GIVING VOICE TO STATE’S HERITAGE

annual report 2008 In February, 2008, the Preservation League disbursed the first loan from its Endangered Properties Intervention Program (EPIP). The loan will help support the purchase of the Kimlin Cider Mill and 1.8 acres of surround- Mission ing buffer land in the town of Poughkeepsie by the not- for-profit Cider Mill Friends of Open Space and Historic Preservation, Inc. Long-term plans are to provide the public with direct access to By leading a statewide preservation movement, sharing a restored cider mill, a native landscape, rural history, information and expertise, and raising a unified voice, the agriculture, and low-intensity Preservation League of New York State promotes historic passive recreation. Cover: preservation as a tool to revitalize our neighborhoods and The “Half Moon” on the Hudson HAPER’S MAGAZINE, JAN. 1903, PRINT. PICTURE COLLECTION, THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY, communities, honor our heritage, and enrich our lives. ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS

2 MESSAGE FROM CHAIRMAN

3 MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT

4 TECHNICAL SERVICES PROGRAM CONTENTS

6 SEVEN TO SAVE

9 PRESERVE NEW YORK GRANT PROGRAM

13 CELEBRATION 400 YEARS IN THE MAKING

17 DEVELOPMENT HIGHLIGHTS

19 EXCELLENCE IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION AWARDS

20 PUBLIC POLICY PROGRAM

22 FINANCIAL STATEMENT/BALANCE SHEET

23 CONTRIBUTORS

27 TRUSTEES

28 REMEMBERING LEAGUE FOUNDERS Message from the Chairman Message from the President

“It might have been otherwise,” wrote the late poet Jane Kenyon. For nearly 36 years the Preservation League has provided technical, legal, grant, and advocacy services to New Yorkers seeking to protect and promote their historic buildings, How many more Penn Stations, Boston Opera Houses or magnificent houses of worship would have been lost were it neighborhoods, and landscapes. In 2008 we added a powerful new program to our offerings not for the noble, collective efforts of our various historic preservation organizations? Oft times maligned as “hysterical,” and frequently at odds with those city planners and developers who do not fully appreciate the aesthetic and economic by establishing the Endangered Properties Intervention Program, or EPIP. value of our architectural treasures and open space, we must rely on our passion, our expertise, and our perseverance to EPIP gives the League the ability to intervene directly in the real estate market when significant historic properties are protect what is really a sacred sense of place. threatened. Intervention can take many forms, from acquiring historic properties and marketing them to preservation- The Preservation League of New York State, as a statewide preservation organization, provides a number of programs sensitive buyers to making loans for others to buy and restore endangered real estate. that have proven to be vital to the identification of properties at risk; the recognition of projects, restorations, and new During our first year of operation we concentrated on making loans for the acquisition and stabilization of historic construction of excellence; the education of professionals; the counsel for designation of historic districts; and the properties by others. Our activity in 2008 included: establishment of tax incentives for property owners, both residential and commercial. Each of these costs money. And as • A loan to support the purchase of the Kimlin Cider Mill and 1.8 acres of surrounding buffer land in the town of budgets are slashed to provide necessities, fewer and fewer foundation and government dollars will be available for the Poughkeepsie by the not-for-profit Cider Mill Friends of Open Space and Historic Preservation, Inc. The group particular services we offer. plans to restore the mill and open the land to passive recreation for community residents. It is incumbent upon us, now more than ever, to make a compelling case for the importance of ensuring that what • A loan to the Landmarks Society of Greater Utica that assisted the group in acquiring two important historic defines and connects us is not destroyed by benign neglect, ignorance, and greed. Moreover, as you, our donors, residences in the Rutger Park section of the city. The houses were placed on the League’s Seven to Save endangered continue to steer your philanthropy to those causes that matter most to you, we must guarantee that we are using your properties list in 2006 for their significance and the threat they faced. Vacant for a number of years, they are money as responsibly as possible. Your acknowledgement of the significance of what we are about, and the financial currently being studied in order to establish a sound plan for their restoration. support you have given the League through your generous contributions, are a source of pride and gratitude that defies • A loan in Buffalo to a developer seeking to rehabilitate the historic former E & B Holmes Machinery Co. complex description. Thank you so very, very much. on the Buffalo River waterfront into residential lofts and commercial spaces. The buildings are considered to be the westernmost original buildings on the historic Erie Canal and once housed the country’s leading barrel-making- machine manufacturing company. We offer special thanks to the volunteers who have assisted with the program in its first year: Roberta Gratz, Robert Kafin, Michael Kinum, Ruth Pierpont, David Trevisani, and Anthony Wood. These projects are just the start of a program that will give the League important new capacity in our efforts to protect and promote New York’s endangered historic buildings. Of course it is your membership and support that makes new initiatives like EPIP possible. As you read this annual report, I hope you will be proud of the investment you have made in the League and will continue to partner with us in the months and years ahead.

Caroline B. Mason Jay DiLorenzo Chairman, Board of Trustees President Restored to its 1777 The Oswego City Library, appearance, the Senate built in 1855, was in danger House State Historic Site of being abandoned in 2001 in Kingston was the and named to the League’s setting for the November Seven to Save list. With meeting of the League’s the League’s help, the Preservation Colleagues. renovated and enlarged

HISTORIC AMERICAN BUILDING SURVEY Oswego Public Library re-opened in October 2008.

