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Tuesday, May 8, 2012

CRYSTAL TEA ROOM, THE WANAMAKER BUILDING100 E. Penn Square | Philadelphia, PA

Special Recognition Awards 2James Biddle AwardPublic Service AwardRhoda and Permar Richards AwardBoard of Directors AwardCommunity Action AwardsSpecial 100th Anniversary

Recognition Award

Grand Jury Awards 6

AIA Philadelphia Awards 15AIA Landmark Building AwardHenry J. Magaziner, EFAIA Awardof the Historic Preservation Committee of AIA Philadelphia

Easement Donor Recognition 17

Luncheon Sponsors 18

Th e P r e s e rvat i o n A l l i a n c ef o r G r e a t e r P h i l a d e l p h i a

The Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia actively

promotes the appreciation, protection, and appropriate use and

development of the Philadelphia region’s historic buildings,

communities and landscapes.

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Board of Directors

OfficersMarian A. Kornilowicz, Esq.Chair

Sally Elk Vice Chair

Stephen D. MarshallSecretary

Joseph P. CharlesTreasurer

DirectorsLeonidas Addimando

Suzanna E. Barucco

John G. Carr

Thomas D. Cestare

Linda A. Galante, Esq.

Prema Gupta

Barbara J. Kaplan

Randall F. Mason, PhD

Andrew Palewski

Robert Powers

Harry Schwartz, Esq.

Thomas J. Sugrue

Rev. Mark Kelly Tyler

Staff

John Andrew GalleryExecutive Director

Patrick HauckDirector of Neighborhood PreservationPrograms

Melissa JestNeighborhood Preservation ProgramCoordinator

Benjamin LeechDirector of Advocacy

Holly KeefeDirector of Membership Development

Amy E. McCollum Special Projects Consultant

Grand Jury Awards Panel

Karen Arnold Keystone Grant Preservation Specialist,Grant Programs and PlanningPennsylvania Historical and MuseumCommission

Randall BaronAssistant Historic Preservation OfficerPhiladelphia Historical Commission

Suzanna BaruccoPrincipalsbk + partners, LLC

Walter GallasDirector, Northeast Field OfficeNational Trust for Historic Preservation

Jeff GroffDirector of Public ProgramsWinterthur Museum and Country Estate

Robert J. Hotes, AIA, LEED, APPreservation Committee Co-ChairAIA Philadelphia

Janet KleinFormer ChairPennsylvania Historical and MuseumCommission

Richard I. Ortega, PE, AIA, FAPTPrincipalHeritage Design Collaborative

Lori SalganicoffHistoric Preservation OfficerLower Merion Conservancy

Paul SteinkeGeneral ManagerReading Terminal Market Corporation


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RICHARD J. WEBSTER, PHDRichard J. Webster, PhD has enriched the field of historic

preservation through the integration of history, architectureand material culture in his diverse roles as teacher, scholarand civic leader. For thirty-seven years he was a Professor ofHistory and American Studies at West Chester Universitywhere he is now professor emeritus. Dick coordinated theuniversity’s interdisciplinary American Studies program forthirty-two years, engaging thousands of students in exploringthe intellectual, artistic and material culture of American civi-lization. He offered such diverse courses as “Women inAmerica” and “The Turbulent 1960s,” as well as ArtDepartment courses on “Modern American Architecture.”Dick was instrumental in bringing the resources of WestChester University to bear on Chester County by serving fortwenty years as co-chair of a conference on material culturesponsored by the university and the Chester CountyHistorical Society.

Dick has been a long-time trustee of the Chester CountyHistorical Society and is secretary and vice-chair of the HistoricPreservation Commission of Thornbury Township. He servedon the Historic Preservation Board of the Commonwealth ofPennsylvania for eight years and was twice its chair.

Dick’s publications have been an important resource forscholars and students. Philadelphia Preserved: Catalog ofthe Historic American Buildings Survey, published in 1976and revised in 1981, is still a definitive resource as isPennsylvania Architecture: the Historic American BuildingSurvey 1933–1990, published in 2000, which he co-wrote.He was also a contributor to Buildings of Pennsylvania:Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania, published in 2010.Dick has been a long-time lecturer in the Center forArchitecture’s “Building Philadelphia” lecture series and has served as a consultant, assisting various architecturalfirms with historic property reports.

THE ATHENAEUM OF PHILADELPHIA

The Athenaeum of Philadelphia was founded in 1814 asa member supported special collections library with a focuson materials “connected with the history and antiquities ofAmerica, and the useful arts.” The Athenaeum is renownedfor its outstanding collection of architectural drawings,including critical materials for such prominent architects asThomas U. Walter, John Notman, Mellor Meigs & Howeand Horace Trumbauer.

Since 2000, the Athenaeum has responded to its mission of “disseminating useful knowledge” for public benefit byfacilitating two collaborative projects that have made a vastrange of resources about Philadelphia architecture and thedevelopment of the city available to both scholars and thegeneral public.

The Philadelphia Architects and Buildings website—a collaborative project with the University of PennsylvaniaArchitectural Archives, the Philadelphia Historical Commission,and the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission—now contains over 133,000 images and information on over40,000 structures in the region, as well as biographical sketchesof 2,500 architects. The website (www.philadelphiabuildings.org) is widely recognized as a national model for presentingauthoritative building history resources.

In 2005, the Athenaeum took the lead in creating and host-ing a web-based repository of geographically organized his-torical information about Philadelphia under the auspices ofthe Greater Philadelphia GeoHistory Network. Principal part-ners include the Free Library of Philadelphia and FairmountPark, with additional resources from many other organizationsincluding the Philadelphia Historical Commission and thePhiladelphia Water Department. The GeoHistory website(www.philageohistory.org) contains over 7,000 maps, proper-ty atlases, city directories and other items documenting thehistory of the city from the 1600s to today.

The Preservation Alliance’s board of directors honors individuals and organizations who havemade significant contributions to historic preservation with its Special Recognition Awards.

THE JAMES BIDDLE AWARDFor lifetime achievement in historic preservation

PUBLIC SERVICE AWARDFor preservation in the public interest

ARCHITECTURAL WALKING TOURVOLUNTEER GUIDES

From the narrow alleyways of Washington Square tothe grand expanse of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway,Philadelphia is a city best experienced on foot. ThePreservation Alliance’s walking tour program, one of themost ambitious and successful programs of its kind in thecountry, draws more than a thousand residents and visi-tors every summer to the city’s rich collection of historicneighborhoods and architectural treasures.

