2001 Historic Preservation Awards Winners
Linda Howey, Chair of West Hartford's Fourth Annual Preservation Awards Program, was pleased to announce that nine properties were honored during National Historic Preservation Week at a Town Hall ceremony on May 15, 2001. Town councilwoman Liz Gillette presented the awards as winners were introduced by Mary Donahue, Chair of the West Hartford District Commission.
The Awards Jury included Don Foster, Wendell Stephenson, Mark Tamaccio, and Vivian Zoe, as well as commission members. The West Hartford Historic District Commission is the town body which works to protect and preserve the architectural integrity and character of three town-designated districts including the Buena Vista Historic District, the Boulevard-Raymond Road Historic District, and the West Hill Historic District, as well as eight individual properties composed of eighteenth and early nineteenth century farmhouses.
FIRST PLACE WINNERS
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The Carol Autorino Center for the Arts and Humanities at Saint Joseph College |
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An addition was designed to merge modern funtion with the historic architectual character of the building. the original 1936 plans for the center were postponed because of the Depression, and the recent overhaul allowed them to finally come to fruition. |
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1637
Boulevard |
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The home of Bonnie and Barry Waluda in the Raymond Road Historic District, is a Colonial Revival and was renovated to reflect its history, including the removal of inappropriate wrought iron railings from porches and the addition of wooden balustrades. |
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7
Castlewood Road |
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The owners built a new front proch on the Colonial Revival home while following zoning regulations that restored the veranda line. |
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100
North Main Street |
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The landscaping includes numerous original flowerbeds, specimen trees and unusual flowering shrubs dating to the construction of the 1916 Colonial Revival home. For example, the owners have maintained the 15-foot, 80 year-old Rhododendron maxima and other year round plantings. |
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390
Park Road |
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The multi-family home underwent a precise restoration with new supports, restored columns, simple lighting fixtures and varnished tongue-in-groove fixtures to preserve the original character. |
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105
Woodrow Street |
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After buying the home, they took on the arduous task of removing the siding when they found old holiday invitations that pictured the home as it appeared in 1926. |
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11
Buena Vista Road |
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An English garden design to complement the Cape Cod-style home. |
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711
Prospect Avenue |
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This 1895 Colonial Revival home was restored to its former glory. |
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