Strengthening communities across the state Technical Services Program

Since 1989 the Preservation League’s Technical Services Program has offered effective support new life to the upper floors of Main Street buildings. Seventeen full-day and evening “Upper Floors” programs have been to its constituents by assisting local preservation efforts and providing a statewide perspective held across the state since 2005. The League and the New York State Historic Preservation Office partnered on four workshops to introduce the state on emerging issues. Historic Homeownership Tax Credit to city neighborhoods eligible to benefit from its provisions. With the support of municipal leaders, housing groups, and Colleague organizations, workshops were held in Newburgh, Elmira, and in two Preservation Colleagues Albany neighborhoods. Thanks to continued support from the New York State Council on the Arts, the Preservation Colleagues Program Technical services staff presented the League’s “Profiting through Preservation” illustrated lecture to Spindle City provides an information network and technical support to 35 participating local and regional nonprofit preservation Historical Society members, city planners, and development staff in Cohoes (Albany County). In Rochester, the League organizations. In 2008 Preservation Buffalo Niagara became the latest Preservation Colleague member. This new described neighborhood revitalization tools at a meeting of the Susan B. Anthony Neighborhood Association. Buffalo-based group united the Preservation Coalition of Erie County and Landmark Society of the Niagara Frontier, Technical services staff was honored to represent the Preservation League on juries for Otsego 2000’s regional creating a stronger, full-service regional organization. The League’s technical services staff worked closely with the preservation awards and the statewide Erie Canalway Heritage Award of Excellence program. National Trust for Historic Preservation in this important effort. Enhanced technical services were also provided to Historic Elmira, founded only a year ago and already engaging in significant advocacy work. Advocacy In June the Preservation Colleagues met in Buffalo, where speakers from four nonprofit groups discussed approaches In 2008 several of the League’s advocacy initiatives reached important milestones. The Oswego City Public Library to addressing residential and religious property vacancy and abandonment. Executive director Kathleen Crowther of the marked the completion of its major rehabilitation with a ribbon-cutting ceremony that attracted over 100 people. Tania Cleveland Restoration Society described her group’s services for meeting the challenges of community downsizing, an Werbizky offered the League’s congratulations for the rescue of this 1855 landmark, included on the 2001 Seven to Save issue relevant to many New York State cities. Nearly 50 participants, including Buffalo and Albany municipal officials, list. In Binghamton the 150th Anniversary of the state’s first inebriate asylum was celebrated with an announcement that joined the core Colleague audience. An open-air bus tour led by the Campaign for Greater Buffalo highlighted the the long-vacant building would be reused as a teaching facility by the SUNY Upstate Medical University. For over a decade revitalization of the Westside neighborhood and the restoration of the Darwin Martin House. the League aided local preservationists in their efforts to bring attention to the Gothic-style former psychiatric center. In fall 2008 technical staff served on the planning committee for the event at which League President Jay DiLorenzo A second Colleagues meeting was held in Kingston’s Senate House in November. Jean Carroon, principal for praised local and state leaders for their success in securing an appropriate new use for this National Historic Landmark. preservation at Goody Clancy Architects in Boston and Walter Sedovic, CEO of Walter Sedovic Architects in Irvington, spoke about the intersection of LEED standards, sustainable design and historic preservation, emphasizing Other 2008 advocacy activities included: inherent sustainability of historic wood and steel windows. Following the meeting, participants toured the Kirkland Garden City (Nassau County): Preservation League and preservation staff of the Society for the Preservation of Hotel, a winner of the League’s 2008 Excellence in Historic Preservation award, which incorporated green building Long Island Antiquities worked with the Committee to Save St. Paul’s on their campaign to prevent inappropriate site practices with federal rehabilitation tax credits. development or demolition of St. Paul’s School, a 2003 Seven to Save site. Upper Saranac Lake (Franklin County): The League supported Colleague organization Adirondack Architectural Outreach and Education Heritage’s unsuccessful efforts to prevent the demolition of the Wawbeek, a Great Camp complex designed by architect Community forums and League-sponsored workshops continue to be effective ways of communicating preservation’s William Coulter, a pioneer of the rustic Adirondack style of architecture. benefits to diverse audiences. Lyons (Wayne County): The League joined the Landmark Society of Western New York, Cornell University, and area In 2008, the League held its “Enhancing Main Street: Making Upper Floors Work Again” workshops in Albany, tourism officials in calling for the preservation of the 1885 Hotchkiss Essential Oil Company Building, an Erie Canal Canandaigua, and Moravia (Cayuga County). The 174 attendees from 16 counties learned about strategies for bringing landmark. Thanks to a Preserve New York grant, a rehabilitation plan and significant funds were in place, but county 4⁄5 leaders needed to be persuaded to move forward with implementation. Raising the visibility of local preservation challenges

Seven to Save Endangered Properties Program 1 2 3 4

Since 1999 the League has highlighted threats through the Seven to Save list, which gives Near Westside Columbus Park– Holy Trinity Jones Beach State endangered properties increased visibility and enhanced technical, legal, grant, and media Historic District Prospect Hill Monastery Park services from the League. ELMIRA, CHEMUNG Neighborhood JORDANVILLE, HERKIMER WANTAGH, NASSAU COUNTY COUNTY COUNTY BUFFALO, ERIE COUNTY

Landmark Status Landmark Status Landmark Status Landmark Status The 2008 Seven to Save list draws attention to the plight of New York’s industrial heritage, State and National Register Historic State and National Register proper- National Register eligible State and National Register District ties and eligible historic districts urban neighborhoods, rural landscapes, and waterfront resources. These seven valued historic Threat Threat Threat Unsympathetic development near Threat: Inappropriate alterations, loss Threat resources are in danger of disappearing because of insufficient funding, inappropriate public Deterioration, lack of necessary monastery, loss of rural character of architectural integrity Demolition, unsympathetic develop- financial tools to encourage due to proposed large-scale wind ment of bridge project policies, development pressures, disinvestment, or possible demolition. rehabilitation turbine project Jones Beach State Park, conceived by and created Although New York State The Peace Bridge links The campus of the Holy under Robert Moses in established a rehabilitation Canada to the United Trinity Monastery, the 1920s, has experienced tax credit program in 2006, States at Buffalo’s Cathedral and Seminary incremental degradation residential incentives are Columbus Park-Prospect encompasses 750 acres of its historic structures currently restricted to Hill neighborhood, a key of agricultural and scenic and original plan through ultra-distressed census tracts. component of the city’s lands, many buildings ongoing inappropriate As a result, very little historic extensive Olmsted park and structures, and three interventions and misguided housing qualifies for its plan. A long-planned cemeteries. The ornate 1948 maintenance procedures. provisions. Elmira’s Near proposed expansion of Byzantine-style cathedral Today Jones Beach also Westside Historic District the Peace Bridge Plaza and a later bell tower are faces a significant landscape enabled the League to plan would result in of particular importance. alteration with a proposed illustrate the needed changes the demolition of more A proposed wind energy Trump on the Ocean to the existing tax credit than 80 homes and the facility would site turbines catering facility on the program. Proposed enhance- construction of highway to the east and negatively main mall. ments would provide a more ramps and a multi-story impact the monastery and meaningful tool to encourage garage to support truck its significant viewshed. Status statewide reinvestment in traffic and border security The Preservation League has been issues. This intensive Status working with the nominator, the historic housing stock and The League continues to work Society for the Preservation of Long foster greater neighborhood commercial use would toward the creation of statewide Island Antiquities, and the New York dominate one of Buffalo’s siting guidelines for wind farms. State Council of Parks to establish stability. In December 2008 the State Board a friends group for this historic few stable historic water- for Historic Preservation voted state park. Status front neighborhoods. unanimously to support the The League, the State Historic monastery’s listing in the State Preservation Office, and local Status and National Registers. sponsors held a tax credit workshop The League and others are evaluat- Jones Beach, East Bathhouse, south façade, 1935. in Elmira in June to promote the ing project impacts as required by program’s current benefits, and the state and federal laws, and local NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF PARKS RECREATION AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION League continues to try to secure advocates secured a 2008 Preserve enhancements. New York grant for a survey of historic resources in a nearby 6⁄7 neighborhood. Committed to caring for New York’s landmarks