Volunteer tour guides are the life blood of the program,hosting over one hundred tours along fifty differentroutes each year between May and October. True ambas-sadors of the city’s history, the tour guides’ only compen-sation is the satisfaction of sharing their knowledge andlove of Philadelphia. Not only is this audience apprecia-tive, but it is also growing: attendance for the tours hasincreased every year since the Alliance began managingthe program in 2009.

Many of the Alliance’s loyal guides have participated inthe tour program since its creation by the Foundation forArchitecture in 1986. When the Foundation folded, theCenter City District took over, and eventually thePhiladelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarksstepped in, successfully managing the program until 2009when the Preservation Alliance took the reins.

RUTH AND MANSFIELD BASCOM

Wharton Esherick (1887-1970) is considered the “dean ofthe American craftsman.” One of Esherick’s greatest worksis the studio/residence he built for himself and his family inTredyffrin Township, just outside of Philadelphia, which wasdesignated a National Historic Landmark in 1993.

Following his death, Esherick’s friends and family want-ed the studio preserved, so a non-profit organization wasformed in 1971, and the studio was opened to the publicin 1972. Over many decades, Esherick’s daughter Ruthand her husband, Mansfield “Bob” Bascom have cared forthe property, which also includes a barn (now a visitorcenter) designed by Esherick and a workshop designedby Esherick in collaboration with Louis I. Kahn.

The Bascoms have lovingly ensured that all buildings onthe property have been meticulously maintained and thatany necessary improvement or repairs are consistent withEsherick’s design or intent. They have made sure that allaspects of the property have been well documented,including construction materials, the special colors for thestudio and the methods for proper maintenance of thewood and stone buildings. The result is a national treas-ure that allows a visitor to experience where Eshericklived and worked exactly as it was during his lifetime. Toensure the long-term protection of the site, Ruth and Bobhave donated a preservation easement on the site and allstructures, including the entire interior of the studio.

Bob Bascom served as the museum’s first director until1990 and continued as curator until 2007 and is theauthor of Wharton Esherick, The Journey of a CreativeMind (Abrams, New York, 2010).

Through their dedicated stewardship and carefulpreservation of Wharton Esherick’s studio and property,Ruth and Bob Bascom have enriched the citizens ofPennsylvania and the world.

RHODA AND PERMARRICHARDS AWARDFor service to the Preservation Alliance

BOARD OF DIRECTORS AWARDFor exceptional contributions to historic preservation

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BUCKS COUNTY HISTORICALSOCIETYOn the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Henry

Mercer’s home, Fonthill

Completed in 1912 after four years of construction,Fonthill was the home of Henry Chapman Mercer (1856-1930), famed archaeologist, anthropologist,ceramist, scholar and antiquarian. A leading figure in the American Arts and Crafts movement, Mercer builtFonthill to display both his personal collection of tilesand prints and to showcase the myriad designs of hisfamed Moravian Tileworks. The first of three idiosyncrat-ic Mercer buildings in Doylestown, Fonthill is a signifi-cant early example of poured reinforced concrete.

Upon his death in 1930, Mercer left his concrete"Castle for the New World" in trust to his longtimehousekeeper, who lived at Fonthill and guided occasion-al tours for the next forty-five years. After her death in1975, the Bucks County Historical Society and theMercer Fonthill Museum formed a partnership to oper-ate the site as a house museum.

From 1976 to the present, Fonthill has evolved into aunique museum that provides a full range of programsrelated to Mercer and his collections while maintaining a strong commitment to the preservation and conserva-tion of the building. In 1985, Fonthill was designated aNational Historic Landmark. The site was accredited bythe American Association of Museums in 2005. Today,Fonthill attracts over 30,000 visitors annually. It is one of the original associate sites of the National Trust forHistoric Preservation’s Historic Artists’ Homes andStudios program, and has been featured in numerousprint and electronic media including A&E’s popular“America’s Castles” television series.

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FRIENDS OF MOUNT MORIAHCEMETERYFor efforts to maintain and improve Mount Moriah Cemetery

Mount Moriah Cemetery was founded in 1855 and coversapproximately 150 acres along Cobbs Creek in SouthwestPhiladelphia and adjacent Yeadon Borough. Home to over80,000 burials including veterans of the American Revolution,Civil War, Spanish-American War, and both World Wars, MountMoriah is one of the largest and most historic cemeteries in theregion. Unfortunately it is also one of the most endangered,with approximately sixty percent of its grounds overgrown andinaccessible after decades of systematic neglect. The cemeterylay prone to short-dumping, vandalism, and other crime whileconcerned neighbors appealed in vain to absentee owners forbetter maintenance of the grounds and its historic monuments.

The Friends of Mount Moriah Cemetery formed in early2011 to help address this chronic neglect. In March of 2011,the cemetery’s current operators abruptly folded, casting own-ership and responsibility for the site into further doubt, whilethe City of Philadelphia initiated legal action to establish aresponsible new entity to assume ownership of the site. At thesame time, the City called upon the newly-formed Friends ofMount Moriah to spearhead the herculean task of clearing andmaintaining the site.

Though there is still much work to be done, FOMMC’sefforts in just one year have been inspiring. The group’s monthly cleanup days attract hundreds of volunteers fromacross the region. Tons of trash, weeds and debris (includingabandoned cars) have been removed from the site, and largeareas of the cemetery now enjoy regular upkeep for the firsttime in decades. At the same time, the Friends continue toresearch and promote the site’s history and ecological impor-tance along Cobbs Creek, cultivating partnerships with groups across the country to find sustainable solutions to the ceme-tery’s challenges.

STRAWBERRY MANSION COMMUNITYDEVELOPMENT CORP.STRAWBERRY MANSIONNEIGHBORHOOD ACTION CENTERFor successful efforts to retain the historic character of the

Strawberry Mansion trolley barn

Philadelphia’s only surviving trolley depot stands at thecorner of 33rd and Dauphin streets in NorthPhiladelphia’s Strawberry Mansion neighborhood. Built in1905 for the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company, thestructure now known as the “Bus Barn” serves five busySEPTA bus routes. It is a cherished landmark that embod-ies the history of Strawberry Mansion and stands as agateway to the neighborhood.

