Items Tagged with 'historic buildings'

A reflection on personal ethics, everyday compromises, and the rare moral courage of those who risk everything to stand against injustice.

Western Specialty Contractors’ Minneapolis Branch completed masonry repairs and recreated the iconic north-wall mural on Duluth’s DeWitt-Seitz Marketplace Building, preserving a Canal Park landmark originally built in 1909.

Highlighting the firm’s national expertise and over-50-year commitment to revitalizing urban centers, creating housing opportunities and strengthening communities through historic preservation and adaptive reuse, The Architectural Team and its late founder, Robert J. Verrier, FAIA, NCARB, earned prestigious honors from Preservation Massachusetts.

When Phillip Carr discovered that the drab, 1950s ex-pawnshop he’d bought to house his management company was actually an ornate historic building dating from the 1880s, his renovation plans changed.

The State Historic Preservation Office has awarded $170,000 in grants to three Michigan communities, the Michigan Strategic Fund announced in July. The grants represent awards from the federal Historic Preservation Fund—Certified Local Government program administered by the SHPO and will benefit local preservation and community planning goals.

The Michigan State Historic Preservation Office announced today that the city of Pontiac in Oakland County has been accepted to the Certified Local Government program, following confirmation from the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.