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The L. Vincent Lowe, Jr., Business Award is the highest preservation award given to a state business for promoting protection of architectural resources in the state. The Mast General Store received the 1998 award. The store, located in Watauga County between Vilas and Banner Elk, was built in the 1880s and is one of the last of its kind. In 1973, it was included on the National Register of Historic Places.
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The L. Vincent Lowe, Jr. Award is the highest preservation award given to a state business for promoting protection of architectural resources in the state. William A. V. Cecil received the 1996 award for turning neglected Biltmore Estate in Asheville into a major tourist attraction, while at the same time stimulating economic growth in the region.
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The L. Vincent Lowe, Jr. award is the highest preservation award given to a state business for promoting protection of architectural resources in the state. The Prince Charles Development Company in Fayetteville received the 1990 award for restoring the eight story Prince Charles Hotel in the downtown area. Built in 1925, the hotel was an elegant showplace, but by the 1980s it had fallen into ruin. Had not the Price Charles Company bought it for restoration, it would have been demolished.
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The L. Vincent Lowe, Jr., Award is the highest preservation award given to a state business for promoting protection of architectural resources in the state. When the old Farmers Market in Raleigh moved across town, the Logan Trading Company, a nursery, needed new quarters. The old Seaboard Railway Station, built in 1941-42 and abandoned in 1986, provided the space. The Logan Trading Company received the 1991 award for seeing the advantages in recycling an old structure to meet new business requirements.
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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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4541
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The L. Vincent Lowe, Jr. Award is the highest preservation award given to a state business for promoting protection of architectural resources in North Carolina. Bridgestone/ Firestone, Inc. received the 1999 award for donating the Loray Mill in Gastonia to Preservation North Carolina. Built in 1902, the 600,000 square-foot mill is the state's most significant industrial property.
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The L. Vincent Lowe, Jr. Business Award is the highest award given to a state business for promoting protection of architectural resources in North Carolina. First National Bank of Shelby received the 2000 award for its investment and extensive rehabilitation of two properties in Shelby's Downtown National Register Historic District.
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The L. Vincent Lowe, Jr., Business Award is the highest preservation award given to a state business for promoting protection of architectural resources in North Carolina. Durham architect G. Edwin Belk received the award for 2001 for \"successfully adapting historical buildings and industrial complexes for new uses.\" Among Belk's creations is Durham's Bright Leaf Square.
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The L. Vincent Lowe, Jr. Business Award is the highest preservation award given to a state business for promoting protection of architectural resources in North Carolina. Murray Gould and Gould & Associates received the award for 2002 for successfully rehabilitating and adapting historical buildings for new uses.
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The L. Vincent Lowe, Jr., Business Award is the highest preservation award given to a state business for promoting protection of architectural resources in the state. “The Cedars†in Morganton was built by a local planter in 1841. In 1999, when outside developers wanted to purchase and demolish the historic property, the Morganton Federal Savings and Loan purchased the property from them and accomplished a $3.2 million dollar restoration of the site. For its preservation efforts, the company received the 2003 Vincent Lowe award.
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The L. Vincent Lowe, Jr., Business Award is the highest preservation award given to a state business for promoting protection of architectural resources in the state. Frank Gailor and his family-run development company, Hedgehog Holdings, received the 2004 award for his work in the historic rehabilitation of Raleigh's Pilot Mill. The mill was one of six cotton mills built in Raleigh in the 19th-century.
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