In 2005, SEPTA proposed complete demolition of thebarn. Recognizing its importance to the neighborhood’ssense of place and quality of life, both the StrawberryMansion Community Development Corporation and theStrawberry Mansion Neighborhood Action Center organ-ized to oppose the plan. The barn’s fate remained inlimbo for years while the community advocated for itspreservation, enlisting the aid of neighbors, communityactivists and historians to help draw attention to the site.In 2011, SEPTA abandoned its demolition plan in favor ofa rehabilitation that will preserve the bus barn’s historicand functional integrity. SEPTA’s new plans, funded by a$5 million transportation grant, will restore the architec-tural character of the bus barn while enhancing its valueas a neighborhood amenity by adding a coffee counterand newspaper stand and improving ADA accessibility.

COMMUNITY ACTION AWARDFor achievement by community organizations

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431 N. 39TH STREET TRIPLEX431 N. 39th Street, Philadelphia, PA

H O N O R I N GPower House Development, IncorporatedDanilo Vicencio; Martin Bean Renovation & Associates, Inc.;United Bank of Philadelphia

Born and raised in West Philadelphia’s Mantua neigh-borhood, Audrey Martinez would pass Hawthorne Hallat 39th and Lancaster every day on her way to schooland dream of one day living in that “royal palace” ofornate bays and picturesque rooflines. The building,one of the most striking structures in the neighbor-hood, was listed on the Philadelphia Register of HistoricPlaces in 1984, but had suffered from years of disinvest-ment by many of the building’s owners (the hall is actu-ally fifteen separate parcels). Martinez is now a devel-oper active in West and North Philadelphia, and when avacant, dilapidated Hawthorne Hall unit was listed forsale in 2010, she jumped at the chance to fulfill herchildhood fantasy.

With guidance from the Philadelphia HistoricalCommission and gratitude from adjacent parcel own-ers, Martinez and her husband undertook a completerehabilitation of 431 N. 39th Street. The property’scondition was so bad that, during construction, a par-tial collapse of the rear wall necessitated emergencydemolition of most of the interior. Undeterred, theyreframed the building in three weeks and undertook acomplete restoration of the front façade, including therepair of its existing clay tile mansard roof, paintremoval from the front masonry, new custom woodwindows and doors, and the repair of an original baywindow—one of the last to survive on the block. Theresult is a model rehabilitation of one portion ofHawthorne Hall, a block in dire need of reinvestmentbut with the potential to inspire a neighborhood ren-aissance in West Philadelphia.

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1824 DIAMOND STREET1824 Diamond Street, Philadelphia, PA

H O N O R I N GPower House Development, IncorporatedDanilo Vicencio; Martin Bean Renovation & Associates, Inc.;United Bank of Philadelphia

Diamond Street stands as one of North Philadelphia’smost distinctive stretches of Victorian rowhouse devel-opment. Despite being designated a PhiladelphiaHistoric District in 1986, the area has long suffered fromdisinvestment and many buildings have suffered demoli-tion by neglect. In recent years, however, optimism isreturning to Diamond Street in the form of reinvest-ment, and nowhere is this optimism better illustratedthan at 1824 Diamond Street.

In 2008, developer Audrey Martinez purchased anempty lot in the middle of an otherwise intact row ofmodest Queen Anne rowhouses. Initially unaware thatthe area was an historic district, Martinez secured plansand funding for new infill construction similar to otherprojects her company, Power House Development, hadrecently undertaken elsewhere in the city. But because abuilding had stood on the lot when the district was des-ignated, the Historical Commission encouraged adesign that more closely replicated the façade of thelost structure. Martinez was initially fearful of cost over-runs and delays, but after meeting with HistoricalCommission staff and exploring the neighborhood forarchitectural details to incorporate into the new design,she grew excited by the challenge of restoring historicintegrity to the streetscape.

Working with the Historical Commission, architectDanielo Vicencio, and a dedicated crew, Martinez andher husband, general contractor Benito Martinez ofMartin Bean Renovation & Associates, broke ground inMay 2011 and completed construction by November.With a corbelled brick cornice, cast brownstone lintels,sills, and water table, and a custom wood door, the newbuilding is a pristine reconstruction of a lost façade anda new source of pride for the neighborhood.

2307 ST. ALBANS PLACE2307 St. Albans Place, Philadelphia, PA

H O N O R I N GF. Scott DonahueDavid S. Traub Associates; B&B Foundry; Emerald Windows; J.Loonstyn Roofing and Contracting; Louis DiGiovanni Plumbing andHeating; M&S Contractors; Morris Millwork, LLC; Wm. ProudMasonry Restoration Company Inc.

For three decades, 2307 St. Alban’s Place was a dilapi-dated eyesore on one of South Philadelphia’s threefamous “Park Blocks,” experimental Victorian rowhousedevelopments with common garden areas and pedestri-an walkways in place of vehicular streets. Vacant sincethe death of its owner in 1979, the property crumbledwhile heirs contested its ownership. By 2010, the build-ing was near collapse before neighbor F. Scott Donahuewas able to resolve its complicated title issues and pur-chase it for restoration.

Given the building’s advanced state of deterioration,this was no easy task. The front facade required completereconstruction using original and salvaged bricks relaidwith thin butter joints. The marble water table had crum-bled into numerous pieces; these were reassembled like ajigsaw puzzle and patched where necessary with appro-priate filler. New faux slate shingles restored the originalappearance of the mansard roof, which had long beensheathed in asphalt. New two-over-two wood windowswere installed, and a custom wood door was built tomatch the few remaining original doors on the block. Nodetail was missed; even the building’s basement windowgrilles were custom cast to match originals found else-where on the block. Architect David S. Traub supervisedthe restoration, which employed many of the region’spremier restoration craftspeople.

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ARCH STREET UNITEDMETHODIST CHURCH WINDOW55 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA

H O N O R I N GArch Street United Methodist ChurchAtkin Olshin Schade Architects; AEGIS Property Group; Keast &Hood Co.; Masonry Preservation Group Inc.; Mezalick Design Studio,LLC; Schnabel Conservation L.L.C.; Sun Precast Co., Inc.

Arch Street United Methodist Church has a small butdevoted congregation that embraces the stewardship oftheir landmark Center City sanctuary with the same pas-sion they devote to spiritual and social activism. In 2006,a facilities master plan identified a number of issues criti-cal to the preservation of their soaring Gothic church,built between 1863 and 1870 from designs by SamuelSloan and Addison Hutton. Of immediate concern wasthe condition of the church’s large stained glass windowfacing Arch Street. Water infiltration into the window’smarble tracery was causing severe rusting of the iron pinsand cramps holding the window together, resulting inlarge pieces of spalling and crumbling stonework.