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Farley Post Office Saratoga Race Glenwood Power The Preservation League of New York State and the New York State Council on the Arts Station and Moynihan Course provided $141,400 in funding to 16 projects in 14 counties in its 2008 grant cycle. YONKERS, WESTCHESTER SARATOGA SPRINGS, Station COUNTY SARATOGA COUNTY , This program supports outstanding local preservation projects throughout the state. Preserve New York funds lead NEW YORK COUNTY Landmark Status directly to the rehabilitation of historic places, leverage significant additional resources—both cash and in-kind—and Landmark Status Local designation recommended Local landmark, State and National Landmark Status Registers protect properties at the local, state, and national levels through landmark designations. Since 1993 Preserve New York City landmark, State and National Threat has awarded over $1.3 million in direct support to 217 projects. The recipients for 2008 are: Registers Reuse proposals that threaten Threat architectural integrity, partial Potential unsympathetic Threat demolition, lack of landmark modernization, impact of protection Potential inappropriate, change in ownership unclear unsympathetic design, loss of Preservation Village of Avon architectural integrity The Saratoga Race Course, The Glenwood Power Station, built as part of Association LIVINGSTON COUNTY Momentum for a new the oldest continuously- of the Southern operating thoroughbred the New York Central and Penn Station, now known Hudson River Railroad Tier (PAST), as Moynihan Station, grew racetrack in the country, has a wealth of Victorian in 1906, stands as a Binghamton following Senator Daniel monument to early structures and numerous BROOME COUNTY Patrick Moynihan’s death in 20th-century engineering 2003. New York City’s horse barns, some dating Grant of $7,400 for a survey from 1864. The League and the suburban growth rezoning of Hudson Yards of 63 houses of worship in joined the Saratoga Springs of Westchester County. (8th to 11th avenues and The Yonkers station is one the city of Binghamton as 30th to 41st streets) in 2005 Preservation Foundation in calling for a comprehensive of a few surviving power PAST’s contribution to a allowed for greatly increased stations designed by development capacity on plan and design guidelines countywide initiative by Grant of $3,250 for a that will thoughtfully guide Charles Reed and Allen the site of the Farley Post the Broome County historic structure report of any changes to the historic Stem. In 2005 the city’s Office, Penn Station, and Landmarks Preservation Historical Society. These the 1856-1857 Five Arch surrounding blocks. Race Course. Board unanimously buildings reflect a dozen Bridge in Driving Park. Preservation leaders in Status recommended this building denominations with a The Saratoga Springs Preservation Constructed of local New York City wish are for local designation, but Foundation has begun to inventory strong concentration of Stafford limestone, this concerned that development more than 200 structures at the the Yonkers City Council proposals respect Senator race course. Eastern Orthodox churches. National Register-eligible has not acted on this In addition, some 25 Moynihan’s original vision proposal. bridge is a largely intact for a new station. properties will receive more example of early masonry Status detailed documentation. Status In 2008, the Yonkers Power Station railroad engineering in the The Preservation League is was determined eligible for listing participating in the required in the State and National Registers, Genesee Valley. The report review of project impacts under setting the stage for possible will guide needed repairs state and federal regulations. rehabilitation using tax credits 45and other sources. and serve as a basis for 8⁄9 landmark designation. City of Buffalo neighborhood. This area revitalizing Erie Canal in Sacandaga Park, and Tower (1973). The results Myrtle Avenue City of Geneva Sea Cliff was settled as early as 1840 communities. Preserve to inform public outreach will highlight the value of ERIE COUNTY Revitalization ONTARIO COUNTY Landmarks and for the next 120 years Our Past is contributing and education. The survey examples of American and Project Grant of $14,500 for a Preservation developed as a largely to the effort by promoting will provide prioritized International design and KINGS COUNTY historic structure report Commission residential neighborhood and protecting the city’s recommendations for local may lead to landmark for the 1927 Gigliotti Gas NASSAU COUNTY with important public architectural and historic and National Register designations. Station. Designed by Grant of $5,000 for a and commercial buildings assets. The project will designation, as well as architect I. Edgar Hill, thematic multiple property along major streets. The establish a historic context for further study. who studied at the École documentation form neighborhood faces disin- for many distinguished des Beaux-Arts, this gas of the village’s historic vestment and institutional homes, impressive public Greenwich Village Methodist camp buildings. Society for station combines elements expansion, both of which buildings and industrial of Classical Revival and The narrow streets, small Grant of $7,500 for a have resulted in demolition. complexes in Little Falls. Landmark Society Historic lots, and modest 19th- and of Western New Art Moderne design. cultural resource survey Preservation The building has been early 20th-century houses Grant of $12,000 for a of the Black Rock neigh- York, Rochester NEW YORK COUNTY deemed eligible for listing of Sea Cliff are under MONROE COUNTY National Register of borhood. Adjacent to the in the State and National tremendous development Northville/ Historic Places nomination Erie Canal and the Niagara Registers. Threatened with pressure. The project will Northampton of the Wallabout Historic River, Black Rock was a demolition, it was included build on work completed District, a neighborhood thriving residential and Historic Landmark in the Preservation League’s in Sea Cliff with a previous bordered by Myrtle Avenue commercial center from the Commission 2007 Seven to Save list. Preserve New York grant. early 1800s and through FULTON COUNTY and the - the 1950s. Its waterfront Expressway. Threatened by This grant is the first location made it a strategic encroaching development project support awarded site in the War of 1812. and tear-down threats, for Preservation Buffalo Grant of $13,000 for an The project will document historic district recognition Niagara, a newly-formed Grant of $9,000 for a intensive-level survey of the approximately 50 houses, would protect stylistically nonprofit group. cultural resource survey East Village. Many historic churches, and commercial diverse historic residential of buildings and designed buildings are threatened and public buildings. buildings. landscapes of the recent with demolition as past in Rochester’s Inner developers have begun Preserve Our Past Grant of $5,500 for a Loop. This area was to plan large-scale new Preservation (POP), Little Falls reconnaissance-level reshaped after World construction not compatible Buffalo Niagara, HERKIMER COUNTY survey of the town of War II, starting with with the historic character Buffalo Grant of $6,000 for a Northampton, including the 1962 construction of the neighborhood. citywide survey of this the village of Northville. of the Midtown Plaza. Currently, New York City ERIE COUNTY Mohawk Valley community. The project goal is to Other resources include is planning to re-zone this Grant of $7,500 for a Little Falls is an active mitigate the tear-down One HSBC Plaza (1970), neighborhood, and the cultural resource survey participant in state and threat, particularly to Square Park report will help to inform of the North Prospect Hill federal programs aimed at the modest camp buildings (c. 1971) and the Chase that process. 10⁄11 A Village of Milford nominations for ten all identified farms have at with a master site plan, integrating preservation OTSEGO COUNTY architecturally significant least two or three intact synagogues in Brooklyn. historic outbuildings, such and interpretive activities Celebration Information gathered as barns, silos, dairy sheds, on a wider basis. from this survey will and icehouses. Sprawl 400 also be used for lectures and development threaten Years and tours highlighting this agricultural community Brooklyn’s religious heritage and landscape. The histori- Village of Palmyra and will help qualify cal society will use this WAYNE COUNTY these congregations for information to further its Grant of $7,500 for a in the rehabilitation grants. educational programs and cultural resource survey and Grant of $5,250 for a submit applications to the State and National Register cultural resource survey of National Register. of Historic Places project. Milford. Located on State The architecture of Palmyra, which is located Making Route 28, the village has experienced tremendous on the Erie Canal, reflects development pressures due its prosperity between the to the construction of 1820s and 1890s. Current baseball camps and related economic revitalization amusement and accommo- efforts are closely linked to dation facilities. However, the canal, and Palmyra has Milford retains its 19th- embraced preservation as century commercial and an economic development Pittstown tool. The grant will lead to residential character that Historical Society reflect its agricultural and Huguenot an expansion of a historic

RENSSELAER COUNTY “ railroad history. The survey Historical Society, district listed in 1972. MOON HALF THE AND HUDSON HENRY will complement current New Paltz village planning and ULSTER COUNTY tourism projects. Grant of $10,000 for a historic structure report for

the Freer House, believed “: LAYISIUEO H OF INSTITUTE ALBANY to date from 1694 and New York built by Hugo Freer. The Freer House historic

