2008 Historic Preservation and Restoration Award Winners Announced
Gary J. Gorman of Gormon and Co. Wins Historic Preservation Award
Gary J. Gorman of Gorman and Co. of Oregon, Wisconsin, has earned the 2008 Historic Preservation Award for preservation of the historic Oregon High School. The historic school was deteriorating and threatened with demolition for a number of years because the school district no longer wanted the building and an alternative use could not be found for it. Finally, in 2006, a proposal from Gorman and Co. to restore the building and use it as the company's corporate office was accepted by the Oregon School Board. The building stands as a great example of historic restoration and a major economic boost to the community. Generations of past students are extremely proud that this building has been preserved.
A four-member panel of Wisconsin Historical Society preservation professionals selected the project for the historic preservation award from a field of three nominees.
The Wisconsin Historical Society Board of Curators' Awards Committee conferred the 2008 award at its meeting in Arbor Vitae on Saturday, June 21.
Mabel Tainter Literary, Library and Educational Society Inc. Wins Historic Restoration Award
The Mabel Tainter Literary, Library and Educational Society Inc. of Menomonie has earned the 2008 Historic Restoration Award for the rehabilitation and restoration of the historic Mabel Tainter Theater. The theater is a compact, highly decorative, and virtually intact example of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture. Making the building handicapped accessible as well as functional for contemporary programming was a tremendous challenge. The rehabilitation and restoration work was completed and was sensitive to the original design of the building.
A four-member panel of Historical Society preservation professionals selected the project for the historic restoration award from a field of five nominees.
The Wisconsin Historical Society Board of Curators' Awards Committee conferred the 2008 award at its meeting in Arbor Vitae on Saturday, June 21.
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