Architectural Heritage Awards

The Historic Site Committee has been giving awards since 1986/1987, as listed below.
(Awards given to designated historic sites have links to more information about the property.)

2023
(presented at the June 15, 2023 Town Board Meeting)

 

2022
(presented at the May 25, 2022 Town Board Meeting)

  • John and Sally Wilcox - 371 Telephone Road - "2022 Architectural Heritage Award" - for their renovation of the former property of Asa Baker, Revolutionary War Veteran.

 

2021
(presented at the May 26, 2021 Town Board Meeting)

 

2020
(presented at the May 27, 2020 Town Board Meeting)

  • Don and Lucille Tobey - 1230 Erie Station Road - "Henrietta Architectural Heritage Award 2020" - for preservation of the farm, buildings, and house.
     
  • Steven and Jane Van Voorhis - 300 Williams Road - "Henrietta Centennial Heritage Farm Award" - for recognition that the working farms have been owned by members of the same family for at least 100 years.

 

2019
(presented at the May 22, 2019 Town Board Meeting)

  • David Chase and the Chase Family - 5655 West Henrietta Road - "Henrietta Architectural Heritage Centennial Award 2019" - for the dedication, hard work, and financial resources the Chase Family has provided to maintain this corner store for a century.

 

2018
(presented at the May 23, 2018 Town Board Meeting)

  • Kim and Kevin Mryglod - 1200 Middle Road - "Henrietta Architectural Heritage Award 2018" - for repairing the house and barns and maintaining the architectural integrity of the building.
     
  • Gregory Hartt and Jenny Stringer - 1396 Rush-Henrietta Town Line Road - "Henrietta Architectural Heritage Award 2018" - for preserving a barn from the Halpin-Lebel property on West Henrietta Road; the barn is now located on Stonecrop Farm on Rush-Henrietta Town Line Road.

 

2017
(presented at the May 17, 2017 Town Board Meeting)

 

2016
(presented at the May 18, 2016 Town Board Meeting)

  • Don Payne Family (owners of Country Max) - 4575 West Henrietta Road - "Henrietta Architectural Heritage Award 2016" - for rehabilitation and adaptive reuse of the historic barns on the former Halpin property.

 

2014-2015

No awards were given.

 

2012/2013
(presented at the November 6, 2013 Town Board Meeting)

  • Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Pires - 467 Lehigh Station Road - "Henrietta Architectural Heritage Award 2013" - home built in 1818 by the Fenner Family.
     
  • George and Chris Miller - 5121 West Henrietta Road - "Henrietta Architectural Heritage Award 2013" - historic cobblestone built by the Fenner Family.
     
  • Dale Humphrey and Terry Bastain - 6292 East River Road - "Henrietta Architectural Heritage Award 2013" - barn built in 1925.
     
  • Ann Stevens & Bill Carley - "Henrietta Good Neighbor Award" - Ann recommended Dale Humphrey and Terry Bastain for the Henrietta Architectural Heritage Award and Bill Carley helped with the restoration.

 

2011/2012
(presented at the May 2, 2012 Town Board Meeting)

 

2010/2011
(presented at the June 15, 2011 Town Board Meeting)

 

2009/2010
(presented at the June 2, 2010 Town Board Meeting)

  • Vivian Heffernan - "Henrietta Architectural Heritage Award 2010" - for her work as Town Historian: establishing the Local History Area in the Library, the Supervisor's Gallery, etc.
     
  • Charlene Freundlich - "Henrietta Architectural Heritage Award 2010" - for her extensive work recording gravestones in Henrietta cemeteries.
     
  • John Virgilio - "Henrietta Architectural Heritage Award 2010" - for recording Henrietta history, especially Mortimer and Ridgeland.
     
  • John Funt - "Henrietta Architectural Heritage Award 2010" - for work in Local History Area in the Library, especially in genealogy and computer program setup.
     
  • Alicia Reinhardt - "Henrietta Architectural Heritage Award 2010" - for work in Local History Area in the Library, especially in genealogy and conducting classes for the public.