Landmarks I structure report, the final ART AND STORY Conservancy Grant of $8,000 for an report for the Huguenot NEW YORK COUNTY intensive-level survey of Historical Society’s nine Grant of $20,000 to about 25 of Pittstown’s house museums, will allow complete National Register historic farmsteads. Almost them to move forward 13 ⁄13 12⁄13 Henry Hudson Samuel de Champlain Robert Fulton THE 2009 SEVEN TO SAVE DESIGNEES ARE, IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER:

1 Magdalen Island 2 Jan Van Hoesen House Red Hook, in Claverack, Tivoli Bays, Columbia County, Dutchess County, early 18th century Late Archaic, 6,000-3,000 years Threat: Deterioration ago, through post- contact period

Threat: Looting

Studies of Magdalen Island have shown that from Jan Van Hoesen, who built this house, was the the Late Archaic through the post-European contact grandson of Jan Franz Van Hoesen, the original In 2009 the State of New York is celebrating a voyage period, the island has been used as a seasonal home patentee of the area in the 1660s. The farmstead, by both Native Americans and Euro-Americans. while encroached upon by the adjacent mobile of exploration that, while failing in its stated mission, The site could yield additional archeological infor- home park, remains intact and undisturbed. This mation about the Hudson Valley’s early inhabitants. site exemplifies the theme of Dutch settlement along opened a continent to colonization and commerce. the Hudson River and its tributaries.

In the spring of 1609, Henry Hudson, an Englishman renowned for his Arctic explorations, set out to find a water route to the Orient. His employers, the Dutch East India Company, were looking for a shortcut to give them a competitive advantage against their arch rivals — the English. His ship sailed into the harbor discovered by explorer Giovanni da Verrazano some 85 years earlier, but rather than turning around, he continued north in search of the elusive passage to Asia. The three-masted yacht Halve Maene (Half Moon) continued upstream, reaching the latitudes near present-day Albany in September 1609. Hudson and his crew became the first Europeans to sail up the river that now bears his name. 3 Gunboat Spitfire 4 Plumb-Bronson House Lake Champlain, Hudson, In a strange twist of fate, French explorer Samuel de Champlain was also on a voyage of discovery in what is now Essex and Clinton Columbia County, northeastern New York, traveling in the opposite direction, south on the lake that was later named for him. Hudson Counties, 1776 1811, 1838, 1849 and Champlain’s expeditions missed meeting by mere months and about 100 miles. Threat: Natural, Threat: Many years including non-native of unchecked In addition, for voyages that took place during the bicentennial anniversary of these events, Robert Fulton is being aquatic species, and deterioration remembered as the man who made travel on the Hudson River affordable, expeditious, and even glamorous with the vandalism launch of the steamboat Clermont.

During 2009 local, state, national and international leaders are working together to orchestrate a meaningful celebration This vessel was part of the American fleet that held Samuel Plumb, owner and operator of a fleet of tow the British at bay for a year and contributed to the boats on the Hudson River, purchased this property of these voyages that resulted in the rise of the Empire State and helped shape the future of the United States. American victory at Saratoga in 1777. Not only is the and built this residence in 1811. In 1838 Dr. Oliver Spitfire the most significant underwater archeological Bronson hired famed architect A. J. Davis to embellish The Preservation League of New York State is using its endangered properties program, Seven to Save, to support and site on the bottom of Lake Champlain; it illustrates the house, then brought him back in 1849 to reorient enhance the year-long commemoration of the voyages of Henry Hudson, Samuel de Champlain and Robert Fulton. the interconnected history of the Hudson and the house to the Hudson River. Now, the not-for-profit Champlain valleys. Historic Hudson needs to determine a new use and By giving voice to these seven disparate sites, the League is helping to illustrate the heroic saga of the exploration and develop plans for site stewardship. settlement of the Hudson and Champlain valleys. 15 ⁄15 5 Fort Montgomery 6 Burden Iron Rouse’s Point, Clinton County, Works Museum 1844-1872 Troy, Rensselaer County, 1881-1882 Fortifying the Preservation League’s work Threat: Deterioration, need Threat: Deterioration for stabilization Development Highlights

While everyone was affected by the devastating economic downturn in 2008, the League was Situated on the border between the United States fortunate to have members, partners, and friends who chose to make the League a philanthropic and Canada, Island Point is where Lake Champlain priority. As good stewards of this investment, the League aggressively applied funding to programs This building stands as an important reminder enters the Richelieu River. The island was first and services to promote historic preservation as a tool to revitalize neighborhoods and communities, fortified in 1818 as the Northern Gateway linking the of the Hudson River’s industrial heritage. Robert St. Lawrence and Hudson Rivers. Fort Montgomery Robertson designed the building as the offices of yielding a quantifiable return on that investment. was built in the mid-19th century and seen as a the Burden Iron Company, the first in the world crucial fortification by Civil War strategists. This site to manufacture horseshoes by machine. The site The League has worked to increase the In May the League held a cocktail symbolizes the shared history of the United States is now operated as a museum of commerce and and Canada. industry, as well as the offices of the Hudson percentage of organization and corporate reception in support of the Seven to Mohawk Industrial Gateway. memberships. This additional support Save Endangered Properties Program has fostered the expansion and continua- at the Museum at Eldridge Street on tion of important historic preservation the Lower East Side of Manhattan, programming throughout New York. pictured at left. The newly-restored, In addition, the League gained new historic synagogue offered a visually- 7 “The Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial individual members including those rich setting to celebrate these important Historic South Commission applauds the Preservation League of New who made a gift of $1,000 or more to threatened sites. Chairs for the event York. We are deeply impressed, and grateful that the join the Premier Leadership Society. were Caroline Mason and Roberta Street Seaport League has this year chosen to put its prestige and clout into the cause of protecting the vulnerable heritage of As a membership organization by B. Gratz. New York City, the Hudson Valley. Excelsior!” charter, the League depends as much on In October the League presented its New York County a healthy base of engaged members as highest honor, the Pillar of New York Tin Building, 1907 J OAN D AVIDSON and New Market C HAIR, QUADRICENTENNIAL C OMMISSION we do on other individuals, foundations Award, to philanthropists Connie and Building, 1939 and corporations that make generous contributions to David Clapp, who were recognized for their work and our annual operating fund. This unrestricted funding gives advocacy in Millbrook and the Mid-Hudson region. Threat: Demolition, “New York State is especially rich in maritime resources the League an ability to allocate money where needs are Tiffany & Co. and The Tiffany & Co. Foundation were loss of context and waterfront communities. The region from the Canadian border to New York Harbor is celebrated for greatest and to take advantage of unexpected opportunities. honored for their stewardship of an historic building on its beauty, and it boasts a strong tradition of settlement The League’s new secure Website offers friends and Wall Street and their philanthropy in Lower Manhattan. The South Street Seaport and Fulton Market are by Native Americans followed by the French, Dutch, members the opportunity to make a donation, become a Chairs for the event were Kirk Henckels, Debbie English, and others who made important contributions historically linked to Robert Fulton and his ferry to member, or respond to event invitations online using a Montgomery, Zibby Tozer, and Arete Warren. reflected in the area’s buildings and landscapes. Brooklyn, as well as to the theme of commerce along credit card. For those who receive points for using their It is through the generosity of our members and the Hudson River. This waterfront historic district is Unfortunately, many of the valued historic resources that illustrate this epic tale are threatened by insensitive, cards, this option has additional benefits. contributors that the League is able to carry out its mission threatened by out-of-scale new development. ineffective or insufficient public policies, general The theme of philanthropic investment in the League of leading a statewide preservation movement. We are neglect, and, in some cases, outright demolition.” and New York’s historic resources carried through the year grateful for the generosity and support of our members J AY D I LORENZO as members, partners, and friends generously supported and friends. P RESIDENT, PRESERVATION L EAGUE OF and attended our events. N EW YORK S TATE 17 ⁄27 Honoring excellence in sustaining our historic legacy Excellence in Historic Preservation Awards

