and three large survey areas.
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Developer DeWayne Anderson received the 1992 L. Vincent Lowe, Jr. Business Award, the state's highest preservation award given to a business for promoting protection of architectural resources. Anderson rehabilitates and manages National Register eligible properties. His work has saved countless historic structures, created affordable housing and office space, and preserved the historical heritage of many communities.
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North Carolina Preservation
(NoCar Oversize E 151 N6x), Vol. Issue 87, Fall 1992,
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