With funding from the congregation, Partnersfor Sacred Places, the Pennsylvania Historical andMuseum Commission and the Pennsylvania ConventionCenter Authority, a restoration team was assembled tocompletely dismantle and inspect the window piece bypiece. Luckily, most of the window’s 34 leaded glass pan-els were found to be intact and were documented disas-sembled, cleaned, and repaired at an off-site studio inpreparation for their reinstallation. The tracery itselfrequired more complicated interventions. Some of thedeteriorated stone units needed only minor consolida-tion, while others required major Dutchman repairs. Stillothers required complete replacement in cast stone frommolds taken from the original features. After twelvemonths of meticulous work, the individual componentswere reassembled and reinstalled. The beautifullyrestored window again lights the sanctuary, inspiring thecongregation to pursue future phases of their ambitiousrestoration program.



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CURTIS INSTITUTE OF MUSICLENFEST HALL1616 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA

H O N O R I N GCurtis Institute of MusicVenturi, Scott Brown and Associates, Inc.; AthenianRazak LLC;Grenald Waldren Associates; INTECH Construction, Inc.; JosephDugan, Inc.; Keast & Hood Co.; Kirkegaard Associates; MarvinWaxman Consulting Engineers, Inc.; Metropolitan Acoustics, LLC;Noble Preservation Services, Inc.; Stantec

Designing a new building to complement its historicneighbors is often a challenge, but when the new build-ing is a 105,000-square-foot, nine-story tower on a blockof elegant four-story rowhouses, the challenge is all themore daunting. For the Curtis Institute of Music’s newLenfest Hall, architects Venturi, Scott Brown andAssociates succeeded with a design that respects its sur-roundings and deftly stitches an historic but compro-mised block back together.

Behind a new facade of brownstone and glass, a largerehearsal hall, teaching studios, and dining and socialareas form a four story base that respects and enlivensLocust Street. Two bays are angled outward to form asubtle prow above the entrance, increasing the building’svisibility while maintaining its warm palate of materials.The new construction is bookended by two immaculately-restored townhouse facades: 1610 Locust, designed bythe Wilson Brothers in 1893, and the former Locust Clubat 1618 Locust, designed by John Notman in 1850 andaltered by Wilson Eyre in 1888.

A five-story dormitory tower sits above this foundation,but is set back to be virtually invisible from Locust Street.The setback allowed ample space for a garden terraceand green roof, contributing to its anticipated LEED Goldcertification. Befitting a hall built to serve some of thenation’s premier aspiring young musicians, Lenfest Hallhonors the historic legacy of its environment while orient-ing itself proudly towards the future.

CATHEDRAL BASILICA OFSAINTS PETER & PAUL18th Street & Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA

H O N O R I N GArchdiocese of PhiladelphiaVITETTA; BirdMaster; Dan Lepore & Sons Company; KreilickConservation, LLC; O’Donnell & Naccarato; Premier ArchitecturalSheet Metal LLC

The Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul haslong been the center of Catholic religious life inPhiladelphia and one of the most important buildingsalong the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Begun in 1846 andcompleted in 1864 following the designs of Napoleon LeBrun and John Notman, the cathedral expanded in 1912with the construction of a rectory and again in the 1950swith the addition of a chapel, baptistery and apse. Theresulting edifice, the largest brownstone structure in thecity, posed a number of preservation challenges for theArchdiocese and architects VITETTA. The façade wasdarkened by generations of soot and grime, water infil-tration was causing large areas of stone delamination,terra cotta on the rectory was beginning to fail, andunsightly bird netting was obscuring many of the cathe-dral’s architectural details. Because of the building’s mul-tiple phases of construction, no single cleaning proce-dure was appropriate for the entire building. Likewise,building materials and tooling marks also varied acrossthe building, requiring a number of different patchingcompounds and tooling techniques.

Work on the façade restoration began in 2009. Inaddition to the comprehensive masonry cleaning andrepairs, the work also included restoration of the cathe-dral’s entrances, installation of new copper flashing,restoration of exterior statuary, and the installation ofmore inconspicuous bird netting. The project shroudedthe Cathedral in scaffolding and took nearly two years tocomplete. When it reemerged in late 2011, theCathedral had reclaimed its original grandeur for the firsttime in many generations, and it will be a major contrib-utor to a Parkway renaissance for generations to come.

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INDEPENDENCE HALL TOWERIndependence Square, Philadelphia, PA

H O N O R I N GCity of Philadelphia Department of PublicPropertyBargmann Hendrie + Archetype, Inc.; Alpha Corporation; AvalotisCorporation; Dan Lepore & Sons Company; Daniel J. KeatingCompany; Elderhorst Bells, Inc.; Independence National HistoricalPark; Keast & Hood Co.; Kreilick Conservation, LLC; National ParkService Denver Service Center; Schnabel Conservation L.L.C.; SuperiorScaffold Services, Inc.; United States Roofing Corporation; WindowRepairs & Restoration, LLC

Funded by the American Recovery and ReinvestmentAct, the recent $4.9 million restoration of IndependenceHall Tower is the latest chapter in a long and fascinatinghistory of a building whose iconic stature has bothinspired and challenged the ideals of historic preservationfor generations. Construction began in 1732, with thecentral bell tower and wooden steeple added in the1750s. By the 1781 the steeple had rotted away and wasin danger of collapse. It was removed and replaced witha short pyramidal roof that stood until 1828 when thecurrent steeple was built, designed by William Stricklandand based loosely on the 1750 original.

The current project aimed to correct significant decayof the tower’s exterior cladding while retaining as muchhistoric fabric as possible. This challenge was compound-ed by the tower’s unique method of construction: itswooden faces were formed by stacks of pine boardsthreaded with iron rods, a shipmaking technique rarelyused in the building trades. In large sections of the tower,water had infiltrated the cladding and rusted the ironties. Some areas of this detail were sound and left intact,while others required the replacement of iron rods withstainless steel or complete replacement of the claddingitself. Crews also completely restored and regilded thetower’s clock face and weathervane, reshingled the cupo-la, and made extensive repairs to the tower’s masonrybase. The project—one in a long line of IndependenceHall restorations—succeeded once more in prolongingthe life of an irreplaceable American icon.