These are just a few of the comments received from honorees after the Preservation League’s Excellence in Historic Preservation Awards were presented in May 2008:

“This is an amazing award for the Village “What great news! On behalf of the Rural “It is a pleasure to work with you, and I of Canajoharie to receive. The flood of 2006 Ulster Preservation Company and the City of thank the League for their generosity in was devastating to our community’s Kingston, thanks so much!” recognizing all the players.” business district, but today it is all back and doing business.”

The awards are an important opportunity for the League to celebrate New York’s heritage as it is represented in our historic churches, libraries, theatres, hospitals and residences, and to commend the work of the people who care for these properties and who advocate for their preservation. We are grateful to the Arthur F. and Alice E. Adams Charitable Foundation for their continuing support of the awards program. By honoring outstanding projects, the awards encourage standards of excellence in future projects and inspire individuals and organizations to protect the irreplaceable resources New Yorkers have inherited. The League extends a special appreciation to the awards jury, chaired by Barry Bergdoll and comprised of members of the League’s board of trustees and trustees council and to Arete Swartz Warren for her presentation of the awards. The 2008 recipients are Webb Lofts in Buffalo; MacNaughton House Stabilization in Newcomb, Essex County; U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Cadman Plaza in Brooklyn; Downtown Revitalization Program in Canajoharie, Montgomery County; Eldridge Street Synagogue on the Lower East Side in Manhattan; Proctors in Schenectady; Hotel Kirkland in Kingston; and the BID Model Development Block in New Rochelle. Preserving New York: Winning the Right to Protect a City’s Landmarks by Anthony C. Wood (Routledge, 2007) received a special citation. The Hudson Valley Chapter of the American Society of Home Inspectors was honored for organizational excellence; and Trude Brown Fitelson of Rochester was honored for individual excellence.

The famed theatre architect Thomas Lamb designed Schenectady’s Proctor’s Theatre, seen here and at left. It opened in 1926, one of a chain of F.F. Proctor’s vaudeville houses. With its unique commercial mid-block arcade, it was a true “palace of the common man.”

RANDALL PERRY, 2008

18 ⁄19 The Preservation League of New York State and the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation presented a series of free workshops, including this one in Advancing incentives for preservation Newburgh, to help homeowners take advantage of a tax credit for home repairs. Public Policy Program STAFF PHOTO

