Preservation Durham, North Carolina - Pyne Preservation Awards

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Contact the Preservation Durham office for more information or to nominate a project for the Pyne Awards.

Nominations are due by April 1 of each year.

Call (919)-682-3036 or email

PRESERVATION DURHAM AWARDS
PYNE PRESERVATION AWARDS

Look around your neighborhood. Who is doing something good, preserving Durham's architectural and cultural heritage? The Architectural Preservation and Awards Committee invites members of the Community to nominate potential recipients for the George and Mary Pyne Preservation Award. The Committee recognizes award winners at the Preservation Durham’s annual meeting held in early summer.

The Pyne Awards have been given since 1976, and were named in honor of long-time Durham preservationists George and Mary Pyne in 1995.

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Congratulations to the 2008 Pyne Preservation Award Winners

At its 2008 annual meeting Preservation Durham bestowed the George and Mary Pyne Preservation Awards to five projects that typify the exciting and varied activity of historic preservation in Durham. Winners included traditional homes as well as the adaptation of old tabacco buildings into modern commercial space. (* Indicates the building is included in The Durham Architectural and Historic Inventory.)
Scruggs-Fowler House	*SCRUGGS-FOWLER HOUSE (1930), 309 Edward Street This house had been little altered when current owners Bill and Shannon Thornburg purchased it ten years ago. Remodeling one room at a time, they have turned a dark and gloomy house into a bright modern home while keeping original elements like heart pine floors and extensive woodwork. While they worked, they researched the neighborhood and the families that had lived here before them, and now they carry the torch in to the future.
Carolyn Grady House	CAROLYN GRADY HOUSE (1926), 212 West Trinity Avenue This house was in serious deterioration when Sylvia Williams and Helena Cragg bought it in 2006. Renovation included repelacing many missing dors with doors saalvaged from another remodeling project on Geer Street. Original cabinetry remains in the kitchen and breakfast nook, which were carefully enlarged to allow for modern living.
Venable Warehouse	*VENABLE CENTER: VENABLE WAREHOUSE (1905, 1910), PRIZERY (1930s), AND TRANSPORTATION CENTER (1956), 302 East Pettigrew Street These are some of the few surviving examples of independent or small-time tobacco warehoues in Durham. Renovated for commercial use by owner Scientific Properties, they keep thier unique character with original building elements reused in interior and exterior details and signs. Pathways, intersections, and landscape features highlight the different buildings and show off the differences in use and periods of construction.
Gwaltney House	GWALTNEY HOUSE (late 1920s), 201 West Woodridge Drive This Colonial Revival home was in need of major work to uncover the gem hidden behind aluminum siding and a jungle of vines in the overgrown back yard. Rudy and Christine Lerich found 95% of the original siding hiding under the aluminum, refinished wood floors and window frames, shored up the sinking foundation, enlarged the kitchen by removing the butler's pantry, and enclosed a sleeping porch to create a playroom. The backyard is now a sunny terraced lawn enjoyed by family and friends.
Mangum House	*MAYNARD MANGUM HOUSE (1913), 1111 N. Mangum Street This landmark in Old North Durham has undergone extensive renovations by new owners Farad and Robin Ali. Working with designer Gwen Ronsick, they replaced missing stained glass windows, put up new burlap wallpaper to imitate the overpainted originals, restored other finishes on wood and colors on the walls. Old bookshelves and windows found on the site were reinstalled. Major updating involved combining the kitchen and family room using architectural details to tie the new space to the rest of the house.
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