GEORGE A. WEISS PAVILION ATFRANKLIN FIELD233 S. 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA

H O N O R I N GUniversity of Pennsylvania Facilities and RealEstate ServicesCrawford Architects; AHA Consulting Engineers, Inc.; GeigerEngineers; Hunt Engineering; Hunter Roberts Construction Group;John Milner Associates

The University of Pennsylvania’s newest state-of-the-art Weiss Pavilion athletic center is a 55,000-square-footadaptive reuse project capitalizing on reclaimed spacewithin the shell of the university’s iconic Franklin Field.Designed by Charles Z. Klauder in 1922, Franklin Fieldfeatures a monumental brick arcade that rings threesides of the stadium. The university hoped to enclosethe north side of this arcade to create new weightliftingfacilities, but found the proposed new spaces to beawkward and inefficient. Some fortuitous archivalsleuthing led to a surprising discovery: the existingarcade was actually much shorter than originally con-structed, the result of a long-forgotten roadbed alter-ation that raised the grade nearly twenty feet. By exca-vating to the original arcade foundations, an extra25,000 square feet were captured and integrated into amore spacious and practical design, which preservedthe integrity of Klauder’s monumental design by recess-ing the new glazing to align with the inner plane of thebrick arches.

The completed project also received LEED Gold cer-tification, the third such honor for a University ofPennsylvania project and the second involving the reha-bilitation of an historic building (along with 2010Preservation Achievement Award-winning MusicBuilding). As Penn looks to the future with their ambi-tious Penn Connects master plan and the developmentof adjacent Penn Park, Weiss Pavilion demonstratesboth the University’s commitment to its historicresources and the value of such investment.



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MEDALLION GARDENLaurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, PA

H O N O R I N GLaurel Hill CemeteryKSK Architects Planners Historians, Inc.; Andrew F. Gillespie TreeService and Landscape Design; Friends of Laurel Hill Cemetery;Laurel Hill Cemetery Grounds Crew; Menke & Menke LandscapeArchitects & Planners; Plymouth Valley Construction

From its inception in 1836 as one of the nation’s first “gar-den cemeteries,” Laurel Hill Cemetery has artfully balancedrespect for the dead with amenities for the living. This visionbegan with founder and horticulturalist John Jay Smith, whoenvisioned the cemetery as a botanical showcase and pictur-esque leisure grounds where Philadelphians could retreatfrom the distractions of urban life. One of Laurel Hill’s origi-nal landscape features was the Medallion Garden, a formalgarden of circular pathways and planting beds displaying awealth of distinctive trees and shrubs. A popular featurefrom the beginning, ensuing years proved taxing on the gar-den. Burials began to out-compete plantings for space inthe nineteenth century, while a period of general declineaffected all of Laurel Hill in the twentieth century. By the late1970s, the Medallion Garden had all but disappeared fromthe neglected and overgrown landscape.

In 1978, the Friends of Laurel Hill was founded to reclaimthe cemetery and its historic legacy. Restoration of theMedallion Garden was one of the first preservation chal-lenges the Friends identified, though resources for theundertaking remained scant until recent years. Following thesuccess of 2010’s restoration of the adjacent Old Mortalitystatuary group (a 2011 Preservation Achievement Awardwinner), the Friends received funding to update and com-plete a 1981 restoration plan. Walking paths were reestab-lished and monuments and headstones were cleared,repaired and reset. New plantings restored the original gar-den’s evergreen focus, following historic cemetery plantinglists used to select appropriate shrub and vine species. Tocelebrate the garden’s restoration and the cemetery’s 175thbirthday, the Friends also planted 175 new specimen treesthroughout Laurel Hill’s original boundaries.

MARIPOSA FOOD CO-OPBELMONT TRUST COMPANYBUILDING4824 Baltimore Avenue, Philadelphia, PA

H O N O R I N GMariposa Food Co-opRe:Vision Architecture; Community Design Collaborative;Gardner/Fox Associates, Inc.

Bank buildings are an important part of the city’surban fabric, anchoring commercial corridors and recall-ing past eras of optimistic investment in Philadelphianeighborhoods. Unfortunately many of these buildingstoday stand vacant, neglected, or underutilized, victimsof financial reorganization and neighborhood disinvest-ment. Though many will never again be banks, theirarchitectural distinction and prominent locations makethem anything but obsolete when their full potential isrecognized by a new owner.

A perfect example can be found in West Philadelphia,where the former Belmont Trust Company buildingstood underutilized for decades. Designed in 1922 byNorman Hulme, the stately Neo-Classical structure waspurchased in 2010 by Mariposa Co-op, a member-owned community grocery cooperative that recognizedthe building’s full potential for rebirth. Looking toexpand its thriving but cramped facilities, Mariposatransformed the bank into retail, office, and meetingspace that dramatically increased its capacity to providefresh and natural foods to both its members and to theneighborhood as a whole. In the process, forgotten his-toric elements of the bank’s original design were redis-covered and restored, including an ornate plaster ceil-ing, terrazzo floors, and the original bank vault. Newelements were designed to be sympathetic to thebank’s historic character, including new solar tubes thatlight the space in much the same manner as the bank’soriginal skylights. The result is a new community assetthat takes advantage of, and at the same time,enhances the neighborhood’s historic character.


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PENNDOT DISTRICT 6-0 BRIDGE REHABILITATIONSCope’s Bridge, Strasburg Road over East Branch of Brandywine Creek

Hares Hill Road Bridge, Hares Hill Road over French Creek

Henry Avenue Bridge, Henry Avenue over Wissahickon Creek, Lincoln Drive

Rapps Dam Road Bridge, Rapps Dam Road over French Creek

H O N O R I N GPennDOT District 6-0Bi-State Construction Company Inc.; J. D. Eckman, Inc.; Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, Inc.; Loftus Construction,Inc.; Mackin Engineering Company; Modjeski and Masters, Inc.; Pennoni Associates Inc.; Road-Con, Inc.

Southeastern Pennsylvania’s historic but aging stock of bridges continues to pose signifi-cant challenges to PennDOT engineers charged with maintaining both public safety and thehistoric integrity of our region’s highways and byways. This year’s four award-winning bridgerestoration projects illustrate not only the region’s great diversity of historic bridge designs,but also PennDOT’s ability to find creative and innovative ways of preserving these bridgesfor current and future generations.

