Christian Activities Council for historic in-fill at Zezzo House.
Corporation for Independent Living for the historic restoration of the Babcock Street Perfect Sixes.
Barry Lubin and Grandview Terrace residents for Grandview Terrace historic district.
Smith/Edwards, architects for adaptive reuse of the Cedar Hill Cemetery Chapel and Gateway.
Phil Schoenberger for the historic restoration of the Richardson Building.
Richard and Roberta Huber for historic painting of 12 Charter Oak Place.
ONE/CHANE for the historic restoration and painting of 34 Capen Street and the Capen Street Streetscape.
Trinity College/SINA for Northam Arch at Trinity College.
David Ransom Lifetime achievement award.
Zezzo House, on Homestead Avenue between Edgewood and Cabot Streets in the city's Upper Albany neighborhood, is an extraordinary example rehabilation and sensitive in-fill. This three-building project, developed by the Christian Activities Council (Donald Steinle, Executive Director), will provide 18 units of low-cost rental housing for families in which at least one member is HIV positive. Back to 2001 Awards Roster
These two classic Perfect Sixes at 24-26 and 28-30 Babcock Street are just south of Capitol Avenue in the Frog Hollow neighborhood. Working with the City of Hartford's gap financing program, the Corporation for Independent Living renovated each of these Perfect Sixes into two row houses, so that each side of the building could be sold separately to a different home owner. The resulting units are two stories each, with the original third floor left unfinished to function as an attic. Back to 2001 Awards Roster
The owners of the houses on Grandview Terrace, between Linnmoore and White Streets in Hartford's South End, successfully petitioned the City Council to approve the creation of the Grandview Terrace Boulevard Local Historic District. Local historic districts (LHDs), which are authorized by state statute, give maximum protection to historic buildings, since no changes can be made to the exterior of a building in the district without the consent of a local historic district commission. LHDs require approval by a vote of two-thirds of the building owners in the district. Back to 2001 Awards Roster
Cedar Hill Cemetery, which was laid out in 1864, is the final resting place of many eminent Hartford residents and contains many finely designed buildings and monuments. Standing at its entrance are the Northam Memorial Chapel, a Gothic Revival structure built in 1882, and the granite Gallup Memorial Gateway, built in 1889. Its iron gate, crafted in a delicate pattern of leaves and tendrils, opens to the winding roadways of the 270-acre cemetery. The original architect of both the chapel and the gateway was Hartford's own George Keller (1842-1935). Both structures were beautifully restored, and the chapel sensitively adapted to office uses. Back to 2001 Awards Roster
The anchor of Main Street north of the Old State House has been, since 1876, the structure now known as the Richardson Building. Designed for the Cheney family of Manchester (originally as the Cheney Block) by the distinguished architect Henry Hobson Richardson, the building suffered insensitive changes over the decades, culminating in a near-gutting. Now, under the development leadership of Phil Schoenberger, the building's surviving original exterior elements have been restored and imaginatively-configured rooms created for adaptive reuse as a suites hotel. Back to 2001 Awards Roster
This spectacular early Victorian Queen Anne-style mansion, known as Northam House, was built in 1875 for Col. Charles H. Northam (1797-1881), a merchant, banker and West Indies trader. Richard and Roberta Huber were responsible for its recent repainting, which restored its exterior with a vivid color scheme characteristic of the era. Back to 2001 Awards Roster
ONE/CHANE, a North Hartford-based non-profit housing developer, has been responsible for the rehabilitation of a number of buildings on the eastern end of Capen Street, near Main Street, in the North End of Hartford. The rehabilitated building at 34 Capen Street, built around 1890, is an excellent example of a Victorian "painted lady." Like 12 Charter Oak Place, its stunning paint scheme in Hartford's North End has been restored to its 1890's Victorian grandeur. It stunning paint scheme, which highlights the building's elaborate and intricate design, has been particularly effective in restoring its Victorian grandeur. Back to 2001 Awards Roster
The Long Walk of Trinity College is the only Ameircan work of the English Victorian architect William Burges. On its central axis the enlarged Northam Arch opening and surround (designed by Smith/Edwards architects) and the new terrace and landscaping finally give Trinity College its long-promised front door on Summit Street. The arch is named for the same Col. Charles H. Northam for whom 12 Charter Oak Place was built. Back to 2001 Awards Roster
Since the 1970's, architectural historian David Ransom has been in the forefront of research, publishing and teaching about the often under-appreciated riches of Hartford's legacy of architecture and public art. His seemingly unending energy and good spirit have made him a powerful force for preservation in Hartford, and his patient explanation of the principles of architecture has helped breed more than one generation of Hartford preservationists. He continues to work actively in his field, helping to document buildings and districts and to place them on the State and National Registers. With Hartford as his focus, his writings have ranged across a wide spectrum of concerns, from individual architectural firms (Hapgood & Hapgood, Geroge Keller), to building types (Connecticut synagogues) to outdoor sculpture. His 1988 Structures and Styles: Guided Tours of Hartford Architecture, written with Greg Andrews, remains the definitive general guide to the city's buildings and sites. Back to 2002 Awards Roster
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