Historic Preservation Awards
Since 1975, the Northampton Historical Commission has annually given awards to honor some of the best examples of historic preservation and restoration in Northampton.
The list below shows most of the award winning projects:
1975
Bonducci’s
Bowen & Seigel Law Offices, 40 Center Street
Fitzwilley’s
Kimball and Carey Building, 11 Brewster Court
138 Main Street for first renovation
Newell House, 10 Button Alley
Smith Charities
Sutter’s Mill
Zelda’s
1976
Roger’s Hall, Clarke School: renovation
Academy of Music: interior work, refurbishing stage
Country Comfort, Main Street renovation
2 Pomeroy Terrace: exterior
51 Conz Street: appropriate renovation and restoration
Leeds Village Apartments: 1880’s silk mill restoration
Parsons House, Northampton Historical Society: exterior
Deyette House, 310 South Street: repairs & restoration
City Hall: repair of gingerbread
1977
Pleasant Street Theater, Pleasant Street
Main Street Center/now Thornes, Main Street
Morrison Optician Bldg., Main Street: exterior
First Church, Main Street: pointwork
Beardsley’s, Main Street: renovation & restoration
Draper (Hotel) building, Main Street: restoration
Hampshire Courthouse, Main Street: retention of exterior
Hill Institute: continuation of education activities
1978
N.I.S., Main Street: sidewalks and light fixtures
Forbes Library, West St.: restoration of Director’s office
Sheehan’s, Pleasant Street: interior
Daniel’s block: refurbishing fire–damaged bldg.
1979-1980
no record found
1981
The Beeches
Curran Associates Bldg.
Randolph Place Row Houses
262 Bridge Street
41 Locust Street: creative reuse
1982
John Gare Jewellers, Main Street: interior
Honor Court, 22 Main Street
Hotel Northampton: preservation of the Coach Light Room
Naegele Bakery
Graves Avenue, 2-22, 29, 32: renovation
1983
169 Prospect Avenue
11 Edwards Sq.
203 State Street
Alumnae Gym, Smith College
119 Prospect St. Whalen Residence
152 South St., gray Victorian
Tepper Bldg. Scheinman and Blumethal
1984
Grove Hall. Alan Verson, 56 Main Street
Serios, 151 Main Street, Cosimo and Claire Serio and Edward and Josephine Cavallari
Old Plaza Theatre at 79 Pleasant Street, Joseph Hebert
Carlson Building a 68Main Street, Elaine Ullman and David Pesuit
549 North Farms Road, Leonard Jekanowski, cape house
Gordon Thorne, adaptive reuse of 90 Frankilin Street
David Ringley, adaptive reuse of Barn at 381 North Farms Road
Cecil Clark for creative use of space at the Maplewood Shops
1985
John Herlihey, 1 Round Tree Plaza, compatible design of a new building
David B. Musante, Jr, Mayor of Northampton for restoration of the crenellations at City Hall.
John O’Reilly, Century Investment Company for creative re-use of the Old School Commons
Smith College Admissions Office, Ms. Lorna Blake, Director, for creative use of Garrison Hall on West Street.
32 Masonic Street (Former Foote Button Factory) [Perry Smith]
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Grady, 98 Nonotuck Street, Florence, for restoration of the cape house at 98 Nonotuck St.
Mr. and Mrs Dana Carpenter, 51 Harrison Ave. for restoration in color to victorian style.
Rev. R. Leroy Moser, 275 Elm Street, for narration of the Walking Tour Tapes.
Eric J. Snoek, 37 Butler Place, for editing the walking Tour Tapes
1986
The Gasworks, 244 Main Street (former Gas Co, Round House) for restoration
Murphy Real Estate Office, Florence, for creative reuse
25 James Avenue, Jim Hammerschmith and Wendy Kane for renovation of residence.
“Town Clock” – First Church Tower, Main Street, Renovation, City of Northampton
1987
The Depot Restaurant, creative reuse.
Market Square, 12-31 Newmarket Street creative reuse
261-263 Main Street, renovation
Tilly Hall, Smith College, Henshaw Ave., creative reuse
134 North Street, residence, renovation, Nassar and Petagorsky.
294 Elm Street, residence, renovation, Jeffways.
71 King Street, Goggins and Whalen offices, offices
Alice Manning, Author
1988
2 Pomeroy Terrace, restoration and creative re-use. Paul Britt
Coolidge Park Condominiums, Union St., for creative re-use. Theodore Diamauro et al., owners
Brewster Court Bar and Grill, 11 Brewster Court, for creative re-use. Mark Metzger et al, owners
Residence, 107 Franklin Street, for compatible new construction. Thomas and Linda Aird, owners. Building done and planned by Robert J. Novotny, Jr.
