The National Trust for Historic Preservation will present its Board of Achievement Award for the restoration of the American Brewery in Baltimore, Maryland. The award winners will be honored by the National Trust during its 2011 conference in Buffalo, NY.
The American Brewery project rehabilitated an abandoned 1887 brewhouse in East Baltimore that had sat unused for thirty years. In 2008 a private developer and Humanim, Inc. began a $25 million historic rehabilitation. Humanim, Inc., a social service organization moved into the space, relocating 250 existing employees and hiring 40 local employees.
NTHP bestowed the award on the rehabilitation team because it “preserves a piece of the city’s industrial past while demonstrating that historic preservation is a viable strategy for sparking new investment and economic development in challenged urban neighborhoods.”
Other NTHP Awards were given to organizations in the Mid-Atlantic region. They include:
The John H. Chafee Trustee’s Award for Outstanding Achievement in Public Policy: Wilderness Battlefield Coalition of Washington D.C. worked to protect the historic Wilderness Battlefield in the face of encroachment by Walmart. The award is shared with Defenders of New Mexico Heritage.
2011 National Preservation Honor Awards:
Louis I. Kahn Bath House and Day Camp, Princeton, NJ. Thanks to the cooperation of groups in Princeton, New Jersey, the Bath House’s 38-acre site is restored as a senior center and summer camp.
Martin House Restoration Corporation, Buffalo, NY. Thanks to the work of the Martin House Restoration Corporation, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Darwin Martin House was saved. After a 20-year restoration, the house is once again open to the public.
(From the National Trust for Historic Preservation Press Release)
Marisa Mule’ Van Horn
The Kahn Bath House and Day Camp is located in Ewing New Jersey. It was restored with funds from Mercer County and the New Jersey Historic Trust (Garden State Historic Preservation Trust Fund). The location of the Bath House and Day Camps is currently known as the Ewing Senior and Community Center which is a community center for all ages. See the official website, http://www.kahntrentonbathhouse.org (which was also developed by Mercer County).