Cope’s Bridge, an 1807 three-span stone arch bridge carrying Strasburg Road over the eastbranch of Brandywine Creek in Chester County, was structurally deficient with load restrictionsthreatening its future along a high-traffic corridor. Engineers were able to reinforce the historicarches by removing existing fill and casting a reinforced concrete saddle arch above the existingbarrel to stabilize the structure and increase its load capacity. The Rapps Dam Road Bridgespanning French Creek in East Pikeland Township, Chester County, is a wooden Burr arch cov-ered bridge with a steel-reinforced roadbed. Originally constructed in 1868, it, too, was loaddeficient and required significant stabilization. The non-historic steel beams were replaced withnew steel plate girders, masonry abutments were repaired, the roof reshingled, and portalsrepaired and repainted. Hares Hill Road Bridge, an arched girder bridge also spanning FrenchCreek, was built in 1869. It is the only known example of Thomas Moseley’s patented “WroughtIron Lattice Girder Bridge” system. Though largely intact, the bridge suffered from corrosion andfatigue cracks before a comprehensive structural analysis and repair program in 2010 stabilizedthe structure and increased its load capacity. Finally, Northwest Philadelphia’s iconic HenryAvenue Bridge, a 1934 stone-clad reinforced concrete span, carries Henry Avenue overWissahickon Creek, Lincoln Drive, and a busy Fairmount Park recreational corridor. Deterioratingconcrete threatened to compromise the bridge’s structural integrity, but a repair program wasdevised that allowed both traffic on the bridge and vehicular and recreational traffic passingbelow it to continue unimpeded during 18 months of construction.


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SHANE CONFECTIONERY110 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA

H O N O R I N GFranklin Fountain LLCOwners Rep Inc.; Christopher Jones Carpenter Designer; Funk UndStange AIA; J. Loonstyn Roofing and Contracting; Jeff WilsonCeramic Tile; McCann Painting; Michael Bufalino Design; RobertGreen Construction; Trimm Glass Co. Inc.; Wm. Proud MasonryRestoration Company Inc.

Philadelphia’s Old City is a neighborhood rich in nine-teenth-century commercial buildings, reflecting a timewhen the area bustled with small-scale manufacturers andtradesmen. While Old City and its buildings still thrive,most of its manufacturers have long since disappeared.Shane Confectionery, one of the oldest confectioners inthe country, has been manufacturing and selling candy at110 Market Street for over a century, and the c.1860building has been a candy factory since at least 1863. Sowhen Barry Shane announced his retirement and sale ofthe business in 2010, loyal customers and neighborsfeared losing one of Old City’s last direct links to its mer-cantile past.

Instead, this legacy business gained a new lease on lifein the form of Ryan and Eric Berley, owners of the nearbyFranklin Fountain. The brothers have taken over the con-fectionery and continue to manufacture candy on site,using recipes handed down to them from the Shane fami-ly. They also undertook a full restoration of the buildingand its rare Victorian storefront, refabricating signaturecurved glass display windows and restoring leaded glasstransoms and unique cellar lights. A stunning array of his-toric interior features were also restored, including dis-play counters, light fixtures, lincrusta walls, tin ceiling,hardwood floors, rope elevator, and skylights. Originalcandy making equipment and marble work tables werealso preserved. Shane Confectionery remains the build-ing’s only occupant, with two floors of production and astorage floor above the storefront. In an age whenpreservation often requires adaptation, this candy-coatedtime capsule is a reminder that progress can sometimesinvolve no change at all.

SAINT FRANCIS DE SALESCHURCH 4625 Springfield Avenue, Philadelphia, PA

H O N O R I N GSaint Francis de Sales ParishHistoric Building Architects, LLC; AC Gentry, Inc.; DaedalusProjects, Inc.; Femenella & Associates, Inc.; GB Geotechnics USAInc.; John Tiedmann, Inc.; Knapp Masonry LLC; Merrell &Garaguso, Inc.; Pennoni Associates Inc.; Robert Silman Associates,PC; The Art of Glass, Inc.

West Philadelphia’s skyline would not be the samewithout St. Francis de Sales Church, a loomingByzantine Revival edifice that stands as one of thenation’s best examples of a Guastavino tile dome. Theiconic main dome of the church spans 60 feet and isonly 4 inches thick in some places. Built in 1909, theoriginal polychrome exterior tiles were replaced in 1955with glazed subway tiles. Philadelphia’s seasonal freeze-thaw cycles caused these tiles to crack and spall. Whenroof leaks caused such damage to the structure thatprotective scaffolding was erected over the sanctuary’saltar, a worried congregation turned to Historic BuildingArchitects, LLC to assess the severity of the situation.

HBA’s sophisticated building analysis combined state-of-the-art non-destructive evaluation methods withextensive archival research. Their initial findings werealarming: the building posed an immediate public safetyhazard, and a full restoration would cost $20 million fora cash-strapped congregation. Rather than panic, thecongregation and architect developed a sensiblephased restoration plan that addressed the most imme-diate concerns without compromising the historicintegrity of the original design. Phase I was completedto great neighborhood fanfare in December 2011 withthe stabilization and restoration of the main dome andtwo smaller domes, the main lantern and the stainedglass lay light. Gutters and downspouts wereredesigned to prevent future water infiltration, and theroof’s original decorative patterns and colors were repli-cated in a silicate paint more appropriate for thePhiladelphia climate.

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TERMINI BROTHERS BAKERY1523 S. 8th Street, Philadelphia, PA

H O N O R I N GTermini Brothers BakeryMaterials Conservation Collaborative, LLC

A South Philadelphia institution, Termini BrothersBakery has been making cannoli and other old-world pas-tries and baked goods at their flagship 8th Street shopfor over seventy years. Brothers Guiseppe and Gaetanostarted their first bakery in 1921 at 1514 S. 8th Street,and after 17 years of hard work and dedication, movedacross the street to open a gleaming new shop in 1938.That storefront, state-of-the-art at the time of its open-ing, survives to this day as one of South Philly’s most rec-ognizable landmarks. Its quilted stainless steel façade andneon signage embody a golden age of twentieth-centurycommercial architecture that is quickly disappearing fromthe city. But the Termini family, now in their third genera-tion of bakers, has lovingly maintained the storefront as asymbol of their commitment to tradition and the vision oftheir founders.

In the summer of 2011, the bakery hired the MaterialsConservation Collaborative for a complete façaderestoration. After seven decades, the storefront had col-lected its share of dents, scratches, sags, rust spots, andlost hardware. MMC cleaned, polished, and straightenedeach panel and replaced missing and mismatched fasten-ers. Steel-clad doors were disassembled to reveal exten-sive deterioration of the wood panels underneath; thesewere fixed with Dutchman repairs before recladding intheir original skin. Corroded door hardware was alsoreplated in nickel. Because of the site’s prominence in theneighborhood, descriptive signage was also created toexplain the restoration process. These panels remain ondisplay in the store alongside memorabilia tracing the his-tory of the bakery. Completed in just three months, thestorefront looks as good as it did when first installed in1938, and its owners remain just as proud.

