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| The 2020 Historic Preservation Award has been awarded to Daniel Stephans, AIA. |
| Two 2020 Historic Restoration Awards have been awarded for work on the Danes Hall in Waupaca and Garver Feed Mill in Madison. |
| Amity Leather Products Factory, West Bend, Wisconsin |
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| A 1915 textile mill's multi-story form is renovated. Exposed steel and timber ceiling capture the industrial historic character of the building. |
| Adam and Mary Smith House, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin |
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| Ornate masion slated to be deomolished is saved using Historic Preservation Tax Credits, relocated, and becomes centerpiece of new housing development. |
| Neillsville, Wisconsin |
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| This 1915 one-room country school, serving Wisconsin students through 1951, was restored to its appearance during the 1940s. |
| Reedsburg Municipal Hospital, Reedsburg, Wisconsin |
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| After sitting empty for several years, the 1932 Reedsburg Municipal Hospital was converted to independent-living senior apartments. |
| Birchard-Follansbee Block, Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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| Johnson Bank buys and rehabilitates an 1867 four-story French Second Empire style building in Milwaukee. |
| Copeland Service Station, Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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| Using tax credits, a neglected 1938 Milwaukee gas station was reinvented as a coffee shop, preserving its Streamline Moderne style. |
| John Palo Homestead, Oulu, Wisconsin |
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| A 1909 Wisconsin northwoods log home rehabilitation preserves family heritage and an important piece of the state's history. Tax credits helped fund t |
| Merrill City Hall, Merrill, Wisconsin |
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| 1889 Queen Anne style city hall building is saved and rehabilitated to apartments in Merrill. |
| Jeffris Flats Apartments, Janesville, Wisconsin |
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| Janesville YMCA partnered with local bank to rehabilitate old building and establish housing for victims of domestic abuse. |
| Imig Block, Sheboygan, Wisconsin |
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| Three owners participate in complex project to rehabilitate an 1882 elaborate Victorian Italianate style building. |
| Madisen Maher Architects receive the 2017 Historic Restoration Award |
| Sustained Community Effort Turns a 1907 High School Building into a Thriving Arts Center |
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| Learn how a historic preservation group dealt with setbacks and conflicts to turn a deteriorating school building into a successful arts center |
| First National Bank, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin |
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| 1873 building's character undermined by remodelings is restored to its Romanesque Revival glory. |
| A Positive Message and Multifaceted Campaign Saves the Historic Buildings |
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| A positive and reasonable message was the key to saving historic buildings on the city of Madison's famed State Street. |
| Preservationists, Hunters, and Government Officials Coordinate Efforts to Spare Bridges from Demolition |
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| An unlikely partnership of preservationists, hunters, and government officials spare historic bridges from demolition. |
| 1-5 West Main Street, Evansville, Wisconsin |
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| Historic photographs, research and removing layers of remodeling reveal the history of three 1852 buildings on a prominent downtown corner. |
| Richland Center Depot, Richland Center, Wisconsin |
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| A crumbling 1909 railroad depot is rehabilitated with help from federal grants. |
| Christina Kuhl Block, Stevens Point, Wisconsin |
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| Before restoration, gray paint and blocked-in windows disguised half of the 1885 building's High Victorian design. |
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