Preservation Durham is 35 years old.
To help celebrate, The Herald-Sun each week will feature one of the 2009 winners of the George and Mary Pyne Preservation Awards and of the Preservation Durham Neighborhood Conservation Awards.
Preservation Durham has been saving houses and memories in Durham since 1974, when its first major projects were the establishment of the Historic Preservation Commission and the Downtown Historic District.
Since then it has helped to preserve the Carolina Theatre, the Old St. Joseph's A.M.E. Church and Historic Stagville. It moved and saved the Stanford L. Warren House, helped to save City Place, and moved the Pegram House.
Recently it has focused its sights on facilitating preservation projects throughout the county, from the Rougemont Train Depot, to the historic structures in the East Durham Historic District, to the Hollow Rock Store.
Since 1976, Preservation Durham has observed the annual tradition of bestowing awards for excellence in the renovation and restoration of historic buildings and sites throughout Durham County.
The homes and buildings featured in this space each week are the 2009 winners of the George and Mary Pyne Preservation Awards and of the Preservation Durham Neighborhood Conservation Awards.
Watch The Herald-Sun for announcements of Preservation Durham's 35th anniversary activities from October through June. In the meantime, visit www.preservationdurham.org to learn more about how you can become involved in creating the next 35 years of preservation achievements.
