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Jackson County (Mo.) Historical Society Recipients of
Annual Recognition Awards
2009 Jane Fifield Flynn Lifetime Achievement in Historic
Preservation In
Memory of Greg Hawley, Steamboat Arabia Museum Outstanding
Achievement in Historic Preservation Jackson
County Executive Mike Sanders & the Jackson County Legislature, for
restoration of the historic Jackson County Truman Courthouse Outstanding
Achievement in Historic Preservation and Education Jane
Mallinson, Lafarge North America, and Sugar Creek Business and Civic Club,
for Wayne City Landing Interpretive Overlook Volunteers of the
Year J.
D. & Barbara Warnex (Jail Museum); and Les
Simmons (Archives) Historic Artifact
Donation Robert
Owen, for Mattie Lykins Bingham manuscript, “Reminiscences
of Old Kansas City� Historic Book of
the Year Giles
Fowler, for Deaths on Pleasant Street:
The Ghastly Enigma of Colonel Swope and Doctor Hyde 2008 Excellence in
Education Felicia
Hardison Londre, for The Enchanted Years of the Stage : Kansas City at the Crossroads of
American Theater , 1870-1930 Historic
Preservation Anschutz
Entertainment Group-AEG Live, for Renovation of the Midland Theater Outstanding
Volunteer of the Year Brian
Snyder, for Archives advocate and Jackson County Historical Society Board
directorship Outstanding
Volunteer of the Year Marge
Rucker, for Garden Coordinator at the 1859 Jail , Marshal’s Home and Museum Outstanding
Advocates of Local History The
Monnett Battle of Westport Fund, Inc., for Battle of Westport Visitor’s
Center , Swope Park , Kansas City 2007 Educational Media
MULLER + COMPANY, for membership
cultivation booklet, “Presidential Pie Eating Contests &
Lesser-Known Facts from the Jackson County (Mo.) Historical Society Cultural Heritage
JoeLouis Mattox and Saint Luke’s Health
System, for preserving stories of Steptoe in the DVD, A Step Above the
Plaza: Celebrating Westport’s African-American Community Service
Advocates for Local History Charlotte and
John Belger II and Raytown Historical Society Outstanding Volunteer Georgia Fox and Frances Gabbard Philanthropic
Service in Local History
Daniel C. Weary, The Courtney S. Turner
Charitable Trust 2006 Jane Fifield Flynn Lifetime Achievement in Historic Preservation
Katheryn J. Shields, for restoration of Educational Media
Terence Michael O’Malley, for the
production of Nelly Don: A Stitch in
Time (book and DVD) Historic
Preservation Steve and Debbie Gildehaus, for the
renovation and expansion of William Rockhill Nelson’s Sni-A-Bar Farm, Philanthropic
Service
John F. Herbst, Jr. Outstanding Volunteers of the Year Kathleen Tuohey
and Janann Adams 2005 Historic Preservation
Ron Jury, President Development Group;
and, Helix Architecture + Design, for restoration and preservation of Hilton President Hotel, 1329-1335
Baltimore, Kansas City, Missouri Educational Media
KCPT & The Courtney S. Turner Charitable
Trust, for the production of Stories
Under the Stones Philanthropic
Service
Christ Combest, through the Heritage
League of Greater Documenting
History through the Written Word
Nancy DeLaurier, for her book, Eastwood
Hills: Changing Face of a Kansas City Neighborhood Outstanding Volunteers of the Year John and Lottie
Cianciolo 2004 Education Gary Swanson, as
interviewer with Americans Remembered, Inc., for collaborating with the
Jackson County (Mo.) Historical Society on the Veterans History Project, sponsored by the Library of Congress Christina
Anderson, playwright; and, The Coterie Theater, for, Sacagawea: Breath of an American Spirit, in commemoration of the
bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark expedition Historic Preservation James
B, Nutter, Sr., for the Rev. Nathan
Scarritt House, 4038 Central, Kansas City, Missouri; and, Nutterville, a reclamation
project along Archibald, Lawrence, Central and Baltimore streets just north
of 43rd Street, Kansas City, Missouri 2003 Education
Historic Garment District Group (Harvey
Fried, Ann Brownfield and DST Realty, Inc., with special recognition to Oggi
Modern Furnishings and Guy Merola), for the
Historic Preservation
