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A Visitor's Guide to the Old Center Cemetery Historic Preservation Commission West Hill Historic District, Dedication of Plaque 2006 Historic Preservation Awards Nomination Form |
West Hartford's Ninth Annual CONTACT: January 22, 2006 Restoration Revival! - Nominees Sought for Historic Preservation Awards The West Hartford Historic District Commission is pleased to announce the Ninth Annual Historic Preservation Awards Program. We encourage you to improve your property while preserving its historic character. Your efforts will enhance the present, keep the charm of the past alive, and protect the future of our town. Any residential or non-residential property originally built prior to 1945 and located in West Hartford is eligible for consideration. Improvements for which the property is being nominated should have been completed between September 16, 2004 and March 16, 2006. Awards will recognize the following: most improved building with regard to sensitive restoration of original design; a new addition in keeping with the original structure and setting or a new building that is part of a historic complex or campus; adaptive reuse of a building which preserves the original architectural character; an historic paint color scheme; historic landscape design; landscape design which enhances the architecture and setting of the property. Nomination forms may be obtained from the office of the Town Clerk, 50 South Main St, Room 312; from the West Hartford Public Library Main Branch at 20 South Main St., Bishops Corner Branch at 15 Starkel Rd., Faxon Branch at 1073 New Britain Ave. Nominations are due no later than March 16, 2006 and will be reviewed and voted upon by a panel of seven jurors. Awards will be presented during National Historic Preservation Week, May 8 -13, 2006. The Historic Preservation Awards Program was introduced in 1998 to encourage sensitive renovations to town properties which maintain traditional value. Since then, a diverse group of properties has been honored in all categories. Numerous private single and multi-family homes were awarded for restoration of wood shingles, tile roofing, stucco, brick, porches, doors, windows, and other decorative features; new additions of rooms, porches, garages; varied historic gardens and landscape designs;and historic paint color schemes for every type of house from a 1915 Craftsman Bungalow to a 1938 Colonial Revival. Examples of public buildings which received awards are adaptive reuse of the former A.C. Petersen milk truck garage to West Hartford's first community theater - the Park Road Playhouse, adaptive reuse of a historic firestation to retail/office space for Firehouse Square, and adaptive reuse of two residences to an office for Hartford Family Institute; renovation of Brighton Gardens at Hamilton Heights; restoration and additions to the Rentschler Estate at Renbrook School and Kingswood-Oxford Middle School; and landscape design for First Church of Christ Congregational. Over the years, St Joseph College has earned three awards in the categories of restoration, adaptive reuse, and new addition. The Noah Webster House Museum has been presented with two awards for restoration and new addition. Our theme for 2006 - Restoration Revival - was inspired by the 2005 First Place
award winner at 4 Mohawk Drive. The home designed by Lester Beach Scheide
in 1930 and now belonging to Amy and Stephen Sills was magnificently restored
by David Booth Beers, III, CGR. Extensive research and use of photographic
evidence was accompanied by constant attention to quality workmanship and
materials. Take a look at our poster currently on display around town and
you will see that from 1932 to 2005 it appears as if nothing about the house
has ever changed - the mark of a a true restoration! We invite you to participate
in the Ninth Annual Historic Preservation |
