Voting ended for This Place Matters !

Thanks all for voting for heritage through the National Trust for Historic Preservation. We were #46 out of 119 applicants!! The Paramount Theatre in Texas won the $25,000 first place award. The National Trust for Historic Preservation wants you to know : Thanks again for your participation in the Community Challenge and for showing us that the power and passion of local preservation efforts. Here are the final standings in the Challenge with percentages shown for the top ten...



1 Paramount Theatre, Alicia Fillip (13.8% of the vote)

2. Tinker Cottage Museum, Beverly Broyles (11.3% of the vote)

3. Pemberville Freedom Historical Society, Pemberville Opera House, Carol Bailey (5.6% of the vote)

4. Madison Main Street Program, Ohio Theatre, Rhonda Deeg (3.8% of the vote)

5. Yankton County Historical Society, Mead Building, Crystal Nelson (3.7% of the vote)

6. The Chatham FIlm Club, Crandell Theatre, Mary Gail Bielbel. (3.6% of the vote)

7. Ford Highland Park, Woodward Avenue Action Association, Heather Carmona (2.9% of the vote)

8. Highland Park Heritage Trust, LA's Arroyo Seco region, Southwest Museum, Nicole Possert (2.9% of the vote)

9. Baltimore Heritage, Hebrew Orphan Asylum, Eli Pousson. (2.7% of the vote)

10. Cana Island Lighthouse, Door County Maritime Museum & Lighthouse, Trudy Herbst (2.7% of the vote)

11. Oxnard Historic Farm Park Foundation, Jeff Mauldhardt

12. The Downtown Turnaround Partnership, Madisonville, KY, Jenny Gibson

13. Historic Downtown Helena, Paula Oliver

14. Discover Jefferson City Foundation, Missouri State Penitentiary, Steve Picker

15. Historic Fort Wayne Coalition, Bob Hovansian

16. Stuart's Opera House, Nesonville Ohio, Brian Koscho.

17. Midland Theatre, Newark, OH, Steve Krempasky

18. Main Street Vermilion, Harbor View, Gary Barnby

19. Colorado Preservation, Amache, Nicole Moore.

20. Save Clifton Elementary, Elizabeth Schultz

21. Aldo Leopold Foundation, Jennifer Kobylecky

22. Downtown Milford, Elizabeth Purcell

23. Butler Downtown, Pennsylvania, Becky Smith.

24. Lake Norconian Club Foundation, Kevin Bash

25. Historic Pataskala Town Hall Inc, West Licking, Dianne Harris

26. New Holstein Historical Society, Historic Market Square, Terry Thiessen

27. Windsor Hotel, Finney County Preservation Alliance, Don Harness

28. Main Street Orion, Illinois, Deborah Ford

29. Goffstown's Public Library, Goffstown, New Hampshire, Robbie Grady.

30. Simmons' Stables Preservation Fund, Inc., International Saddlebred Hall of Fame, Mary Littrell

31. Sublette County Historical Society, Sommers Ranch Homestead

32. Hood County Courthouse, Preserve Granbury, Mary Saltarelli

33. Friends of Norman Studios Silent Film Museum, Jacksonville, FL, Laura Lavernia

34. Granada Theatre, Hollister, Sharlene Van Rooy

35. Belfast Maine, Anne Saggese.

36. Historic Tishomingo County Courthouse, TCHGS, Cindy Nelson

37. Preservation Trust of Spartanburg, Heather Marrow

38. Argentine Kommunity Awareness, St. John, Diana Aguirre.

39. Salem Preservation Society, Reilly Stadium Wall, Virginia Maria Grilli

40. Sgt. Alvin C. York Patriotic Foundation, Claudia Johnson

41. Cahokia Mounds, Lori Belknap

42. Historic Mill Village, Tupelo, MS, Stacey Gregory

43. Anniston City Land Company Building in Anniston, Alabama, Jennifer Edwards

44. Monroe Arts Center, Inc., Richard Daniels

45. The Midland Theater/Alamo Project, Coffeyville, Kansas, Janie Houston

46. Wyoming Valley School INC., Erica Esser

47. Historic Saint Paul, Carol Carey

48. Alameda Architectural Preservation Society, Nancy Hird

49. Historic Florissant, Franz Gittemeier House, Gretchen Crank

50. The Black American West Museum, Anthony Young.

51. Clark Park Coalition, Detroit, Deb Sumner

52. The Footlight Club, Eliot Hall, Eleza Cort

53. The Volunteer, Canal Corridor Association, Patti Cannon

54. Pasadena Heritage, Pasadena's Colorado Street Bridge, Jenna Kachour

55. Buffalo Soldiers Museum, Houston Light Guard Armory, Ed Udell

56. Chase Stone Barn Park, Kristin Kolkowski

57. Capitol Theatre, Burlington IA, Rebecca Anderson

