2019 Preservation Merit Awards Celebration
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Fall 2019 h Volume 23 No. 4 2019 Preservation Merit Awards Celebration J oin Preservation Austin for our 59th Annual Preservation Merit Awards Celebration, this year at the Stephen F. Austin Hotel! This annual luncheon celebrates the hard work and visionary approaches of those preserving Austin’s unique architectural, cultural, and environmental heritage. Our twelve 2019 Preservation Merit Award recipients range from stunning restoration work, to contemporary additions, to outstanding stewardship and advocacy. We’re so pleased to share their stories with our community while honoring these incredible achievements! to make it shine once again. This project We’ll also share the fascinating history marks an exciting return to our past 59th Annual Preservation behind the McFarland House, which we work saving and rehabilitating important Merit Awards Celebration purchased this spring, along with our plans historic properties and we’re excited to November 15, 2019 share the latest news of its progress. Presented by: 11:30am to 1:30pm Full and half-table sponsorships, along Stephen F. Austin Hotel with individual tickets, are available at Tickets are available at preservationaustin.org/events. Proceeds preservationaustin.org/events from the luncheon provide significant support for our advocacy and educational programming throughout the year. Lesley Walker Joins Preservation Austin’s Staff 2019-2020 Board of Directors W e’re thrilled to h EXECUTIVE coMMITEE h welcome Lesley Lori Martin, President Allen Wise, 1st VP Walker, our new Clayton Bullock, President-Elect Richard Kooris, 2nd VP Development & Clay Cary, Treasurer Alyson McGee, Secretary Communications Vanessa McElwrath, Immediate Past President Coordinator! Lesley h h has a passion for DIRECTORS restoration and Melissa Barry Ann S. Graham Scott Marks Richard Craig Harmony Grogan Kelley Cooper McClure sustainability. She John Donisi Linda Y. Jackson Dennis McDaniel worked in the art Steve Genovesi Ken Johnson Christina Randle and antique auction Eileen Gill Patrick Johnson Michael Strutt industry for 10 years, h REPRESENtatiVES h saving everything Michael Holleran, UT School of Architecture from furniture to architectural elements from being discarded Charles Peveto, Austin History Center Association or forgotten. A native of St. Louis, Lesley grew up surrounded Bob Ward, Travis County Historical Commission by historical sites. As a part of the Link Auction Galleries team, she helped rescue St. Louis’ historic St. John’s Methodist Church, h BENEFACTOR h Colin Corgan David Wilson turning it into a thriving auction house. When she relocated to McBee Family Foundation Tim Cuppett & Marco Rini Austin, she immediately fell in love with the city’s rich history and unique architectural style. She holds a bachelor’s degree in h WATERLOO CIRCLE h Art History from Webster University in St. Louis, and a master’s Paula & Lee Aaronson Matthew & Rita Kreisle, III Melissa Barry & Marc Coudert Anna Lee degree in Art History with a focus on Decorative Arts from The Suzanne Deal Booth Emma Linn University of Missouri-Kansas City. Cora & Clayton Bullock Scott Marks & Lucy Wood Clay & Karen Cary Lori Martin & Stacey Fellers Richard Craig Peter Flagg Maxson & Lesley is an incredible addition to our staff as we place new William Dickson John C. R. Taylor III Tracy DiLeo Kelley Cooper McClure & emphasis on fundraising, outreach, and growing our nonprofit Laura Fowler Gary McClure William & Regan Gammon Dennis & Jill McDaniel in the coming years. Make sure to introduce yourself at our Coleson Bruce & Vanessa & Mac McElwrath next event! h Elizabeth Geddes-Bruce Alyson McGee & Mark Wolfe John Donisi & Gina Hinojosa Emily Moreland Steve & Jenifer Genovesi George & Carole Nalle, III Eileen Gill & Kevin Pruitt Emily Thompson Payne & Jon Payne Ann S. Graham & Arlen Johnson Janis & Joseph Pinnelli Tom & Elizabeth Granger Christina & George Randle Staff Harmony Grogan & Jacob Scheick Charles Aubrey Smith, Jr. Clarke Heidrick Tyler & Meredith Spears Paula Hern & Thomas Barbour Michael Strutt Lindsey Derrington, Executive Director Clark & Courtney Hoffman Kate Thompson Lesley Walker, Development & Ora Houston Connie Todd Communications Coordinator Diane Humphreys Mary Holt Walcutt Meta Butler Hunt Corinna Wenks Mailing Address - P.O. Box 2113, Austin, TX 78768 Linda Y. & Rodney W. Jackson Mark Wey Ken Johnson & Norma Yancey Jill & Stephen Wilkinson Physical Address - 500 Chicon, Austin, 78702 Patrick & Cortney Johnson Patricia Winston & Bill Head (512) 474-5198 Danielle Kasling Allen & Charmaine Wise www.preservationaustin.org [email protected] Richard & Laura Kooris Marvin & Eva Womack 2 Fall 2019 PRESERVATION MERIT AwarD RECIPIENTS Barrow House F Chris