Park-Squire Associates Limited Partnership for the historic restoration and in-fill Park-Squire-Wolcott Project.
Parkville Properties, LLC for the historic renovation of 90 Chadwick Avenue.
Hill Housing Corp. for the historic restoration of 83-85 Sargeant Street.
Antiquarian and Landmarks Society for historical education at the Main Street Interpretive Center for History.
Mortson/Putnam Heights Ventures, LLC for the historic restoration and in-fill project on Mortson Street.
State of Connecticut Judicial Branch for interior restoration of the Hartford County Courthouse.
Advest, Inc. and Corporation for Independent Living for the historic restoration of 27-29 Benton Street.
Richard Mansfield for history education.
Community Renewal Team for the historic restoration of Wethersfield Commons.
South Hartford Initiative for historic restoration and resue of the Hartford Electric Light Co. substation.
Smith/Edwards Architects and Allyn Street Partners LLC for façade restoration of The Professional Building.
Bushnell Park Foundation for restoration of the Corning Fountain in Bushnell Park.
Greater Hartford Arts Council for the Heritage Grant Program.
Charter Oak Cultural Center – Spirit of Place Award.
Park-Squire Associates Limited Partnership for the historic restoration and in-fill Park-Squire-Wolcott Project. Park-Squire Associates is a joint venture of the Broad-Park Neighborhood Development Corp. and La Casa de Puerto Rico. The project, which was funded primarily with state bonds through the Department of Economic and Community Development, includes both residential and commercial development. The partnership rehabilitated three multi-family buildings on Squire Street dating back to the 1860s; rebuilt two existing commercial buildings on Park Street; and constructed both a new commercial building on Park Street and a substantial addition to one of the rehabilitated buildings. In order to match the historic commercial streetscape, the new building and the addition on Park Street have brick fronts and, like the rest of the block, stand directly on the sidewalk line. Back to 2002 Awards Roster
Parkville Properties, LLC for the historic renovation of 90 Chadwick Avenue. The rehabilitation of this 1911 Perfect Six symbolizes a major attitude change about historic rehabilitation in the Parkville neighborhood. Vacant and blighted, 90 Chadwick Avenue was in 1997 targeted by its neighbors for early demolition, winning a promise from then-Mayor Mike Peters that it would be the first building to be torn down in the city’s demolition program. After HPA intervention, the neighborhood decided to reverse its decision; and, after a difficult and persistent search by the neighborhood for a developer, the building was purchased and rehabilitated without subsidy by Parkville Properties, a Parkville-based for-profit development company. The Parkville NRZ, which also reconsidered and withdrew a number of its other early demolition requests, has now endorsed the idea of having the entire neighborhood placed on the National Register of Historic Places. Back to 2002 Awards Roster
Hill Housing Corp. for the historic restoration of 83-85 Sargeant Street. Built about 1890, this vacant two-family brick house in Asylum Hill was transformed into a rehabilitated single-family home, using funding through the state’s Historic Home Ownership Tax Credit Program. The repair of this building is part of a larger rehabilitation and new construction program on Sargeant Street. Back to 2002 Awards Roster
Antiquarian and Landmarks Society for historical education at the Main Street Interpretive Center for History. In the early 1900s, a suite of offices was added to the Butler-McCook Homestead, Hartford’s oldest still-standing residential building. In conjunction with the restoration of those offices, including tin siding on the exterior of the building, the Antiquarian and Landmarks Society created a new interactive interpretive center in the office suite which seeks to look at Hartford history from the perspective of the families which once lived in the Butler-McCook house. The Center thus offers a different way to look at the history of the city. Back to 2002 Awards Roster
Mortson/Putnam Heights Ventures, LLC for the historic restoration and in-fill project on Mortson Street. The rehabilitation of Mortson Street is the first half of a major project to revitalize two full blocks in the Frog Hollow neighborhood. The Mortson Street portion of the project involved the rehabilitation of seven “Perfect Sixes,” each of which was converted to a row house divided into two owner-occupied units with a zero lot line. Five of the buildings have an owner-occupied two-story unit on each side. Two of the buildings have a vertical duplex on each side — one two-story owner-occupied unit and one rental unit. In addition, five new buildings were constructed to replace buildings lost to demolition, three on Mortson Street and two on the adjacent portion of Park Terrace. The Mortson Street in-fill buildings, which are smaller than the rehabilitated Perfect Sixes but similar in design, have brick faces and bays designed to complement the original Perfect Sixes. The project also includes a wide range of streetscape improvements, including new street lighting, street trees, fencing, and brick pavers. The rehabilitation is a unique joint venture of two non-profit developers and two for-profit developers. It made extensive use of state historic home ownership tax credits and of the City’s gap financing program. All of the Mortson Street units have been sold or are under contract; and Phase 2 of the project, the rehabilitation of nearby Putnam Heights, is now beginning. Back to 2002 Awards Roster
