MARK AND KIT PEELE
Clark-Hargrove House and Outbuildings, 3406 S. Alston Ave. This property is unusual since it retains many of its original early 20th century farm outbuildings. Built by Joseph Albert Clark in the 1920s, it was later home to the Sexton Hargrove family. Recently renovated by Mark and Kit Peele, the Craftsman style house retains many original details. Outbuildings remaining near the house include a small gable-roofed cottage, a well house, a corncrib, and a barn that had been converted into a garage.

DEBRA AND JAMES DOBBINS
Alice Harward House, 1006 Monmouth Avenue. By the time Debra and James Dobbins bought this classic four-square house, it was in need of serious structural repair. The Dobbinses reused many of the original fixtures in their renovation, combining them with carefully chosen new features to create a comfortable home for their 21st century family. Renovation of this house proves that while careful reconfiguring of original spaces isn't standard preservationist policy, sometimes it's a wise and appropirate decision to make.

JOHN WARASILA/RIGSBEE PARTNERS
McDaniel-Ervin-Hinshaw Building, 204 Rigsbee Avenue. Architects John Warsila and Vandana Dake with Rigsbee Partners have transformed this old hardware store into modern offices and apartments. The office is designed around a unique curved galvanized steel wall that divides the vast high-ceilinged space. Upstairs, the corporate apartment is distinguished by the contrast of bare brick walls and exposed ceiling beams with sumptuous materials and lighting, especially in the kitchen and bathroom.

NORTH CAROLINA STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE
North Carolina is one of only a few states that have enacted local historic rehabilitation tax credits for commercial developers, and it has also created a tax credit for owners of historic properties who rehabilitate them as their own residences. State Senator Hamilton Horton of Winston-Salem and his co-sponsors Jeanne Lucas and Wib Gulley of Durham introduced the tax credit legislation. Since it was enacted on January 1, 1998, the local impact of the new law has been impressive. Eighty-four property owners in Durham County have applied for non-income-producing historic rehabilitation tax credits on projects worth over $8.6M and 31 projects worth $2.7M have been completed. HPSD thanks the hardworking professionals at the Historic Preservation Office who have made a difference in Durham.

DAVID SOLO
Dr. C. T. Norris House, 401 Watts Street. Dr. Norris built this striking two-story bungalow in the heart of Trinity Park in about 1912. Thanks to the careful restoration by current owner David Solo, much of the house's original charm remains, not least due to details such as lavender-colored plumbing and tiles restored to an upstairs bathroom! Solo's sensitive amalgamation of restored components and striking new introductions has been achieved with high artistry.