Abstract:
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.