The NH Preservation Alliance Annual Achievement Awards

Our Preservation Achievement Awards recognize individuals, organizations, or corporations for work or projects in the categories of restoration and stewardship, rehabilitation and adaptive use, compatible new construction, public policy, and educational and planning initiatives.

The 2008 Preservation Achievement Award Winners will be announced in a ceremony on May 13, 2008 at 4:30 p.m. at the NH Historical Society's Tuck Library, in Concord. Please join us for a celebration of achievement in restoration, rehabilitation, adaptive use as well as leadership in education, advocacy, public policy and planning. Reception to follow announcement.  RSVP to bt@nhpreservation.org; space is limited

The award recipients for 2007 included the restoration of the University of New Hampshire's Thompson Hall, the restoration of Portsmouth's North Church, renovations to Manchester's Carpenter Memorial Library, Manchester Historic Association's restoration of its Research Center, the Town of Canaan Old Meeting House Restoration Committee, the Friends of Epsom's Historic Meetinghouse, the Hollis Heritage Commission, the Webster Farm Preservation Association, the Penacook Historical Society, and preservationist Florence Brown. The Elizabeth Durfee Hengen Award was presented to the Goffstown Historic District Commission, while Richard Candee was honored for exceptional leadership and achievement in preservation education, advocacy, and planning.

Award program sponsors include Sheehan, Phinney, Bass + Green, Bruss Construction, Inc., CMK Architects, The Common Man, Hutter Construction Corporation, Jewett Construction, Inc., Nathan Wechsler & Co., PA, Riverstone Resources LLC, Selectwood, Samyn-D'Elia Architects, PA, Sheerr McCrystal Palson Architecture, and TMS Architects.