Join us for a tour of the Lovett Building (163-165 North Loudoun Street) on May 9 from 2 to 4 PM as part of PHW’s celebration of National Preservation Month. See the beginning phases of this historic tax credit rehabilitation project; subsequent tours will follow the progress of the building. There is no admission cost to this event, but donations will be accepted at the door.
A special National Preservation Month edition of PHW’s newsletter is now available online. Click here to read the newsletter (in PDF format).
The PHW office will be closed to visitors on Friday. Have a happy and safe Bloom!
As many of you are aware, May is National Preservation Month. PHW has lined up several excellent events to celebrate in 2009, including a Winchester Underground tour of the Lovett Building on May 9, a special edition of the newsletter, and a photo campaign to tie into the National Trust’s theme “This Place Matters.” More information on these events will be posted soon.
PHW is once again open to nominations from our members and readers for worthy preservation projects or prominent preservation leaders in Winchester and Frederick County for PHW’s Annual Preservation Awards. The award winners will be announced at PHW’s Annual Meeting in June.
To be eligible for a 2009 award, the project must be completed by May 22, 2009. Projects that receive nomination forms for 2009 but are not completed by May 22 are held on file for consideration in the 2010 round of awards.
Before and after photos (print or digital) included with your form are highly desirable and may help your nomination. Before and after photos are generally used in a slideshow presentation at the award ceremony.
Award forms may be returned via postal mail to PHW, 530 Amherst St., Winchester, VA 22601, or via e-mail at phwi@verizon.net.
A PHW member has graciously offered several bathroom fixtures for architectural salvage purposes. Each is in fair to good condition. Items include:
All items might be detached and be available at a neighborhood garage sale on Peyton St. on April 18th, starting at 7:00 a.m. rain or shine. They will definitely be removed on April 20th. Call for appointment 540-539-7911 or come to garage sale.
PHW’s president Franklin Wright submitted an article to the Winchester Star’s Open Forum in response to the article “Preservationists – or pain in the neck?” from April 10. Wright’s response, which appears in today’s editorial section of the Star, is also available in PDF format by clicking here.
The PHW office will be closed April 10 for Good Friday. We will be back to normal schedule on Tuesday, April 14. Have a happy and safe Easter weekend!
The final installment of Dr. Hofstra’s lecture series, America’s Manifest Destinies from the Age of Expansion to Today, will be held on April 8 at 7:30 pm in the Handley Library Auditorium, 100 W. Piccadilly St. For more information on the series call Sandy Snyder (540) 535-3543, or email ssnyder@su.edu.
On Friday, March 20, Old Town Development Board (OTDB) and City of Winchester were presented with a Virginia Main Street Milestone Achievement Award for $80 million in private investment and 25,000 volunteer hours contributed toward downtown revitalization. The Virginia Main Street (VMS) Milestone Achievement Awards celebrate achievements in volunteerism and private investments in Virginia’s designated VMS localities.
