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CHRISTOPHER JONES HISTORIC PRESERVATION AWARD
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This annual award is to honor the resident, architect, or builder whose project captures the spirit and principles of historical preservation and those making a significant contribution to the built environment in Ansley Park. We will seek candidates whose project was completed in a given year and that meets The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties that address one of four treatments: preservation, rehabilitation, restoration, and reconstruction. As defined by: (Click Here to Read More/Less)
- Preservation is the act or process of applying measures necessary to sustain the existing form, integrity, and materials of an historic property. Work, including preliminary measures to protect and stabilize the property, generally focuses upon the ongoing maintenance and repair of historic materials and features rather than extensive replacement and new construction. The limited and sensitive upgrading of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems and other code-required work to make properties functional is appropriate within a preservation project. However, new exterior additions are not within the scope of this treatment. The Standards for Preservation require retention of the greatest amount of historic fabric along with the building’s historic form.
- Rehabilitation is the act or process of making possible a compatible use for a property through repair, alterations, and additions while preserving those portions or features which convey its historical, cultural, or architectural values. The Rehabilitation Standards acknowledge the need to alter or add to a historic building to meet continuing or new uses while retaining the building’s historic character.
- Restoration is the act or process of accurately depicting the form, features, and character of a property as it appeared at a particular period of time by means of the removal of features from other periods in its history and reconstruction of missing features from the restoration period. The limited and sensitive upgrading of mechanical, electrical, and plumb¬ing systems and other code-required work to make properties functional is appropriate within a restoration project. The Restoration Standards allow for the depiction of a building at a particular time in its history by preserving materials, features, finishes, and spaces from its period of significance and removing those from other periods.
- Reconstruction is the act or process of depicting, by means of new construction, the form, features, and detailing of a non-surviving site, landscape, building, structure, or object for the purpose of replicating its appearance at a specific period and in its historic location. The Reconstruction Standards establish a limited framework for recreating a vanished or non-surviving building with new materials, primarily for interpretive purposes.*
*this excerpt is from the Secretary of the Interiors National Register Historic Preservation Criteria
2023
40 Avery Drive circa 1911-1915 American Foursquare Carl and Taylor Belshause (CLICK HERE TO READ MORE/LESS)The Belshauses moved back to Atlanta from California and found a charming Ansley Park home that needed a lot of love. Undeterred by uneven floors and some rotted wood, they set upon a major project. Having previously renovated a house in historic Grant Park, they were very intentional about keeping the original look of the front façade, and retaining the original windows, front door, leaded glass sidelights, and front porch. They replaced the deteriorated wood siding in kind and painted the exterior in historic colors to accent the original corbels on the front porch. They also replicated the corbels on the roof eaves of the house. They removed the non-historic inoperable shutters.The Belshauses replaced a one-story hexagonal rear addition with a two-story addition that matches the lines, siding, and windows of the original house, providing a bright new kitchen and master bedroom for the family. Inside the home they made some exciting discoveries, uncovering a fireplace and windows that had been walled in, and finding an original newel post and rail on a stair that had been enclosed. They reconstructed panel doors and ceiling beams, and saved the white oak floors, carefully feathering in new pieces and leveling each room with laser precision. Carl did a lot of the work himself with the help of his dad, who taught him about woodworking and construction since a young age. Together they created wainscotting in the baby’s room from some reclaimed heart pine flooring, a fitting tribute to the lasting beauty of good craftmanship. |  |
208 Seventeenth Street circa 1912 brick Italian Renaissance Beau and Alfredo Martin (CLICK HERE TO READ MORE/LESS)Beau and Alfredo lived in the circa 1912 brick Italian Renaissance house that sits high upon a hill for a year before they embarked on a major restoration project. The impressive front façade had stayed very much the same since 1912, however the inside was greatly modified into a minimalistic Asian style by a previous owner. Living in the space provided a clear direction to restore the beautiful P. Thorton Marye facades, preserving the carved limestone lintels, bronze lanterns, front door, and clay barrel tile roof. The roof was badly damaged, so it was replaced with the same material in a dignified green to complement the red brick walls. All the front windows were replaced within the original openings. Inside, the Martins reconstructed period details and reimagined the space to suit their growing family, a son and daughter, and their love of entertaining. They added back molding, trim, and fireplace mantels in the front rooms, and built a rear addition to create a new light-filled kitchen and family room. They took great care to replicate the home’s fine craftsmanship on the exterior of the addition, matching the Flemish brick pattern and intricate chimney design. Beau and Alfredo’s vision and great effort has preserved one of Atlanta’s gems by architect P. Thorton Marye. A few examples of this noted architect’s work remain, including his own residence on Lafayette, the Randolph-Lucas-Jones house, and the fabulous Fox Theatre. |
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2022
15 Inman Circle Preservation and Restoration c (after 1909) Steve and Michelle Shlansky (Click Here to Read More/Less)
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