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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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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 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 Stedman Incentive Grant assists non-profit organizations in their efforts to save endangered architecturally and historically significant property. The Sandy Level Community Council in Surry County received the 1999 award for saving the 1885 Satterfield House. The council had to resolve problems in the African-American community, where the house is located, and deal with resistance from Mount Airy over extending sewer lines to the house. Proposed users for the house include a center for neighborhood meetings and a police sub-station.
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The Minnette C. Duffy Award is the state's highest award for preservation, restoration, or maintenance of grounds related to historic structures. The Richmond County Historical Society for the Wall Garden received the 1999 award for restoration of the garden. The Wall Garden is on the east side of the Leak-Wall House, which was built in Rockingham in 1853. The garden was designed and built by E.S. Draper in 1918, on a commission by Mrs. H.C. Wall to honor her son and his new bride.
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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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