Hyams & Lize Burr Preservation Award for Rehabilitation Love of midcentury materials is on full display with this postwar revival. Developer David Barrow commissioned modernist icon Harwell Hamilton Harris, FAIA, to design his family’s home in 1955. This Photo by Andrea Calo is one of only four of Harris’ works built including redwood siding and roughsawn Avenue C Redevelopment during his short time as dean of the cedar beams and rafter ends. The project University of Texas School of Architecture. peeled away inappropriate finishes and F David Rudick, Emergence Using original construction drawings from includes a small bedroom addition which Texas Realty the Alexander Architectural Archive, owners nods to the original design. This subtle, Preservation Award for Infill and Chris Hyams and Lize Burr worked with meticulous project does justice to Harris’ Addition architect Jay Farrell and Ford Strei Builders legacy. to restore the home’s defining features, This innovative project in the Hyde Park Local Historic District shows that historic Buaas House preservation and density can indeed go F 806 Baylor LLC hand-in-hand – with beautiful results. Preservation Award for Restoration Working with Thoughtbarn-Delineate Studio and Deville Custom Homes, John Otto and Alma Buaas built this David Rudick of Emergence Texas Realty opulent home in 1903. Its design rehabilitated three classic, early-20th showcased a full range of products century homes while adding compatible manufactured by Buaas’ own firm, contemporary additions. Two houses now including a decorative slate roof, whimsical offer four modern rental units, and the finials, and elaborate cresting along the third remains a single-family home. The rooflines. Subsequent owners subdivided result of this complicated, four-year-long the house into apartments, stripping down project is an urban village with a mix of its detailing and enclosing its prominent roof ornamentation. Improving thermal private and communal outdoor spaces porches. Transformative restoration work performance required carefully removing and shared utilities. Its thoughtful design began in 2015 with O’Connell Architecture and re-laying the brick veneer, and paint maintains Hyde Park’s existing density, and J. Pinnelli Company. The team analysis returned the original color and mix of unit types, all while preserving connected with Buaas family descendants scheme. A beautiful addition by William this historic streetscape. through social media and mutual friends Hablinski preserves the home’s stately to obtain historic photographs essential to street presence. carefully reconstructing the long-lost slate Continued on page 4 PRESERVATION AUSTIN Awards, continued from page 3 GOODMAN BUILDING F Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Preservation Award for Rehabilitation The Goodman Building harkens back to a time when dense neighborhoods framed the Texas Capitol instead of office buildings Charles Peveto Photo by and parking lots. This 1891 building’s yellow brick, paired doors, and Goodman Building’s second floor in 1975 elegant double-gallery with impossibly and purchase it in 1992. A comprehensive thin columns distinguish it from the rest restoration in 2001-2002 was followed by Photo by Paul Finkel Paul Photo by of downtown’s 19th century commercial a three-year rehabilitation completed this Five Yard House architecture (as does The Cloak Room, year. Preservation work is never done, and F Thomas Bentley & an iconic bar located for decades in the this is a fantastic reinvestment in this Carol Rylander building’s basement – go there). Blue National Register-listed landmark. Preservation Award for Cross Blue Shield of Texas moved into the Rehabilitation and Addition This gorgeous project in the West Line A. J. JERNIGAN Historic District shows the dynamic HOUSE possibilities between old and new. Thomas F Michael & Bentley and Carol Rylander approached Maureen Metteauer this 1912 Craftsman bungalow with a vision Preservation Award far beyond the abandoned teardown they for Rehabilitation and saw before them. Drawn to its walkable Addition neighborhood close to downtown, they enlisted Miró Rivera Architects and J. This project spans 142 Pinnelli Company to bring the house back years of Austin’s history to life. The three-year project included to put excellence in Leonid Furmansky Photo by extensive restoration of historic features traditional preservation and contemporary structure, restoring historic features, and and a new foundation of no less than design on full display. Abner Cook, Austin’s adding a modern addition for their family forty concrete piers. A jaw-dropping original master builder responsible of four. The elegant addition defers to modern addition integrated with a series for such landmarks as the Governor’s the original home in