State of Connecticut Judicial Branch for interior restoration of the Hartford County Courthouse. The Hartford County Courthouse has one of the most spectacular interiors of any building in Hartford. Built in 1929 and 1930, the courthouse was designed by architect Paul P. Cret of Philadelphia. The state-funded restoration removed decades of accumulated dirt and grime and returned the interior of the building’s first floor, and particularly its two-story Art Deco-style lobby, to its original glory. The project included the cleaning and restoration of skylights, bronze chandeliers, terrazzo floors, and three large wall murals. Back to 2002 Awards Roster
Advest, Inc. and Corporation for Independent Living for the historic restoration of 27-29 Benton Street. This Benton Street building, an Italianate duplex built around 1860, was the first building rehabilitated under the state’s Historic Home Ownership Tax Credit Program. It is part of the revitalization of Benton Street between Wethersfield and Franklin Aves. in the South Green neighborhood, a project which includes both rehabilitation and new construction. The Corporation for Independent Living was the developer of 27-29 Benton Street. Advest, Inc., bought the tax credits. The Local Initiatives Support Corp. (LISC) and the Connecticut Housing Investment Fund (CHIF) have been involved in providing construction financing for the Benton Street project. Back to 2002 Awards Roster
Richard Mansfield for history education. Richard Mansfield, Dean of the Cathedral of the Christ Church Cathedral in downtown Hartford, is the organizer of the Fifth Build luncheon and lecture series sponsored by the church. The name of the series derives from its theory that Hartford is now into its fifth rebuilding of downtown since the city was first settled in 1636. The series brings in educators, city planners, architects, developers, and financers to speak about the most recent movement to revitalize downtown, with particular emphasis on the historical growth and rebuilding of Main Street. Back to 2002 Awards Roster
Community Renewal Team for the historic restoration of Wethersfield Commons. Built in 1914 and 1915 and designed by local Hartford architect, Burton Sellew, these two apartment buildings at 32-38 Wethersfield Avenue in South Green were vacant when they were placed on the city’s demolition list in 1997. Rehabilitated by the Community Renewal Team with financial assistance from the Department of Economic and Community Development, the buildings were completely renovated to provide 12 units of affordable housing, with new electrical systems, plumbing systems, windows, roofs, and interiors. Back to 2002 Awards Roster
South Hartford Initiative for historic restoration and resue of the Hartford Electric Light Co. substation. This long-vacant
Neo-Classical Revival building at 686 Maple Ave. in the Barry Square neighborhood underwent a radical transformation in use from an unneeded electric substation into a functioning bakery, known as the Great Harvest Bread Co. Both the South Hartford Initiative and the Broad Park Neighborhood Development Corp. were involved in the redevelopment of this building. Back to 2002 Awards Roster
Smith/Edwards Architects and Allyn Street Partners LLC for façade restoration of the Professional Building. The Professional Building at 179 Allyn Street near Union Station is a six-story office building constructed about 1890. Its first floor is dominated by a series of powerful arches, which in the 1970's were covered with stucco. Allyn Street Partners, which recently bought the building, had the stucco removed, revealing the arches’ original dramatic design. Back to 2002 Awards Roster
Bushnell Park Foundation for restoration of the Corning Fountain in Bushnell Park. The Corning Fountain, designed by Scottish sculptor J. Massey Rhind and built in 1899, has long been a landmark in the western portion of Bushnell Park. Made of bronze and granite, the fountain is 30 feet tall, with a statue of a deer in the middle surrounded by figures of Saukiog Indians, Hartford’s first inhabitants. Damage from age and pollution necessitated a $300,000 restoration which included the insertion of tension rods into the central basin of the fountain and epoxy into cracks which had developed. Back to 2002 Awards Roster
Greater Hartford Arts Council for the Heritage Grant Program. Organizations which promote the arts and organizations which promote historical heritage sometimes function in separate worlds and fail to build on their common interests and constituencies. In Hartford, however, the Greater Hartford Arts Council has played an important role in bringing these two groupings together. This linkage was highlighted last fall when the Council conducted a symbolic “marriage” of the arts, represented by Real Art Ways director Will K. Wilkins, and heritage, represented by Brenda Milkofsky of the Wethersfield Historical Society. The Council’s Heritage Grant Program is one sign of that growing unity. Back to 2002 Awards Roster
Charter Oak Cultural Center – Spirit of Place Award. The Charter Oak Cultural Center is located in the former Charter Oak Temple just south of downtown. The Temple, built in 1876 as home for Congregation Beth Israel (now located on Farmington Ave. in West Hartford) was the first building in Connecticut constructed specifically as a Jewish synagogue. The Spirit of Place Award recognizes the Center not only for its continuing restoration of the building itself but for its multi-cultural programming which has made the Center into a vital part of the Sheldon-Charter Oak and South Green neighborhoods. While providing Jewish programming to maintain the building’s Jewish heritage, the Center also sponsors concerts, dance performances, art exhibitions, and numerous other programs which reflect a wide range of ethnic traditions and cultures. Back to 2002 Awards Roster
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