RI Statewide Preservation Conference to be Held in Watch Hill
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RI Statewide Preservation Conference to be Held in Watch Hill
The conference will take place on Saturday, April 29.
The registration fee is $50, which includes morning coffee, lunch, and a closing reception at One Bay Street, the recently restored Lanphear Livery Stable.
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The conference will be held in the communities of Westerly and Charlestown.
It will feature guided walks through Watch Hill and boat tours off the coast will cover economic development, design in historic districts, and local history. Tours further afield will visit Wilcox Park, the North End, Downtown Westerly, the Babcock-Smith House Museum, and sites associated with Westerly’s granite industry.
A Charlestown tour will travel down Route 1 to the resort community of Quonochontaug, Fort Ninigret, and the village of Cross Mills. Panel presentations will look at preservation and economic development, the role of the cultural sector in the state economy, and how historic religious institutions contribute to local economies.
Following the tours, Donovan Rypkema will deliver the keynote address titled “The Economics of Historic Preservation - Recent Lessons from the U.S. and Beyond” at the Watch Hill Chapel.
Rypkema is a leading historic preservation and real estate consultant.
For more information on the conference, click here.
2016 Rhody Awards for Historic Preservation
Antoinette F. Downing Volunteer Service Award
The award will be presented to David J. Kelleher of East Providence who has educated everyone from second graders to city council members about the historic places of East Providence.
Frederick C. Williamson Professional Leadership Award
The award will be presented to Robert P. Foley of Newport recognizing his many contributions to the historic preservation movement in the City by the Sea.
Stephen J. Tyson, Sr. Artisan Award
The award will be presented to Andrew J. Panciotti, Sr. of Providence, a master architectural sheet metal mechanic who not only excels at his trade but also mentors fellow workers and students
Homeowner Award
The award will be presented to Dylan Peacock and Miki G. Kicić, first-time homeowners who undertook the hands-on restoration of the Cook-Cohen House (1911) in Providence’s Elmwood neighborhood.
Project Award
The award will be presented to Valley Affordable Housing for an ambitious project of rehab and new construction in Cumberland’s historic Ashton Village, a planned community built in the 1860s for mill workers.
Project Award
The award will be presented to the Bristol Art Museum for the thoughtful adaptive reuse of the Linden Place Carriage Barn (ca. 1866) for galleries, artists’ studios, and public classrooms.
Project Award
The award will be presented to Lila Delman Real Estate who bought a fixer-upper, the historic Earle Warehouse (ca. 1784), and rehabbed it for its new Providence office.
Project Award
The award will be presented to to the TAI-O Real Estate Group for completing the residential conversion of a sprawling mill complex in Central Falls with the rehabilitation of historic Elizabeth Webbing.
Project Award
The award will be presented to Providence Revolving Fund, Lori Quinn, and Dave Stem for preserving a key block of Washington Street by rehabilitating the endangered George C. Arnold Building (1923).
Project Award
The award will be presented to The Arc of Blackstone Valley for rehabbing the Heaton & Cowing Mill (1832, 1926) in Providence to provide comfortable apartments for homeless or nearly-homeless veterans.
Project Award
The award will be presented to the Rhode Island Department of Transportation for converting the endangered Washington Bridge (1928-30) into the Washington Bridge Linear Park, a new open space in a historic place that links the communities of East Providence and Providence.