Rehabilitation Tax Credit The League continues to work with the Legislature to in the Glimmerglass region. The League provided strategic The Preservation League continues to seek implementa- promote the extraordinary potential of the expanded tax support to the monastery and local advocates during tion of an effective rehabilitation stimulus program for credit to drive long-term, sustained investment in the environmental review of the proposed project and New York State in order to redirect investment back to economic revitalization and restoration of business districts endorsed the listing of the monastery and grounds to historic municipal cores and older neighborhoods. and residential neighborhoods across New York State, and the State and National Registers of Historic Places. Economic benefits studies from across the nation clearly is urging Governor Paterson to make the program a core demonstrate the stimulus impact of state rehabilitation component of an effective economic development Other Legislation and Program Initiatives tax credits. A growing and diverse coalition of municipal program in New York State. State Budget cuts have impacted a range of programs and leaders, economic development officials, and community policies beyond expansion of the rehabilitation tax credit groups joined the League in 2008 in our effort to secure Wind Energy Siting Impacts program. The New York State Council for the Arts, which an expanded state rehabilitation tax credit program for A continuing and expanding investment in renewable funds the League’s Preserve New York Grant Program New York State. energy by New York State has not yet been matched with and other League activities, suffered significant mid-year Earning near-unanimous Assembly and Senate a state-level commitment to develop siting standards for budget cutbacks in 2008 and was cut further in the support, a bill sponsored by Assemblymember Sam Hoyt commercial-scale wind energy systems, particularly with proposed 2009-10 budget year. NYSCA funding is a (D-Buffalo) and Senator Frank Padavan (R-Queens) was respect to their impacts on historic and cultural resources. lynchpin for community-based arts and preservation passed in the State Assembly and Senate in June 2008. While the Preservation League strongly supports New groups which generate significant economic stimulus to Yet after several months of advocacy and editorial support York’s energy conservation, efficiency, and overall renewable downtowns and Main Street communities throughout the in many Upstate papers, Governor David Paterson vetoed energy goals, the state’s promotion of wind energy must state. The League supported this funding line for the New the legislation in late September, citing program costs as a be balanced with obligations to protect historic resources York State arts community. The Environmental Protection primary concern. from adverse impacts from facility siting, construction, Fund was threatened with similar funding cutbacks. New York’s current rehabilitation program, created and operation. The League has met with Legislators and The League worked throughout the year as a member in 2006, is severely limited in its ability to catalyze their staff to discuss the need for statewide siting guide- of the Friends of New York’s Environment coalition to redevelopment activity in downtowns and “Main Street” lines and has briefed state agencies and the governor’s staff. preserve funding levels, seek new historic preservation communities. Reviews by the development and banking The Mohawk Valley is at the center of wind energy programming categories, and establish an expanded bottle community indicate that key incentive levels and features siting debates in numerous Upstate communities facing redemption program as a supplemental source of funding of that program are set too low to generate significant commercial-scale wind energy development. Following a for the EPF, a core environmental and historic preservation investment in building rehabilitation. An expanded statewide Seven to Save listing regarding general wind funding program in New York. rehabilitation stimulus program will generate increased energy siting impacts in 2003, the League’s listing of the private investment in community centers throughout New Holy Trinity Monastery in Herkimer County in 2008 York, return more federal dollars to our cities, and generate provides a specific example of the adverse impacts of a increased sales and property tax revenues, as well as further proposed wind energy project, in this case the world efforts to address brownfields reuse, affordable housing headquarters of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside development, and smart growth planning issues. Russia and other state and nationally recognized resources 20 ⁄21 The following list reflects the total giving by members and contributors who donated $100 Balance Sheet or more between January 1 Financial Statement Contributors and December 31, 2008. Year Ended December 31, 2008 December 31, 2008 The Preservation League of New York State gratefully acknowledges Members of the Premier Leadership Society (PLS) are Support and Revenue Current Assets the many individuals, organizations, foundations, corporations, identified in bold type. PLS Corporate and Foundation Grants $235,059 Cash and Cash Equivalents $2,426,150 and government agencies that supported our work during 2008. members are individuals and Government Grants 307,232 foundations who made an Grants and Accounts Receivable 87,810 Annual contributions and memberships ensure the League’s ability unrestricted gift of $1,000 or Individual Contributions 174,352 Contributions Receivable 15,410 to continue to advance our shared preservation goals. more as a League member Special Events 485,303 Other Current Assets 635 or to the annual fund. (less direct costs of fundraising events) (97,215) Total Current Assets $2,530,005 Investment Income / (loss) (160,308) Loans Receivable 490,000 Rental Income 6,000 Investments, Restricted 1,323,976 Miscellaneous Income 127 $10,000 + Daniel G. Romualdez Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Kearney Peter and Anne Millard Property and Equipment, Net 162,523 Arthur F. and Alice E. Adams Janet C. Ross John and Karen Klopp Dr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Older Total Support and Revenue $950,550 Charitable Foundation of Mrs. Lily Safra Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Malkin Platt Byard Dovell White Total Assets $4,506,504 Miami Thomas J. Schwarz The Malkin Fund Architects Arthur Ross Foundation Tianaderrah Foundation Ellen Phelan and Joel Shapiro Paul Provost Expenses Tiffany & Co. F. Eugene Romano Robert and Encarnita Quinlan Current Liabilities The Baird Foundation Program Services $752,829 George Beane and Barbara and Donald Tober Mr. and Mrs. William B. Warren Mr. and Mrs. David Sloan Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses $31,130 Development and Fundraising 292,681 Patricia Begley Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Tozer, Jr. Samuel G. White John F. and Dorothy Sprague Deferred Revenue 1,648,656 The Bernhill Fund Dorinda and Mark O. Winkelman Taconic Builders, Inc. Management and General 130,899 Catherine Cahill and Cynthia C. Wainwright $2,500-$4,999 Total Current liabilities $1,679,786 William Bernhard Ali Wambold and Monica Total Expenses $1,176,409 $5,000-$9,999 The Challenger Foundation Matthew Bender IV Gerard-Sharp Mr. and Mrs. David C. Clapp The Alexander Bodini Charitable Edward Lee Cave David and Candace Excess of Expenses over Support and Revenue ($225,859) Net Assets David C. Clapp Foundation Foundation Robert A. Cenci Weir Foundation Unrestricted $859,773 Joan K. Davidson The Alice Busch Gronewaldt Charina Foundation, Inc. John C. Whitehead Foundation Inc Christie’s Unrestricted – Designated 629,245 (The J. M. Kaplan Fund) Nancy and Bob Downey Anonymous Jane Forbes Clark Permanently Restricted 1,337,700 $1,000-$2,499 Endangered Properties Intervention Brandon Fradd The Avalon Foundation Henry S. F. Cooper, Jr. Temporarily Restricted — Gerry Charitable Trust Pamela and David Banker Dickler Family Foundation Advisor Charitable Gift Fund Program Robert and Nellie Gipson Daniele D. Bodini John And Dorothy Sprague Stuart A. Bannatyne and Michelle Total Net Assets 2,826,718 Harriet Ford Dickenson Foundation Gilbert and Ildiko Butler Foundation R. Mallette-Bannatyne Loans to Endangered Property Owners $490,000 Christopher and Alice Holbrook Butler Conservation Fund, Inc. Dudley D. Johnson Karen Bechtel Total liabilities and Net Assets $4,506,504 Judith L. Chiara Judith L. Chiara Charitable Fund David Wells Beer Designated Investment Income / (loss) 44,151 George L. Howell Karen and Everett Cook Ivan and Marilynn G. Karp John and Gaily Beinecke Designated Program Revenues 23,530 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Hubbard The Arthur L. Loeb Foundation Inc. The Durst Organization Alexia Lalli Howard Bellin Designated Program Expenses (23,550) James A. Macdonald Foundation Damaris D. W. and Frank Ford Landmark Charitable John B. Black MBIA Foundation Inc. Lionel Goldfrank III Foundation, Inc. John deC. Blondel, Jr. Excess of Revenue over Expenses $534,131 MBIA Inc. Roberta B. Gratz Leon Levy Foundation Margaret and David Bova The New York Community Trust Robert F. and Sheila A. Hoerle Gregory Long Gloria and Craig Callen Tozer Family Fund Elizabeth McCaul and Caroline B. Mason Cannon Heyman & Weiss, LLP New York State Council Frank Ingrassia Jean M. McCarroll Joan Walkup Corrigan A complete copy of the 2008 audited financial statements is available on the Arts Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Kafin Richard and Ronay Menschel Dr. and Mrs. B. K. Crawford upon written request to the Preservation League of New York State, 22 ⁄23 44 Central Avenue, Albany, NY 12206-3002 Michael and Charlotte Delaney Mr. and Mrs. George D. O’Neill Downtown New Rochelle BID Joyce M. Alessandrini John and Judy Cornwall M. J. Gladstone Kate Johns, AIA Stephen and Mary Muller Mr. and Mrs. Jay A. DiLorenzo Katharine and Mike Overlock Erie Canalway National American Hotel Mary F. Coughlin Alexandra G. Goelet Just Give T. Clark Munnell, Jr. Mr. George E. Doty The Amy and Joe Perella Heritage Corridor Jan C. K. Anderson Edna C. Craddock Clara Wood Golay Marilyn E. Kaplan, Architect Myrtle Avenue Clover M. Drinkwater Charitable Fund Richard and Rebecca Anonymous (2) Randall T. Crawford Mr. and Mrs. James P. Gold Virginia and Christopher Kelly Revitalization Project, LDC Mr. and Mrs. John S. Dyson Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Pierce, Jr. Evans Foundation Charlotte P. Armstrong Crawford & Stearns Architects David Goldfarb Knickerbocker Historical Neighbors of Watertown Inc. Jane and Peter Elebash Warrie and James Price The Felicia Fund Kathleen and Roland Augustine Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Cummins Tony Goldman Society, Inc. Nelson Development Co. J. Roger Erickson David N. Redden Ferris Foundation, Inc Frederick and Sheelagh Baily Davidson & Maltz Ltd. Eric W. Goldstein Evan Kopelson Christopher Neville Stephen Facey Mr. and Mrs. Martin Revson Donald C. Fresne Bank of America Matching Martin J. Davidson and Alan and Denise Goodman Daniel Krall Newburgh Free Library Wendy Feuer David Rockefeller Terence F. Gilheany Gifts Program Virginia Martin Gourmet Advisory Services Deborah and Peter Krulewitch Scott Newman Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Thomas P. Sculco Penny and James Gorman The Banker Family Trust Norman J. Davies, Architect Greater Hudson Heritage Network Peggy Lampman and Ian Nitschke Richard and Karen Nicholson Field-Day Foundation Prof. William C. Shopsin, FAIA William Gratz Rutgers Barclay Scott E. Davies David and Nan Greenwood Landmarks Society of Michael A. Nieminen, AIA Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Flexner Eric and Karin Shrubsole Francis Greenburger Deirdre Courtney-Batson Christina R. Davis Agnes E. Griffith, Ph.D. Greater Utica Stuart Novick Fredric B. Garonzik and Anne Sotheby’s Jim and Nancy Hays and Philip Batson Christian C. Day Lee and Jordan Gruzen Anne A. Laumont John M. Nuzum, Jr. Garonzik Foundation Robert A.M. Stern Architects, LLP Nancy and Fritz Henze Martha Burke-Hennessy Tian and Brandt Dayton Mr. and Mrs. Lewis M. Hall Mrs. Mortimer Levitt New York City Brickwork Dorothy T. Globus Douglas and Elizabeth Swift Jan Hird Pokorny Associates, Inc. and Michael Belknap Willem F. de Vogel Dr. and Mrs. William S. Herbert and Barbara Levy Design Center Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Goelet Dr. Christopher and Johnson-Schmidt & Associates, Jennifer and Peter Bernstein Paula Dennis, In the Field Hallenbeck III Li/Saltzman Architects, PC Greg O’Connell Goldman, Sachs & Co. Lady Juliet Tadgell Architects Alvin Berr Consulting Mark Harari and Laura Wagner Liason Unlimited Robert W. Ohlerking Lorna and Larry Graev Peter and Jessica Tcherepnine Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Keesee III Beyer Blinder Belle, John di Domenico Marlene Haresign Laura Lee Liberatore Old Structures Engineering, PC Gratz Family Foundation Felicitas S. Thorne Sandra H. Kinder Architects and Planners, LLP Mary Dierickx Tema Harnik Lichten Craig Architects William Oliver and Michael Willis The Green-Wood Cemetery Vincent Vallarino Kliment Halsband Architects Matthew Bialecki, AIA Nina A. Dillon Jeb Hart Kevin Lichten Oneida Community Marjorie and Gurnee Hart John and Barbara Vogelstein Judith LaBelle and Neal Brown Monica and David Biggs Martha J. Downey Mr. and Mrs. Morrison H. Elizabeth and David Liebschutz Mansion House Nancy and David Hathaway Diana S. Waite Mr. and Mrs. Michael Levin Joshua C. Block Noel H. Dries Heckscher Michael Lonergan Mrs. Grover O’Neill, Jr. Kirk Henckels and Dorsey Waxter Kevin McEvoy and Barbara Epstein Andrew M. Blum Barbara and George Dudley Helpern Architects, PC Michael and Diane Long Otsego 2000, Inc. Fernanda Kellogg Steven J. Weiss Peter Spencer McHugh Bond Street Architecture George and Pat Duncan Heritage Foundation of Oswego, Loosely Incorporated Charles Pannaci Marlene Hess and James Zirin Judith Wellman Ms. Lida Orzeck and Design Mr. and Mrs. David Eberhart Inc. Mr. and Mrs. William Louie Otis and Nancy Pearsall Andrea and David Holbrook Judith and Howard Wentz Debra Perry Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey S. Borer EBSCO Industries, Inc. Judith Hernstadt Lower East Side Tenement Museum Personal Coverage, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hottensen Tania Werbizky and Preservation Buffalo Niagara Robert Breiterman Steven C. Engelhart Higgins Quasebarth & Partners Michael and Susan Moyle Lynch Pfizer Foundation Inc. James and Maisie Houghton Brad Edmondson Catherine Schweitzer Harriet B. Brittain Erie County Industrial Karen A. Hindenlang and Virginia S. Lyon David M. Phaff Ittleson Foundation, Inc. Kate R. Whitney J. Kevin Smith Joseph and Joan Burke Development Agency Crawford R. Thoburn Robert B. MacKay Pier “41” Associates Susan H. Jones John R. Wing and Audrey Strauss Robert D. Snedeker David J. Callard Essex Community Historic Saranac Lake Manitoga, The Russel Wright Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Pierpont Hamilton and Edith Kean Benjamin S. Wolfe Lyn Brillo and Mark Sonnino Campaign for Greater Buffalo Heritage Organization Historical New York Design Center Planit Main Street Mrs. Stephen M. Kellen Anthony C. Wood Jack Taylor Carmina Wood Morris, PC Sheldon Evans and Research Associates Claire and Chris Mann Duncan Pollock Pamela Kendall Anita Tiburzi-Johnson Mrs. William L. Cary Martha McMaster Gerry Holbrook Patricia Nelson Matkowski Port City Preservation LLC Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Kresse Victor Wright Helen S. Tucker, The Gramercy Central Business Donald T. Fallati Jan Holmblad Geraldine McCauley Ellie Posner The Leonard and Evelyn Lauder Young & Franklin Inc. Park Foundation Improvement District, Albany Jason Farley Holmes King Kallquist & Kevin McEvoy and Preservation Association of the Foundation Debbie and Nick Zoullas Maria and Peter Wirth Peter Herbert Chapman June and Peter Felix Associates Barbara Epstein Southern Tier Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Gary Zwerling Mr. George W. Young Chemung County Peter T. Flynn John K. Howat Deborah H. M. McManus Preservation League of Deane Leonard Historical Society Arthur M. Freehill Jerry Howett Marney Mesch Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Lippes Chianis + Anderson Architects Friends of Historic Kingston Robert C. Hughes John I Mesick Mancia and Lawrence Propp Dick and Mary Maitino $500-$999 $100-$499 Clifton Park Historic Friends of the Upper Sally Humphrey Lisa Meyer Putnam County Dept. of Planning, Jay and Kari McDowell Lisa Ackerman C. Murray Adams Preservation Commission East Side Historic Districts Stephen and Betsy Hunter Fred Miller Development & Public John and Katherine McEnroe Barry Bergdoll Molly Adams Alice McGown Concagh Friendship Heritage Association IBM Matching Grants Program The Morgan State House Transportation The Mike Delaney Foundation Norman and Evelyn Bergen Adirondack Architectural Heritage Coppola Associates Gillian Fuller Jablonski Building Gary Morgenroth Joyce Rambo and Mark Dalton Norman and Melanie Mintz Brillo-Sonnino Family Foundation AIA New York State Corning’s Gaffer District and Ganem Contracting Corporation Conservation, Inc. Melissa and Chappy Morris Carol L. Reiser Charles and Charlotte Buchanan Albany Engineering Corporation Market Street Restoration Paulette C. Gaske Stephen B. Jacobs, FAIA Diane Muccigrosso Paul Resika David Older Elisabeth and Matthew Casey Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Aldrich Agency

