Those who help preserve Andover's architectural and written history have been honored with the 2008 18th annual Preservation Awards.
The Andover Preservation Commission gives the awards in collaboration with the Andover Historical Society and the Ballard Vale Historic District Commission This year, a committee made up of members of all three organizations evaluated nominations submitted by the public and selected "11 outstanding examples of preservation effort within the town of Andover. Residences, businesses and individual craftspeople or preservation activists were considered."
Awards were given in four categories: sympathetic additions to historic residences, appreciation for ongoing exterior preservation, contextual appropriateness in new design and construction and individual and group contribution to historic preservation.
Awards were given to:
267 Andover St.
Ballardvale National Register Historic District
Award: Contextually Appropriate Design in New Construction
Owners: Doug Ahern, builder, Jayaram Adirya, owner
2 Riverina Road, circa 1920
Style: Vernacular "Ten Footer"
Shawsheen Village National Register Historic District
Award: Sympathetic Addition
Owner: Timothy Gillespie
15 Barnard St., built 2006
Award: Contextually Appropriate Design in New Construction
Owner: Richard W. Lally Jr.
Lally II Realestate Trust, John McArdle III, Jr. administrator
41 School St., circa 1850
Style: Transitional Greek Revival
Award: Exterior Preservation
Owners: Patricia and Robert Linnemann
73 Bartlet St., built 1888
Style: Queen Anne
Award: Sympathetic Addition
Owners: Melanie and Seth Bilazarian
Architect: Stanley Black
75 Central St., circa 1880
Style: Transitional Late Greek Revival
Award: Exterior Preservation
Owners: Diane and Michael Sullivan
76 Salem St., circa 1860
Style: Craftsman/Vernacular Farmhouse
Award: Exterior Preservation
Owners: Lisa Battaglia-Schwartz and Steven L. Schwartz
215 Lowell St., circa 1820
Style: Greek Revival
West Parish Center National Register Historic District
Award: Exterior Preservation
Owners: Carol and Stephen Sawin
Joan Silva Patrakis, local historian
Award: Certificate of Appreciation for Historic Preservation
Andover Garden Club
Award: Certificate of Appreciation for 80 Years of Preserving and Beautifying Andover's Public Spaces
Historic Web site development team, which created www.mhl.org/historicpreservation
Award: Certificate of Appreciation for Historic Preservation
Members are: Dean Baumeister, Jim Batchelder, Norma Gammon, Karen Herman, Bill Mitchell, Cord Ohlenbusch, Richard Olson, Fran O'Neil, Lynn Smiledge and Karen Wakeling
For comments about each winner from the judges, see related Web-only story.
