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The 2006 Ruth Coltrane Cannon Award, North Carolina's most prestigious preservation award, was presented Hamilton C. Horton, Jr. of Winston-Salem. Horton received the award for more than thirty years of service to historic preservation both as a private citizen and as a five-term senator in the North Carolina General Assembly.
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The 2004 Ruth Coltrane Cannon Award, North Carolina's most prestigious preservation award, was presented to Sylvia C. Nash for her support of numerous state preservation projects with time, leadership, and finances. Nash has been active in historic preservation for a number of years. She was a founding member of the Edgecombe Historical Society, instrumental in saving two rare landmarks in Tarboro, and involved in securing National Register designation for Tarboro's historic district.
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The 2003 Ruth Coltrane Cannon Award, North Carolina's most prestigious preservation award, was presented to Dr. E. Newsom Williams for his longtime commitment to historic preservation. Williams has served as president of the New Bern Preservation Foundation, the New Bern Historical Society, and Preservation NC. He has also rehabilitated numerous historic houses in New Bern, individually or through a partnership.
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The 2002 Ruth Coltrane Cannon Award, North Carolina's most prestigious preservation award, was given to Lillian and Leslie Boney of Wilmington for their more than fifty-year commitment to historic preservation. The Boneys were leaders in the restoration of Wilmington's historic Bellamy Mansion.
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The 2001 Ruth Coltrane Cannon Award, North Carolina's most prestigious preservation award, was given to Amy B. Averill, of Brevard, for her many \"contributions of time, resources, and energy to historic preservation in North Carolina.\"
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Betsy Ray McCain and Elizabeth F. Buford, Secretary and Deputy Secretary, respectively, of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, received the 2000 Ruth Coltrane Cannon Award for their dedication to historic preservation efforts in the state. The award, first presented in 1948, is the state's most prestigious preservation award.
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The 1999 Ruth Coltrane Cannon Award, North Carolina's most prestigious preservation award, was given to Raleigh's Richard H. Jenrette, who has devoted a lifetime to the preservation of America's past. He has given his expertise, time, and resources to the preservation of historic homes in New York, U.S. Virgin Islands, and North and South Carolina. A national leader in historic preservation, Jenrette is responsible for completely restoring Hillsborough's Ayr Mount, one of the state's finest Federal-style houses.
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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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Virginia A. Stevens, president of Preservation North Carolina from 1992 to 1994, received the 1996 Ruth Coltrane Cannon Award for statewide and local leadership in historic preservation over the past two decades. Stevens has been active in preservation efforts in Raleigh and Blowing Rock. The award is the state's most prestigious preservation one.
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The Hon. Marie W. Colton received the 1992 Ruth Coltrane Cannon Award, the state's most prestigious preservation award. Colton was one of the founders of the Preservation Society of Asheville and Buncombe County. Also, as a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives for seven consecutive terms and the first woman elected Speaker Pro Tempore of that body, she championed the cause of preservation in her legislative work.
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Originating in 1948, the Ruth Coltrane Cannon Award is the state's most prestigious preservation award and is given for outstanding achievement in historic preservation. Gwynne S. Taylor of Winston-Salem received the 1990 award. Her preservation activities include authoring numerous National Register nominations, being a recognized expert on architecture in Forsyth County, and serving as president of the Historic Preservation Foundation of North Carolina from 1987 to 1990.
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Charles P. Gaylor, III, a Wayne County native, received the 1991 Ruth Coltrane Cannon Award, the state's most prestigious preservation award. A lawyer, Gaylor served on the North Carolina Attorney General's Commission on Preservation Law. His efforts led to saving the 1875 Weil Houses in Goldsboro from demolition. He is a former president of Preservation North Carolina and has served on the Goldsboro Historic District Commission.
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The 1988 Ruth Coltrane Cannon Award, North Carolina's most prestigious preservation award, was presented to James Allen Dunn Jr., of Salisbury, for \"the high level and quality of his service through his profession, his elective positions, and local and statewide organizations.\" Dunn, a senior planner for the North Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Community Development, is a long-time leader in preservation in Salisbury and Rowan County.
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The 1985 Ruth Coltrane Cannon Award, North Carolina's most prestigious preservation award, was presented to Robert L. Stallings, Jr. Stallings has numerous achievements in historic preservation: Mayor of New Bern in the 1950s; Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development in the 1960s; chairman of the Tryon Palace Commission; pioneer in developing the New Bern historic district.
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The 1986 Ruth Coltrane Cannon Award, North Carolina's most prestigious preservation award, was presented to Rosalie Huske Kelly, of Fayetteville. Kelly is well-known for her work in preserving the town's history. Among examples of her preservation leadership are saving the 1834 Belden-Horne house and restoration of the ancient Cool Spring in downtown Fayetteville.
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