58. Historic Denver, Molly Brown House, Andrea Malcomb

59. South Carolina National Heritage Corridor, Ashley River National Scenic Byway, Grace Nelson

60. Arnuadville Experiment, Frederick l'Ecole des Arts, Jill Hackney

61. Dell Rapids Carnegie Public Library, John Rasmusson

62. Johnsville Centrifuge & Science Museum, Cynthia Daymon

63. Black Jack Battlefield & Nature Park, Kathleen Quigley.

64. Southwest Seattle Historical Society, the Fir Lodge, Andrea Mercado

65. Carnegie Restoration Project, Main Street Beatrice, Maria Waltos

66. Port Washington Historical Society,1929 Fire Engine House, Jackie.

67. Clay City United Methodist Church, Stella Schlegel

68. Heritage Museum of Orange County, Kellog House, Sharon Brown

69. Tiffin Historic Trust, Spiva Manley House, Theresa Sullivan

70. Granite Falls Riverfront Revitalization/CURE, Mary Gillespie

71. Adams County House of History, Derek Lumsden

72. Neighborhood Ministries, Mark Samuel, Sheet and Tube Company Homes, Ohio.

73. Mineral Point Historical Society, Orchard Lawn and Gundry Family, Mark Runge.

74. DCPL, Union Station, Rebecca Miller

75. South Salt Lake Arts Council, Troy Bennett.

76. Empowering and Strengthening Ohio's People, Eric Baker Home, Chuck Schuller.

77. Excelsior Springs Museum & Archives, Clay County, MO, Kevin Morgan

78. Jefferson's Poplar Forest, Pattie Burgh

79. Building a Better Boyertown, Library Project, Heather Oxenford.

80. Concerned Citizens of Sol Legare, Seashore Farmers' Lodge Museum & Cultural Center.

81. HoLa Hora Latina, Admiral Farragut's Birthplace, Knox Heritage, Coral Getino/Margaret Kline

82. Building a Better Boyertown, State Theatre, Heather Oxenford.

83. Historic Newton, Durant Kenrick House, Melissa Westlake

84. Main Street Elyria, Lorrain County Transportation Center, Tamela Grubb

85. Beauregard Parish Historical Jail, Louisiana, Tayra DeHoven

86. Charleston West Side Main Street, Staats Hospital, Patricia McGill

87. Villages Folk School, Morris Park, Dorothy Gilbert

88. Landusky Foundation, Herold Heppner

89. Romeo Historical Society, Gray's Opera House, Susan Kane

90. Barton County Arts Council, Inc, Great Bend, Kansas, Karen Neuforth

91. Preservation Oklahoma, Hopewell Church, Katie Friddle

92. Capitol Theatre Restoration, Flint MI, Scott Whipple

93. Flomaton Area Railroad Museum, Bobby Wagner

94. Dodge City, KS, Carnegie Center for the Arts, Dona Lancaster.

95. Wichita Scottish Rite, Lisa Sparks, KS.

96. Old North St. Louis Restoration Group, Sean Thomas

97. Building a Better Boyertown Crane Preservation, Heather Oxenford.

98. Rockville Downtown Association, Inc., Music Museum, Clifford Edwards.

99. Main Street Waterloo, the Black's Building, Mark Biersner.

100. Nebraska State Capitol Fourth Fountains Project, JL Schmidt

101. Bryant Baptist Church, Verna Brown

102. Friends of the Foster Farmhouse, Cheryl Flammer

103. Historic Rialto Theater, Beeville, Texas, Molly Young

104. Mount Ida Preservation Association, Carol Durant.

105. Historic Sutherland-Wilson Farm Museum, Pittsfield Township Historical Society, Betty LeClair

106. Thomas Paine Cottage, Huguenot and New Rochelle Historical Association, Jennifer Fowler.

107. Sauk Prairie, Wisconsin, Heidi Royal

108. Save The Rosenwald Coalition, Michigan Boulevard Garden Apartments, Bobbie Johnson

109. Please Touch Museum, Philadelphia, Maggie Leyman

110. Agape Community Center

111. Preservation Through Progress, Preservation House, Akron Ohio, Diane Orender

112. Japanese Cultural and Community Center, Paul Osaki, CA

113. Renaissance Arts Center, Inc., Historic Wilson Theatre, Christine Jackson

114. Grand Junction Depot, Bennett Boeschenstein, Western Colorado Interpretive.

115. Waukesha County Museum, Waukesha County Historical Society Museum, Jim Hahn

116. Eagles Halls, Fort Bragg, CA, Ruth Sparks.

117. Booth Theatre Foundation, Kym Kayes, Independence KS.

118. The Center for African American History, Immanuel Institute, Aiken, SC, Jo-Anne Saunders.

119. Historic Georgetown, Fava's, Kitty Dougoud.



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