James House, 42 Gothic Street, restoration, Heritage NIS
Martha deB. Beaver. For published work on local architectural history.
Francis La Montage, 130 South Street, Florence for sharing knowledge in local history.
Martha Ferrante, 48 Meadow St, Florence, first home owner to research her home’s date.
Pinch Pottery, 179 Main Street. designed by owners and Bob Walker, restored by Construct, Inc.
Brookside Square Condominiums, Hawley St., for creative re-use.
1989
198 State Street, Renovation, Mrs. Norman Graves
Clark Street Condominiums – creative re-use – Mr. Jodrien (?)
43 Beacon St.
19 Trumball Road – restoration
Country Store Building, Florence
Old Stairway to Depot
127 Franklin St. - Renovation – Mr. Robert Goodman
Cutlery in Bay State
1990-1991
No records found
1992
William R.S. Muller: for restoration of 102 Main St
Jeff Lipston: for restoration of 108 Main St
Tom Masters: for creative re-use/renovation of Masters Building
Harold Fitzgerald: for new construction compatible with neighborhood (Where?)
Dick Munson: for decorative design of Smith College Border Garden outside fence near greenhouse
Brian Eliot: for preservation of flagpole and Pine Theater at Look Park
Northampton Arts Council: for decorative design of railroad bridge mural.
Kari Knapp: for restoration of 219 Elm Street
Robert Paynter and Linda Morley: for restoration of 244 Prospect Street
Herbert & Marci Gintis: for restoration of 15 Forbes Avenue
Gary Cadette: for restoration of 60-62 Market Street
For outstanding contributions in historic preservation:
Historic District Study Committee
Honor Court
Councilor Ray LaBarge
Diane Welter
Richard Garvey
Eleanor Lincoln
Gerry Ramville and John Sulllivan
1993
No records found
1994
City Hall, New Main Entrance accessibility (Mayor Mary Ford)
Silverscape Designs, 1 King Street, restoration of exterior (Dennis Perlman)
Tepper Building, 29 Pleasant St., restoration of tower, (Condominium association: Richard Pini, Kim Rosen, Ed Judice, Karl vonKries, Roger von Fries, Beth Klemer)
82 Washington Street, restoration of residence (Marjorie Senechall & Stanley Sherer)
100 Washington Street, restoration of residence and addition (Jeffrey M. Korff & Shelly Steuer)
Gargoyle on Tepper Building, John Morrison
1995
City Hall (Mayor Mary Ford)
St John’s Church (The Reverand James Munroe)
Smith College, Northrup-Gillett Colonnade (President Mary Maples Dunn)
15 Summer Street (Richard and Karen Marquis)
Smith Charities (Judy Carriveau for President Larry Strange)
Florence Congregational Church (the Reverand Dewey Gierke)
Honorable Mention:
Haymarket Café
Smith College Admissions
Winston Building
The Word and Pictures Museum
Citizens’ Awards
Elise Bernier-Feeley
Isabel Holden
Keith Wilbur
Ruth Wilbur
1996
Northampton Country Club (Robert Berniche, Sr.)
29 Arlington St. (Merry Nasser)
30 Munrow Street (James & Julie Kurose)
225 Elm Street (porch, balcony, railing) [Louise & Robert Jeffway]
Honorable mention:
