Abstract:
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.