Ken and Cindy McClain, for Documenting History through the Written Word
Edward T. Matheny, Jr., for several book
titles he has written and published 2002 Education
Diane Houk, for founding The Puppetry Arts Institute Special Commendation Cohen Esrey Historic Housing Partners,
represented by Vincent Gauthier, Missouri Housing Development Commission,
represented by Executive Director Erica Dobreff, and the City of Historic Preservation
Mrs. Shirley Helzberg; and, David Disney,
J. E. Dunn Construction, for Webster
House, 17th and Wyandotte, Kansas City, Missouri 2001 Philanthropic Service
Jeannette Nichols, and the late Miller
Nichols Education
Kathy Vest, for work with the Truman Whistle Stop Project Living History
Ralph Monaco Special Commendation
Brent Schondelmeyer 2000 No s were
extended in the year 2000. 1999 Historic Preservation
Union Station Assistance Corporation, for
restoration of Union Station Kansas
City, Neighborhood Preservation
Brian Snyder, Harry S Truman Historic District and William McCoy House, Education
Kansas City Star for the series, Kansas
City in the 19th Century Corporate Achievement
Fine Arts Theatre Group, for the Heritage
Volunteer of the Year
Barbara Funk 1998 Historic Preservation
Lee Bowers, for saving Westport Ballet Building, 3936 Main
Street, Kansas City, Missouri Corporate Achievement
Kevin Pistelli and Robert Graham, Kansas
City Downtown Hotel Group, L.L. C., for restoration of the Muehlebach Hotel Governmental
FOCUS (Forging our Comprehensive Urban
Strategy), for development of the Media
KSHB-TV, NBC Channel 41, for the series Kansas
City Crossroads Volunteer of the Year
John Cianciolo Major Donor Achievement
Donna and Michael Martin, for donation of Clinton’s Soda Fountain and Gifts Jane Fifield Flynn Lifetime Achievement in Historic
Preservation
Sarah “Sally� Schwenk, director of the
Historic Kansas City Foundation 1997 Merit
Jennifer Walker, for restoration and of
1915 plaster moldings in the Muehlebach
Hotel Service
Rockhill Homes Association, Brian Ball,
President, for maintaining the historic integrity of the Rockhill
neighborhood, and serving as a model for other local home associations Hon. Rondell Stewart, Mayor of
Independence, for leadership in Historic Preservation
Dr. Rowena Stewart for leadership in
revitalization of the 18th
and Vine Historic District Corporate Achievement
DST Realty, Inc., Phil Kirk President, for
key role in current revival of downtown 1996 Media
The
Corporate Achievement
Hugh Zimmer, the Zimmer Companies for
adaptive reuse of historic New York
Life Building, 20 West 9th Street, Kansas City, Missouri Richard Green and Robert Green, UtiliCorp,
for New York Life Building, 20 West
9th Street, Kansas City, Missouri Historic Preservation
Richard Powell for preservation and renovation
of historic commercial structures in block bounded by 8th and 9th
Streets, and Friends of the Rice-Tremonti Home for
preservation of the Archibald Rice
Plantation and Aunt Sophie’s Slave Cabin, Friends of Sacred Structures for
preserving and relocating White Oak
Chapel Service
Charles Shangler, Jane Fifield Flynn Lifetime
Achievement in Historic Preservation
Jane Fifield Flynn 1995 Historic Preservation
Dana and Don White for renovation of Sawyer-Jennings Home, Twentieth Century Companies, Inc. for
preservation of Adam Jones, for revitalizing and
preserving historic fabric of Kansas City Power & Light Co., for
preserving a piece of the Santa Fe
Trail and a Civil War battle site,
as well as a section of Service
Greg Hermon, for leadership in
preservation of Lanesfield School
and the adjacent prairie (see KCPL above) Katheryn J. Shields, for leadership and
advocacy on behalf of historic properties while serving on the City Council,
and as Jackson County Executive Youth
Emily Cope, for research and writing on
the James Morgan Walker site and
historic cemetery near 1994 History and Preservation
Buck ONeil and the Harry S. Truman Farm Home Foundation, for
insuring perpetuity of Truman Farm Home Virginia and Sarah Weatherly, for
stewardship of an historic garden Service
Ginny and Dean Graves, for creation and