41-45 Elm Street, Chase and Duckett Houses, Smith College
1997
84 Conz Street (John Fortier, Sr. & John Fortier Jr.)
36 Liberty Street (Robert Leroux & Theresa Meckel)
28 Lilly Street (Priscilla Ross)
88 Massasoit Street (Mark & Mary Casey)
35 Revell Avenue (Wayne Feiden and Denise Green)
Forbes Library
41 Washington Street (Stanley & Cynthia Button)
1998
40 Columbus Avenue (John Joelson and Johanna Levin)
151 Crescent Street (Richard West and Monica Green)
29 Munroe Street (Wes and Theonia Boyd)
92 Washington Street (David Quinby & Egal Doss-Quinby)
22-24 Old South Street (Valley Community Development Corporation)
10 Main Street, Florence (Ed Jendry, et al)
136 West Street (Northampton Properties, Inc./Eric Suher)
1999
Calvin Theatre (Eric Suher)
Northampton Fire Department Headquarters (The City of Northampton)
118 Green Street (Gretna Green Development Corporation)
Northampton Community Music Center (William Feinstein)
First Churches (Reverand Peter Ives, Pastor)
11 Washington Street (Ian Milsark and Jean Henneberry)
210 Elm Street (Sally and Paul Evans)
219 Elm Street (Kari and Karl Knapp)
26 Winthrop Street (Anne Leone and Hans Vaget)
Honorable Mention:
323 Bridge Street (Nadine and Kenneth Salem)
Cooley Dickinson Hospital (Paul Mannheim, Chair, Facilities Comm. Board of Trustees)
2000
Main Street Kiosk (Mayor Higgins)
Gawith Hall, Clarke School (Dennis Gjerdingen, President)
24 Harrison Avenue (Donald Andrew and Sandra Woyner)
70 Old South Styreet (Hortense Clapp Pollard)
123 Massasoit Street ( Timothy Jones and Carolyn Misch)
78 North Elm Street (David A. Murphy)
280-282 Elm Stree (Harold R. Fitzgerald)
330 Elm Street (Edward and Donna Goll)
279 Main Street (LaSalle Floists)
Historic Northampton (Brige St. Buildings)
Florence Savings Bank (for: calendar)
2001
102 Main Street (William Muller)
78 Main Street (Eric Suher)
96 Pleasant Street (Peter Gagliardi/ Hampden Hampshire Housing Partnership
20 Ladd (James Graham)
Hopkins House (Smith College)
Tenney House (Smith College)
126 Main Street (Charles and Susette Lyons/ Sam amd Mina Lussier)
184 Federal Street (Benton Cook)
215 North Street (Paul and Pam Holt)
2002
Northampton High School (Mayor Clare Higgins)
Sessions Annex/105 Elm Street (Smith College: John M. Connolly and William Brandt)
11-13 Highland Avenue (Christina Ryan)
321 Locust Street (Mr. And Mrs. David Drake)
123 Meadow Street (Nooni and Alicia Hammarlund)
74 Bridge Street (Todd Marchefka)
Garden House at Look Park (Brian Elliot/Look Memorial Park)
People’s Institute (Maryann Ryan)
Rogers Hall/Clarke School (Dennis Gjerdingen)
2003
Lyman Plant House (Smith College)
Brown Fine Arts Center (Smith College)
38 Union Street (Hobie Iselin)
Sugar Maple Inn/ 62 Chestnut Street, Florence (Craig Della Penna)
Café Casablanca/ 16 Main Street (Abid Assad)
46 Franklin Street (Hosea Baskin and Sarah Buttenweiser)
Sylvester’s Restaurant/ 111 Pleasant Street
Former Twin Cleaners/ 211 North Main Street (Michael Sussman)
88 North Elm Street (Daniel and Gail Yacuzzo)
Florence Civic association (Steve Strimer)
345 Elm Street (Gordon and Flo Brown)
2004
Forbes Library/ 20 West Street (Mayor Clare Higgins and Jane Moulding)
41 Strong Avenue (Dan and Tony Bishop)
Sojourner Truth Statue & Park/ Park and Pine Streets (Nancy Felton)
52 Hatfield Street (Mr. and Mrs. William Carey)
10 Strong Avenue (Michael Sissman)
37 Pomeroy Terrace (Christopher Cappello)
Lilly Hall (Carol T. Christ/Smith College)
60 Masonic Street (Sut Jhally)
141 State Street (Elizabeth Taylor)
1 Main Street (Michael Wou)
180 Main Street (Michael Wou)
2005
Hawley Building, Old School Commons, 17 New South Street, Emerald City Partners LLC
15 Arlington Street, Wayne Schweitzer
52 Beacon Street, Betsy Stone and Mark Berman
350th Anniverasry Celebration Committee, Susan Well, David Stevens - Co-Chairs
Miss Flo’s Diner, Jimmy Zantouliadis, 99 Main Street, Florence
Smith’s Vocational Agricultural High School Farmhouse, 593 Elm Street, Frank Llamas Superintendent
Academy of Music, City of Northampton, Mayor Clare Higgins, Ex Officio
First Churches Park, Reverand Peter B. Ives, First Churches