24 ⁄25 Dorothy W. Riester Trust for Architectural Easements Gifts in Kind In Memory June B. Rogoff Robert H. Vadheim The Baird Foundation Preservation League Trustees and Staff Rohlf’s Stained & Leaded Glass Anne H. Van Ingen of Paul Malo Campaign for Greater Buffalo Howland Stone Store Museum Studio, Inc. L. J. Van Patten Central Business Improvement Landmark Society of Western Officers Board of Trustees Trustees Council Carol Mack Staff Roslyn Landmark Society Vertical Access LLC District, Albany New York George H. Beane Pamela S. Banker Robert B. MacKay Jay DiLorenzo Rural Ulster Preservation Village of Pittsford Caroline B. Mason Charles Gifford, Meyer/Gifford Judith Wellman Chair Matthew Bender IV Kent L. Barwick Richard A. Maitino President Company VPS Control Systems Architects David and Patricia White Henry S.F. Cooper David W. Beer, FAIA Jean M. McCarroll William Hurst Russel Watsky, Inc. Holly Wahlberg and Kevin Cleary William L. Bernhard City of Elmira Wendy E. Feuer Nancy N. Campbell Henry A. McCartney Director of Legal Services Colleen M. Ryan Mr. and Mrs. Cope B. Walbridge Vice Chair Clinton Brown Company/ReBuild R. Brandon Fradd Katherine Cary Anne L. Millard Shelley LaClair Sheafe Satterthwaite Brian Wallis and George L. Howell Elmira Savings Bank Christopher Holbrook Constance L. Clapp Richard J. Miller, Jr. Executive Assistant Scenic Hudson, Inc. Katherine Dieckmann Special Thanks Vice Chair Erie Canalway National The Preservation League would Marilynn G. Karp William Clarkson Norman M. Mintz Alexandria Leo Sophia D. Schachter Walter Sedovic Architects Thomas J. Schwarz Heritage Corridor like to thank Diana S. Waite for Robert J. Kresse Randall T. Crawford Ellen Phelan Development Associate Molly Schaefer Wank Adams Slavin Associates, Vice Chair F. M. Howell & Company copyediting services on the Richard J. Lippes Joan K. Davidson Karen A. Phillips and Membership Schwab Charitable Fund LLP Diana S. Waite Grace Episcopal Church Annual Report and Preservation Gregory R. Long Steven C. Engelhart Robert C. Quinlan Coordinator Mr. and Mrs. Stanley D. Scott John P. Waugh Secretary Roberta B. Gratz Advocate. Dr. Paul Provost Stephen A. Facey Janet C. Ross Daniel Mackay Shaker Heritage Society Avrom S. Waxman Robert J. Kafin Historic Elmira F. Eugene Romano Dorothy Twining Globus William C. Shopsin, FAIA Director of Public Policy John and Margaret Sherman Peter B. Weigel Treasurer Horigan’s Tavern Daniel Romualdez Lionel Goldfrank III Robert D. Snedeker Diane Muccigrosso Stephanie and Peter Siegrist John Conrad Weiser Anne G. Older Karpeles Manuscript Library David R. Sloan Roberta Brandes Gratz Robert A.M. Stern, FAIA Fiscal Manager Robert Silman Associates P.C. Judith Wellman Chair Emeritus Museum Douglas Swift John v.H. Halsey Cynthia C. Wainwright Mr. and Mrs. H. William Smith, Jr. Judy Wertenbaker Carol L. Reiser Matthew P. LaClair Elizabeth (Zibby) F. Tozer Walter J. Handelman Arete Swartz Warren Director of Development Society for the Preservation of Westchester County Local Initiatives Support Steven J. Weiss Huyler C. Held Anthony C. Wood Long Island Antiquities Historical Society Colleen M. Ryan Corporation Samuel G. White, FAIA Anne A. Hubbard Caroline Rob Zaleski Betty Ann Solinger Walter F. Wientge, Jr. Director of Martin House James Ivory Communications Richard W. Southwick, AIA George L. Williams Restoration Corporation Dudley D. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Spath Barbara Wriston Erin M. Tobin Mohawk Valley Center for the Arts William B. Johnston David Stein Yorktown Historical Society Regional Director, Museum at Eldridge Street Susan Henshaw Jones Technical and Grant Patricia and Rockwell Stensrud Lloyd P. Zuckerberg Near Westside E. Peter Krulewitch Programs, Stephen Tilly, Architect Neighborhood Association Judith M. LaBelle Eastern New York Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Sternberg Otsego 2000 Alexia Lalli Tania G. Werbizky Stephanie Stokes Park Avenue Armory Edgar Lampert Regional Director, Patricia J. Sullivan Platt Byard Dovell White Technical and Grant Susan Doban Architect, PC Architects LLP Programs, Douglas B. Sutherland Beth Rowen Western New York TAP, Inc Thomas J. Schwarz Christopher Tavener Senate House State Historic Site Taylor Made Group, Inc. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher Eleanor Theodore & Flom LLP Gladys R. Thomas Village of Moravia Melissa A. Thompson The Waldorf-Astoria Erin Tobin and Roger Bearden WAMC Northeast Public Radio Patrick and Lynne Tobin Kay Tomasi David J. Trachtenberg Traditional Line Ltd. David Trevisani