youth programming of CUBE (Center for Understanding the Built Environment) Media
The
Certificate of Merit
Joanie Shields, for giving reality a
future for the Historic Kansas City Foundation Nels Pierson, for recovering and restoring
an abandoned pre-Civil War family cemetery Mildred Kittell Ray, for post card
collection loan 1993 History and Preservation
Save a Connie, Inc., for acquiring and
restoring the Star of America, a
Lockheed Super G Constellation Media
James J. Fisher and The Kansas City Star, for the Following the Oregon Trail
series commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the trail Historic Preservation
Monnett Battle of Westport Fund, Inc., of the Civil War Roundtable of Kansas City, for preservation of the Byram’s Ford area , site of the Big Blue Battlefield, October 1864, listed on the National Register of Historic Places Honorary Life Membership
Hazel Graham, for 21 years of service to
JCHS 1992 Historic Preservation
River Salvage, Inc., for their salvage of
the 1856 Steamboat Media
KCPT
Channel 19, for historical programming, including the
documentary War on the Border, Service and Preservation
Dr. Bruce Prince-Joseph, for preservation
and restoration of historic musical instruments 1991 Historic Preservation
Mr. & Mrs. A. Layle (Petey) Childers,
for Hughes-Gregg House, Media
Ardis Glenn, for her dedication to and
love of the printed word as demonstrated through her acquisition,
preservation, and promotion of rare books, maps and manuscripts. Service
Marjorie C. Kinney, for her work in the
Missouri Valley Room collection of the Kansas City Public Library. 1973 (awards presented by the State of
Missouri for the National Register of Historic Places nominations) Restoration
and Preservation Mrs. J. Roger DeWitt, for the Vaile
Victorian Mansion Restoration
and Preservation The Jackson County (Mo.) Historical
Society, for the 1859 Jackson County Jail and Marshal’s Home Restoration
and Preservation The Jackson County (Mo.) Historical
Society, for the John B. Wornall House 1971 Restoration
and Preservation The Harris House in Old Westport, Missouri
(Kansas City) 1969 Restoration
and Preservation John C. Monroe, Jr., and Gene E. Lefebre, Architects, for Major William Warner (former
Kansas City mayor) residence on Quality Hill 1967 (awards presented by the Kansas
State Historical Society and American Association of State and Local History) Restoration and Preservation The Jackson County (Mo.) Historical
Society, for outstanding work in the field of Historic Preservation Restoration
and Preservation Jackson County, Missouri, government, for
outstanding work in the field of Historic Preservation 1965 Restoration
and Preservation Miss Harriet Campbell “Cammie”
Johnston, for her 100-year-old home at 305 North Pleasant Street,
Independence, Missouri (which was also the home of Jackson County’s first
Marshal, Major Granville D. Page, before it became the home of her ancestors) 1964 Restoration
and Preservation Rev. James D. McCallum, Rector; Judge Arthur
J. Stanley; J. L. Jessee; and, James M. Kemper, Sr.
(for funds from the David Woods Kemper Memorial Foundation), for St. Mary’s
Episcopal Church, 1301 Holmes, Kansas City, Missouri 1962 Restoration
and Preservation Mr. and Mrs. Bartlett Boder,
Missouri Valley Trust Company, St. Joseph, Missouri 1960 Restoration
and Preservation Woman’s Civic Club of Independence,
Missouri, for William Bullitt Howard One-Room Schoolhouse, formerly on the
Howard Plantation in Lee’s Summit, Missouri (and relocated to the site of the
1859 Jail, Marshal’s Home and Museum, at 218 North Main Street, Independence,
Missouri) 1959 Restoration
and Preservation Chase County (Kansas) Historical Society,
for Chase County Courthouse 1958 Restoration
and Preservation Mrs. Rosemary Long Reed, for Stratford,
Home of Robert E. Lee, Staunton, Virginia Restoration
and Preservation Mrs. Howard Beasley, for pre-Civil War
home, near Marshall, Missouri Restoration
and Preservation Native Sons and Daughters of Kansas City,
Missouri, for Reconstruction of Fort Osage National Historic Site |
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