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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
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PRESERVATION DURHAM AWARDS
PYNE PRESERVATION AWARDS
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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 Historic Preservation Society’s annual dinner held in early summer.
The Pyne Awards have been given by the Society since 1976, and were named in honor of long-time Durham preservationists George and Mary Pyne in 1995.
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Mail nominations to Preservation Durham at PO Box 25411, Durham, NC 27702, drop them off at our office at 3001Academy Drive, or submit them by e-mail.
Nominations are due by
April 1 of each year.
PYNE AWARDS NOMINATION FORM
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The Award is given to both homeowners and commercial property owners for sensitive restoration projects that preserve the architecture and heritage of Durham. Properties that are at least 50 years old and have been significantly rehabilitated or restored while maintaining the architectural character of the original structure are eligible for the Pyne Award. Projects must be completed. Work in progress is not eligible for the Pyne Award.
The Award can recognize either restoration of properties to their historic uses, or adaptive use projects that reinvent the use of a space while at the same time preserving the architectural flavor of the original architect or builder.
Commercial buildings, churches, schools, public institutions, and residences are all eligible for the Pyne Award.
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| Congratulations to the 2010 Pyne Preservation Award Winners |
| At its 2010 annual meeting Preservation Durham announced six winners of the George and Mary Pyne Preservation Awards. Winners included not only homes but a factory remade into artist's studios and appartments, a commercial district, and a hot dog stand! Each of the Pyne Award winners are important to the architectural history of Durham. (* Indicates the building is included in The Durham Architectural and Historic Inventory.)
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Silent House |
HAROLD AND VERICIA SILENT HOUSE (c. 1939), 3304 Devon Road. This house has undergone a series of upgrades over the years, each one altering just what was needed and leaving the distinctive architectural elements intact. The current owners updated the kitchen and a bathroom while leaving original walls and Vitrolite tile in place, kept a cork floor in what had been a study, and found original knives to cut convex fluted mouldings to replicate original trimwork. This is one of the first homes in the new Hope Valley Historic District to use Historic Preservation Tax Credits, but we hope it won't be the last.
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Hearne House |
L. C. HEARNE HOUSE (c. 1919), 825 Burch Avenue This house was suffering from deferred maintenance even before a tree fell on it in early 2009. After extensive structural repair and systems renovation, it has been returned to a comfortable family home. Renovation saved the original mantels, woodwork, doors, and windows, including one that had been hidden by artificial siding, and a new bathroom and mudroom make the home ready for 21st-century living.
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Golden Belt Mfg. Co. |
*GOLDEN BELT MANUFACTURING COMPANY (1900+), East Main Street After many years manufacturing tobacco bags, paper, and cardboard, the factory buildings today house modern apartments, artists' studios and galleries, and The Cotton Room, one of the best gathering spaces in Durham. Developer Scientific Properties met the challenge of meeting current building codes and creating the types of beautiful and accessible spaces that people expect in historic facilities in Durham. Accessibility, fire and life safety protection and modern plumbing, electrical and air conditioning systems were integrated as seamlessly as possible and the new spaces fit perfectly into the old structure. |
Crabtree Drugstore/Joe's Diner |
CRABTREE DRUGSTORE/JOE'S DINER AND TROSA GROCERY (c. 1925), corner of Angier and Driver Streets Funded with a Neighborhood Commercial Revitalization grant and developed by East Durham visionary Joe Bushfan, these storefront buildings are now the center of activity on Angier Street. The new businesses provide important goods and services to the neighborhood, including the diner, an Internet cafe, and the only grocery store within a one-mile radius.
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Ellerbe Powe House |
ELLERBE POWE HOUSE (c. 1913), 601 Watts Street This classic four-square house was hidden behind awkward additions and divided into four apartments before the recent renovatin found its hidden assetts and turned it back into a single family home. Opening up the enclosed wrap-around porch was a complete transformation of the exterior. And all but one of the original granite caps for the porch posts were found on the lot, holding up steps or just lying under the shrubbery!
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King's Sandwich Shop |
KING'S SANDWICH SHOP (c. 1941), 701 Foster Street This sandwich shop which once served the men who came to the surrounding tobacco auction warehouses on Foster Street is reopened to serve the new neighbors in the Central Park District. Great care was taken in the restoration of King’s to preserve the historic character of the original building. A new grill hood, insulated walls, and a new roof coordinate with the original sunburst backsplash, serving windows, and rear bathrooms. The awning was rebuilt from the original plans.
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