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Subject: NEWS: SHSI announces history/preservation awards
Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs
600 E. Locust Street
Des Moines, Iowa 50319
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 23, 2011
Contact: Jeff Morgan, 515- 281 -3858
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SHSI announces historic preservation, community
history awards
DES MOINES — The State Historical Society of Iowa today announced several historic preservation and
community history awards and certificates that recognize individuals and groups for their work in 2010 to
preserve Iowa's historical assets.
"These awards and certificates recognize the efforts of individuals who have worked tirelessly to preserve Iowa's
history," Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs Directory Mary Tiffany Cownie said. "We are pleased to honor
those who devote their time and energy to make sure our state's history is preserved for future generations of
Iowans to enjoy."
Following is the list of awards and certificates issued by SHSI:
STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND CULTURAL AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT TAX
CREDIT
These awards recognize historic preservation projects that exemplify the best of preservation practices, meet the
U.S. Secretary of the Interior's "Standards for Rehabilitation of Historic Buildings," and use the state historic
preservation and Cultural and Entertainment District tax credit program.
Judith A. McClure Award. This award recognizes outstanding preservation of a residential property.
Henry Lischer House, 624 West 6th Street, Davenport, Scott County; owned by Francis and Marion
Meginnis. Built in 1871, this home is considered to be an excellent example of Victorian Italianate in the
Hamburg Historic District and was designed by local architect Frederick George Clausen. The
rehabilitation preserved significant exterior and interior architectural features.
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Adrian D. Anderson Award. This award recognizes outstanding preservation of a small historic
preservation project (e.g., a project with qualified rehabilitation costs of $500,000 or less).
City National Bank and Glass Block Building, 1 & 3 South Federal Avenue, Mason City, Cerro Gordo
County; owned by Scott Moorman who operated Moorman Clothiers. The City National Bank (circa
1885) and the Glass Block Building (circa 1894) are located in the Mason City Downtown Historic
District. This project is recognized for its economic impact in Mason City and is an excellent example of
a Main Street project.
Margaret Keyes Award. This award recognizes outstanding preservation of a large historic
preservation project.
Baker - DeVotie- Hollingsworth Blocks (Studio Block), 516 -526 East Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Polk
County; owned by Timothy Rypma. Locally known as the Studio Block, this property includes a building
built in 1877 and two buildings built in 1883. The long -term and significant preservation effort in the East
Village was sparked by this building being saved from destruction in the 1970s. The project is noted for
its exterior rehabilitation, key location in the neighborhood, and impact on the streetscape and
neighborhood revitalization efforts.
William J. Wagner Award. This award recognizes the historic preservation project which best
exemplified the use of the U.S. Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation of Historic
Buildings.
Julien Motor Inn, 200 Main Street, Dubuque, Dubuque County; owned by Anthony Pfohl. Built in 1913,
the Julien is a contributing structure in the Old Main Historic District. This rehabilitation project
exemplifies not only a significant financial commitment, but also as an important statement for a hotel to
remain in downtown Dubuque. It is an outstanding example of interior and exterior rehabilitation of
significant architectural features, and a very sensitive adaptation of the historic hotel to meet modern
travelers' needs.
LOREN HORTON COMMUNITY HISTORY AWARD
The Loren Horton Community History Award recognizes the best project that increases the awareness of and
participation in Iowa history on a local level.
Terry Thies, a native of Ashton, Osceola County, Iowa, returned from his California home each summer
for the past 10 years to volunteer at the De Boer Grocery Museum. Thies took on a project to preserve
and digitize all of the graduation photos from the two high schools that existed in Ashton from 1887 to
the 1960s. Thies created the Media Locker at the museum where this collection can be accessed. This
type of effort epitomizes the nature of the Loren Horton Community History Award.
PETERSEN/HARLAN AWARD
The Petersen/Harlan Award recognizes an individual, group or organization that has made significant long -term
or continuing contributions to Iowa history.
Chuck Offenburger, a former reporter for The Des Moines Register, spent 21 years writing about Iowa,
Iowans, and documenting the special sites and people of the state. Those writings, preserved in The
Register archives, will be of interest to current and future historians. He was co- founder of The Register's
Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa (RAGBRAI) and is the author of several books including "Babe:
An Iowa Legend (1989)," "Iowa: A Photographic Celebration (1990)," "Ah, You Iowans!: At Home, At
Work, At Play, At War (1992)," "E. Wayne Cooley and the Iowa Girl: A Celebration of the Nation's Best
High School Girls Sports Program (2002)," "Bernie Saggau & the Iowa Boy: The Centennial History of
the Iowa High School Athletic Association (2005)," and "Gary Thompson: All American."
BENJAMIN F. SHAMBAUGH AWARDS
This award recognizes the most significant book published on Iowa history during the previous calendar year.
2010 Award Recipient
"Grant Wood: A Life" by R. Tripp Evans
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Certificate of Merit Recipients
"The Murals of Iowa, 1886- 2006" by Gregg Narber
"The Iowa Caucuses" by John Skipper
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MILLS/NOUN POPULAR HISTORY AWARD
This award recognizes the author of the most significant article on an Iowa history topic published in a popular
history periodical during the previous calendar year. It is named in honor of Iowa reporter and popular historian
George Mills and Iowa historian and philanthropist Louise Noun.
Award Recipient
"Iowa Incendiary" Iowa Heritage Illustrated
Certificate of Merit Recipients
"Self Governance" in The Grinnell magazine
"Edward and Minne Allen" Iowa Heritage Illustrated
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The Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs is responsible for developing the state's interest in the areas of the arts,
history and other cultural matters with the advice and assistance from its two divisions: the State Historical
Society of Iowa and the Iowa Arts Council. DCA preserves, researches, interprets and promotes an awareness
and understanding of local, state and regional history and stimulates and encourages the study and presentation
of the performing and fine arts and public interest and participation in them. It implements tourism - related art
and history projects as directed by the General Assembly and designs a comprehensive, statewide, long -range
plan with the assistance of the Iowa Arts Council to develop the arts in Iowa. More information about DCA is
available at www.culturalaffairs.org.
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