The Guilford Preservation Alliance (GPA) is proud to announce the recipients of the 2015 GPA awards given to individuals and groups that have demonstrated a commitment to preserve and protect the built and the natural heritage of Guilford.
This year, the GPA recognizes the work done on several buildings in town. Jonathan Wuerth, a general contractor and master builder, will receive an award for his work in restoring and and preserving many homes and barns along the shoreline and for his work in saving buildings slated for demolition. In addition, Eamon Roche and Sarah Blanton will receive an Award of Merit for restoration of their home on Broad St., and Terry Wall, for work on his North Guilford barn built around 1783.
GPA will also honor the work done by the Guilford Garden Club for the creation of a park surrounding the Rollin Woodruff homestead, and the 375th Anniversary Celebration Committee for providing events, activities, and programs that focused on the town’s heritage. One of the programs was the Civil War Reenactment, and GPA recognizes Edie Brown for her part in planning and carrying out this event, and Tracy Tomaselli, for her genealogical research on the soldiers who fought from Guilford in the Civil War. Also, recognition is given to Paul Mei, for extending the New England Trail from East River Preserve to Chittenden Beach.
Awards will be presented at the GPA and Guilford Friends of the Library lecture on June 17th at 7:00 p.m. at the Guilford Free Library. The presentation, given by architectural historians Kristen Nietering and Jordan Sorenson, will be an overview of the Historic Resource Survey that adds over 200 structures to the original survey of 450 historic buildings. The talk will including a brief history of Guilford, an architectural overview of the surveyed properties and interesting anecdotes about the buildings and the people who use them. Ms. Nietering has worked as project manager of the Historic Barns of CT and is currently project manager of the Creative Places Project, and Ms. Sorenson works at the CT Trust for Historic Preservation and has experience as a consultant doing historic building research and inventories.
This program is co-sponsored by Friends of the Library and the Guilford Preservation Alliance. Please register online (www.guilfordfreelibrary.org), by phone (203-453-8282), or in person at the library.
