The Concord Historical Commission (CHC) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2023 Preservation Awards. The program was established by the CHC in 2015 and is aimed at honoring property owners, architects, contractors, local organizations, and individuals for their contributions in maintaining and enhancing the architectural, historical, and cultural heritage of the Town of Concord. This year’s awards were given for the following projects completed between 2019 and 2022:
Proper Rehabilitation/Restoration
1780 House, 15 Monument
Owners: Patrick & Maeve McWhinney
Contractor: Adams & Beasley
19 Thoreau Court
Owner: Robert Young
Design and Construction: Robert Young, New England Stonemasonry
Restoration Consultant: Karl Aghassi
Proper Restoration/Preservation Maintenance
Concord’s Colonial Inn –Honorable Mention
Concord’s Colonial Inn, Alek Adamson, General Manager
Painting and Carpentry: Ventura & Sons
Sensitive Addition/Alteration
17 Laws Brook Road
Brooks Ware, Ashbrook Properties
Architect: Elise Stone Architects
Contractor: Peter Marden, Concord Construction
Landscape Architect: Jennifer Brooke,
Lemon Brooke Landscape Architecture
Civil Engineer: Jonathan Bollen, Stamski & McNary
46 Hubbard Street
Owners: Kurt and Susan Schwartz
General Contractor: JW Adams Construction
The Lorenzo Eaton House
Owners: David Douglas, Pamela Gannon
Architect: DSK│Dewing Schmid Kearns Architects + Planners
General Contractor: Lipcon Construction
Window Restorer: John Brown
Mason: Bergquist Masonry LLC
Structural Engineer: Thornton Thomasetti
70 Monument Square
Holy Family Parish and Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston
Architect: Dermady Architects
Contractor: Santini Construction
Engineer: Bonardi Structural Engineers
Engineer: Eaglebrook Engineering
Engineer: Allied Consulting Engineers
Engineering Consultant: Building Envelope Technologies
Appropriate New Construction
Hollowell Farm
Architect: DSK│Dewing Schmid Kearns + Planners
Civil Engineer: Stamskiand McNary
Landscape Architect: Stimson Studio Landscape Architects
General Contractor: JW Adams Construction
Appropriate New Construction and Sensitive Addition
Concord Academy
Organization: Concord Academy
Don Kingman, Director of Campus Planning and Construction
Architect: DSK│Dewing Schmid Kearns Architects + Planners
Landscape Preservation
Buttrick Gardens
Organization: Friends of Minute Man National Park
Kathleen D. Fahey, Executive Director,
Friends of Minute Man National Park
Stone Mason: Stan, Stan Jr. and Alex Nobles, Nobles Stone Masonry
Margie Brown, Natural & Cultural Resource Manager
at Minute Man National Park
Interns, Jill Miller and Rachel Farago
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Organization: Friends of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Board of Directors of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery,
Kevin Thomas Plodzik, Ed.D., President
Life Achievement/Preservationist of the Year Award
Shirley Blancke, Archaeologist