SMITHVILLE PARK HOUSES8 & 9 Park Avenue and 34 Maple Avenue, Eastampton, NJ

H O N O R I N GBurlington County, Department of ResourceConservation, Division of ParksVITETTA; Arch Design Architects; Caswell & Co.; Expert HouseMovers; Hunter Research; Pennoni Associates Inc.; Wu &Associates, Inc.

Historic Smithville, a National Register HistoricDistrict and county park in Burlington County, NewJersey, is one of the region’s most intact Victorianindustrial company towns. In its heyday, Smithville washome to the H.B. Smith Company, a firm that special-ized in manufacturing woodworking equipment and apopular early bicycle. Maintained as a county park since1975, the site includes Smith Mansion, a number ofindustrial relics, and a collection of historic workers’houses. Three of these houses had fallen into disrepairbefore an ambitious Burlington County-led effort in2011 successfully reclaimed them as park amenities.

A wood-framed twin at 8 and 9 Park Avenue datingfrom the 1840s was rehabilitated with restored woodclapboards replacing inappropriate siding, new andrefurbished wood windows, a restored bracketed cor-nice and porch awning, and rebuilt summer kitchens.One side of the twin now contains a museum with peri-od displays of typical workers’ furnishings, while theother serves as a contemporary art gallery and officespace. A circa-1820 cottage at 34 Maple Avenue, theoldest surviving workers’ dwelling in the park, was alsocompletely restored for use as a new park visitors cen-ter. Because its foundation was in an advanced state ofdeterioration, the building was temporarily movedacross the street so a new foundation could be built inits original location. A small, sympathetic rear additionprovides ADA access to the building, which received anew standing-seam roof and restored clapboard siding.Investment in the rehabilitation project totaled $2.4 mil-lion and wonderfully demonstrates the County’s contin-ued dedication to using historic resources for the bene-fit of its citizens.



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WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITYRECITATION HALL35 West Rosedale Avenue, West Chester, PA

H O N O R I N GWest Chester University of Pennsylvania of theState System of Higher Education, FacilitiesDesign and Construction DepartmentKlein and Hoffman, Inc.; Caretti Restoration and PreservationServices, LLC; Schnabel Conservation L.L.C.

Built in 1892, Recitation Hall is West ChesterUniversity’s oldest surviving structure and an imposingpresence on the campus’s National Register-listed his-toric quadrangle. Like many of the school’s early build-ings, it was constructed from serpentine stone, a green-hued sandstone indigenous to southeasternPennsylvania and northern Maryland. Popular for a briefperiod in the late nineteenth century, serpentine stonehas unfortunately proven to be a fragile building materi-al. Prone to severe degradation and spalling, serpentinefacades are increasingly rare specimens and poseunique challenges to preservation.

Aware that their landmark building was experiencingaccelerated deterioration, the University commissionedKlein and Hoffman and Schnabel Conservation toundertake a comprehensive conditions assessmentreport in 2008. Each stone was field-tested, loose mate-rial was removed, and mortar and stone samples wereextracted. This documentation was used to develop anaccurate cost analysis and construction documents forthe project, which received funding and commenced inthe summer of 2010 with Caretti Restoration andPreservation Services as contractor.

Following the detailed construction documents,Caretti masons field-blended custom green and yellowpatching material for each stone, and carefully replicat-ed characteristic tooling marks. Select Dutchman repairswere made and lost decorative elements were recreat-ed. The entire facade was cleaned and repointed, andrestoration was complete by the fall of 2011. To thecasual observer the result is subtle; to those experi-enced in the challenges of serpentine restoration, theresult is magnificent.


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As it celebrates its 50th anniversary, the Vanna VenturiHouse, located in Chestnut Hill, has been selected by AIAPhiladelphia as the recipient of the 2012 LandmarkBuilding Award.

Venturi’s house for his mother is now considered a classic ofcontemporary architecture and one of the earliest expressionsof post-Modern design concepts. The house reflects the firm’sinterest in applied decoration, historical references and theuse of traditional elements in a nontraditional manner.

The house is complex and simple, open and closed, bigand little. Inside and out, it is a little house that uses bigscale to counterbalance the complexity. Complexity in com-bination with small scale in small buildings creates a nervousbusyness—whereas big scale in this small building achievesan appropriate architectural tension.

On the exterior, the house has a large, sloping, gabled roof,deliberately reminiscent of 19th-century Shingle style. The

smooth, flat stucco façade is nearly symmetrical, but thesymmetry is broken by the placement of windows, and theroof is split by a deep recess, similar to the incompletepediments of Baroque buildings. Other motifs used in anovel manner include the applied arch over the entrance-way and the overscaled molding.

On the interior, complexity is achieved through the useof a few simple devices. Diagonal walls, to accommodatecirculation, break the simple spaces of the rooms, and thestair to the second floor is distorted by the dominantchimney of the central fireplace.

This house is a seminal work. In the years since its com-pletion it has influenced other designs by the firm and thework of a number of other architects. It has been writtenabout, studied and discussed extensively in print and inclassrooms and is often visited by architectural students.Even today, the house seems remarkably innovative.

VANNA VENTURI HOUSE, 1959–1964Robert Venturi, FAIA, Int. FRIBAArchitect

2012 AIA PHILADELPHIA LANDMARK BUILDING AWARD

WORLD CAFE LIVE AT THEQUEEN THEATER500 N. Market Street, Wilmington, DE

H O N O R I N GBuccini/Pollin GroupHomsey Architects, Inc.; Belk Architecture; BPGS Construction,LLC; DEDC Consulting Engineers; Jackie Ivy Design Ltd; Light Upthe Queen Foundation; MacIntosh Engineering; MetropolitanAcoustics, LLC; Meyer Design, Inc.; Mulhern Consulting Engineers;Powers & Company, Inc.; Real Entertainment Group; The WaltersCompany; World Cafe Live

Three years ago, the Queen Theater was an aban-doned shell on Wilmington, Delaware’s neglected MainStreet, a once-bustling commercial strip whose longdecline began in the 1960s and 1970s. Today, theQueen Theater is a beautifully-restored entertainmentvenue infusing life into a rejuvenated downtown. WorldCafe Live, the Philadelphia music venue which hostsWXPN’s nationally-syndicated radio show, recognizedthe potential of this hundred-year-old former movie andvaudeville theater and created World Cafe Live at theQueen, a live music venue with a restaurant, bar, andtwo performance spaces with a combined capacity ofover 1,000 concertgoers.