In September 2008, the Preservation League disbursed a loan from its Endangered Properties Intervention Program (EPIP) to protect and restore the historic E&B Holmes Machinery Co. complex on the Buffalo River waterfront. Also known as The Cooperage, this building once housed the largest barrel-making machine manufacturing company 26 ⁄27 in the United States. River Lofts at The Cooperage will result in a mixed-use development of 22 market rate live/work lofts as well as several commercial retail spaces. REMEMBERING LEAGUE FOUNDERS Excerpts from a Eulogy for Paul Malo: Scholar, Author, Leader Dorothy Marie Miner By Henry McCartney By Wendy Feuer Preservation activists can Dorothy Marie Miner have a significant impact was a force. on their town or city. In preparing these notes, Tremendously important preser- I came across a talk she gave at vationists have a wider reach, a conference on preservation in mentoring others and helping the Adirondacks. The second save places throughout a state. paragraph begins, “One can So what superlative describes begin in 1850 when tracing the Paul Malo? Paul’s life had an state’s role in historic preserva- impact on two large cities and tion policy…” Dorothy’s numerous smaller communities throughout three distinct research was thorough, and her memory long. regions. His hometown Syracuse benefited from his work If Dorothy were here and this were a meeting, she as an architect: his 1964 book, Architecture Worth Saving would take out loose-leaf paper and begin writing notes… in Onondaga County, inspired a generation of architecture decipherable only to herself. But, Dorothy didn’t need students and fostered a better informed preservation board. those notes. Her mind was a trap, her intelligence deep. Paul helped launch Rochester’s preservation movement Information whetted her appetite, inquiry was her passion. with architectural surveys starting in the 1960s and his We have all been awed by her wide-ranging knowledge, 1974 book, Landmarks of Rochester and Monroe County. from preservation to pottery. Over five decades he provided sound advice to the staff of Dorothy was the moral compass for many of us. Her the Landmark Society of Western New York, to Historic standards were unwavering. Ask her a question, and she Pittsford, and to many other groups. would give not a personal opinion, especially if it had to Paul specialized in the architecture of the Adirondack do with preservation; she would give an objective, legally Great Camps and worked tirelessly for their preservation based answer. through surveys, lectures, and a book on Santanoni Dorothy’s reach was vast. When she moved to (2000). He was just as passionate about the Thousand Saint-Mémin, Charles Balthazar. 1818 LITHOGRAPH, I.N. PHELPS STOKES Amsterdam Houses, she was personally welcomed by the Islands, writing about its remarkable architecture and COLLECTION, MIRIAM AND IRA D. WALLACH DIVISION OF ART, PRINTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS, THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY, director: his niece had been her student. But really, we are advancing its preservation. ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS all Dorothy’s students. She was a dear friend to me and Paul’s leadership and scholarship benefitted our entire many others; she will be missed so much. state through his work with the Preservation League. He This publication was made possible with Dorothy Miner is part of the histories of the city and was instrumental in its formation, served long and well as funds from the Arthur F. and Alice E. Adams the state. Her spirit lives in the laws she defended and in a trustee and was the second president of the League’s Foundation of Miami, Florida. the buildings her work protects. Board of Trustees. He was honored with an Excellence in Historic Preservation Award from the League in 2001. Support provided by the He passed away peacefully on July 22, 2008. New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.

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