Our last award is The Preservation Merit Award. This award is given in recognition of exceptional achievement in historic preservation and we would like to present Susan Hamilton with this honor. Susan has been a member of PACNY for many years, even serving on our board. Susan has been busy getting her beautiful Queen Anne house registered as a protected site with the Syracuse Landmark Preservation Board in which she was successful. Congratulations, Susan.

The Pat Earle Award is given for a singular outstanding historic preservation project which benefits the community, this year’s recipients are James and Nancy Black for their dedication to revitalizing the Plymouth Congregational Church UCC. Their nomination included many pictures of several different projects that were a part of the restoration and updating. These are before and after pictures of the entrance of the Plymouth Church as well as other photos included brick repair and stained glass restoration.

The Paul Malo Award is given for projects that juxtapose old and new, demonstrating respect for our past while promoting our community’s future. This year’s recipient, The Vernon Center Schoolhouse, is interesting, as the nomination came from just outside of PACNY’s five-county region in Oneida County. However, we decided it was worth recognizing the hard work turning the school house, turned post office and retail space into a lodging and event center to serve the Vernon Center community.