Despite standing vacant for almost half a century, thetheater still retained many of its historic features, includ-ing its stage, decorative plaster walls and ceilings,proscenium paintings, and some wood handrails. Thesewere all retained and integrated into the new design,which preserved the aged appearance of many of thehistoric finishes. The theater’s exterior was also com-pletely restored. Permastone storefront cladding wasremoved from the front elevation and a rare cast-ironstorefront in the rear was restored. Original windowswere refurbished and the theater’s terra cotta and brickelevations were repaired and cleaned. A new marqueeand canopy was fabricated to replace the lost 1915original. The $25 million project is a model private/public partnership that has helped turn an entire neigh-borhood around.


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he Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia beganaccepting preservation easements in this region in 1979 andtoday holds 228 easements on historic properties ranging fromCenter City skyscrapers to landed suburban estates, from con-verted factories in Old City to townhouses in Society Hill,fromdowntown hotels to modernist residences in outlying counties.

In 2011, property owners donated protective preservation easements on two properties:

2044 Spruce StreetDonated by Dr. David Nazarian

The Wharton Esherick StudioDonated by Ruth and Mansfield Bascom

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The Magaziner Award recognizes an individual or organiza-tion outside the normal circle of preservation and design thathas made a significant contribution to the preservation of ourbuilt environment. This year, we recognize History MakingProductions, film makers who are producing “Philadelphia:The Great Experiment,” a multi-part series of films on the his-tory of Philadelphia.

Founded in 2008 by Sam Katz, History Making Productionshas produced a number of films and webisodes about Phila-delphia. The series currently under production, “Philadelphia:The Great Experiment,” now has two episodes, with more tocome. “Philadelphia: The Great Experiment” is self-describedas “…a multi-format historical documentary television, film,and internet project that presents the story of Philadelphia,the single most compelling stage for the unfurling and test-ing of American ideals. William Penn’s city was the first in theworld to codify freedom of religion, individual rights, trial byjury, and a democratic assembly as the pillars of a constitu-tion amendable by the people.”

The first episode covered the period from 1865-1876, atime of great upheaval at both local and national levels.

Featured in this episode was a recreation of AbrahamLincoln’s funeral procession through Philadelphia. EpisodeII, “Fever—1793,” is about the yellow fever epidemic thatdevastated the city in the 1790’s. This episode documentsthe contributions of several prominent Philadelphians dur-ing this era, including the Reverend Richard Allen and hiswife Sarah Allen, who was a young nurse at the time. Inboth episodes, and in those to come, Philadelphia’s richhistoric fabric provides the perfect backdrop. Historicscenes are easily and accurately recreated because somany original streets and structures still exist.

Sam Katz is a Philadelphia native, history buff, and doc-umentary film enthusiast. His prior career included workin public finance and investment banking, but Sam is bestknown to many Philadelphians for the mark he made onthe political landscape. He serves as the executive pro-ducer for HMP. Sam is joined by his son Phil Katz, a pro-ducer, director, and post production specialist. Phil has abackground in multi-media design and marketing strate-gy, along with film and video editing. Phil manages theproduction and post-production teams.

HISTORY MAKING PRODUCTIONSSam Katz, Founder and Executive Producer

Phil Katz, Producer and Director

2012 AIA PHILADELPHIA LANDMARK BUILDING AWARD


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LIMESTONE SPONSORS

AHA Consulting Engineers, Inc.Allied Construction Services II, Inc.AthenianRazak LLCBargmann Hendrie + Archetype, Inc.Blackney Hayes ArchitectsClemens Construction Company, Inc.DOMUS, Inc.Fairmount Park Historic Preservation TrustFemenella & Associates, IncGardner/Fox Associates, Inc.Historical Society of PennsylvaniaJohn Milner Architects, Inc.Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, Inc.Janet and Lew KleinMarvin Waxman Consulting EngineersMMPartners, LLCNolen Properties, LLCO’Donnell & NaccaratoPowers & Company, Inc.ProvenanceReading Terminal Market CorporationS. Harris Ltd.Superior Scaffold Services, Inc.UJMN Architects + DesignersWm. Proud Masonry Restoration CompanyInc.Wu & Associates, Inc.

BELGIAN BLOCK SPONSORS

Alpha Corporation ARCH Preservation ConsultingBLT ArchitectsDavid BrownleeBuilding Conservation Associates, Inc.Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter & PaulCliveden of the National TrustConprocoCross Street PartnersDilworth Paxson LLPEberlein Design Consultants Ltd.F. Scott DonahueHaverford Township Historical CommissionHeritage Consulting Inc.Independence Seaport MuseumJ. Loonstyn Roofing and ContractingK & A Appraisal Co.Barbara J. KaplanMark B. Thompson Associates LLCMerrell & Garaguso, Inc.Moran RoofingJames MundyPatricia PattersonPhiladelphia History MuseumSun Precast Co., Inc.Thornton TomasettiScott WildsWolf Historic PreservationWorld Cafe LiveFreeman Zausner

List complete as of April 28, 2012.

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The Bancorp Bank

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Philadelphia Management Co.

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806 Capital, LLCBeneficial BankFederal Capital PartnersFirstrust BankINTECH Construction, Inc.

Keast & Hood Co.Knapp Masonry LLCPennoni Associates Inc.Radnor Property Group LLCStradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP

GRANITE SPONSORS

AIA PhiladelphiaAmerimar Enterprises, Inc./BehringerHarvardThe Athenaeum of PhiladelphiaCohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PCDan Lepore & Sons CompanyEastern State PenitentiaryFirst Niagara BankFriends of Laurel Hill CemeteryHenry "Jeb" HartHistoric Building Architects, LLCKieranTimberlakeKlehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLPKlein and Hoffman, Inc. / Caretti Restorationand Preservation Services, LLC

Land Services USA, Inc.Masonry Preservation Group, Inc. / Atkin Olshin Schade ArchitectsMaterials Conservation Collaborative, LLCModjeski and Masters, Inc.Rampart HoldingsSaul Ewing LLPSelzer CompanySSH Real EstateStonehenge Advisors Inc.Stuart G. Rosenberg Architects, P.C.University of Pennsylvania Facilities and Real Estate ServicesVenturi, Scott Brown and Associates, Inc.


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Do You Own a Historic Property?

Did you know that by donating a preservation easement to thePreservation Alliance you may realize a significant tax benefit

while protecting your property in perpetuity?

Consider joining the owners of hundreds of historic properties throughout the region and

beyond who, since 1979, have donated easements to the Preservation Alliance.

To learn more about the Preservation Alliance’s preservation easement program and how

you may benefit, contact John Gallery at 215-546-1146 x1 or

[email protected].


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