 

2008/2009
(presented at the May 6, 2009 Town Board Meeting)

  • Mr. & Mrs. Gary A. Emens - 1830 Goodburlet Road - "Henrietta Architectural Heritage Award - Tender Loving Care 2009" - for preservation of the home built in 1830 that was once part of the Goodburlet Farm.
     
  • Members of Ridgeland Church - 1850 Beckwith Road - "Henrietta Architectural Heritage Award 2009" - for preservation of the Beckwith House built in 1850 as the new church office.
     
  • Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. - "Henrietta Architectural Heritage Award 2009" - for the beautiful mural in the store depicting Henrietta from Town Hall to the Locust Hill Country Club and some of the nicest homes, including the Tinker Homestead Museum and Tinker Nature Park.

 

2007/2008
(presented at the May 7, 2008 Town Board Meeting)

 

2006/2007
(presented at the December 5, 2007 Town Board Meeting)

  • Suzanne Benedict - 1130 Middle Road - "Henrietta Architectural Heritage Award 2007" - for care of the house and barns.
     
  • Rebecca Richards - 183 Brooks Road - "Henrietta Architectural Heritage Award 2007" - for refurbishing the tenant house for the Yost farm.
     
  • Arthur A. France & Jon France - 5410 West Henrietta Road - "Henrietta Architectural Heritage Award 2007" - for restoring the house.
     
  • Dr. William & George Trolley - 155 Reeves Road - "Henrietta Architectural Heritage Award 2007" - for TLC given to house and barns built by Sara Ladd in the 1830s.

 

2005/2006
(presented at the December 20, 2006 Town Board Meeting)

  • Mark Congdon and The Horizon Group - 5582 West Henrietta Road - "Henrietta Architectural Heritage Award 2006" - for repairing and reinvigorating the cobblestone house.
     
  • Keith & Barbara Bullis - "Henrietta Architectural Heritage Award 2006" - for care of the 200-year-old tree located in the front yard of their home on Legacy Oak Trail.
     
  • Bonnie & Greg Kase - 1294 Lehigh Station Road - "Henrietta Architectural Heritage Award 2006" - for restoration of their property located on the corner of Lehigh Station and Florendin Drive.

 

2004/2005
(presented at the October 19, 2005 Town Board Meeting)

  • Robert J. Macon (posthumously) - "Henrietta Architectural Heritage Award 2005" - for work as an award-winning designer, resided in Henrietta designing and building a home on Brooks Road for his family and for his design on the RIT campus and Good Shepherd Church.
     
  • Riverton Architectural Review Board - "Henrietta Architectural Heritage Award 2005" - for preservation of the Riverton complex.
     
  • Donald & Isabelle Yost - 208 Brooks Road - "Henrietta Architectural Heritage Award - Centennial Farm Award 2005" - (award given January 2005) for the 100th Anniversary of Smith/Yost Family's ownership of this bountiful farm and Greek revival homestead and contributions to the agricultural heritage of Henrietta.

 

2003/2004
(presented at the May 5, 2004 Town Board Meeting)

  • Carolyn M. Miller - 3160 East Henrietta Road - "Henrietta Architectural Heritage Award 2004" - for refurbishing both inside and out; Rochester Institute for Dog Grooming.
     
  • Frank & Madeline Merkl - 1571 Pinnacle Road - "Henrietta Architectural Heritage Award 2004" - for restoration of barns on the property.
     
  • Charles D. Maskell & Anne Sergent - 450 Lehigh Station Road - "Henrietta Architectural Heritage Award - Tender Loving Care Award 2004" - for attention given to the original Jonathan Winslow brick home and grounds.

 

2002/2003
(presented at the August 20, 2003 Town Board Meeting)

 

2001/2002
(presented at the June 5, 2002 Town Board Meeting)

 

2000/2001
(presented at the October 17, 2001 Town Board Meeting)

 

1999/2000
(presented at the June 21, 2000 Town Board Meeting)

 

1998/1999
(presented at the May 5, 1999 Town Board Meeting)

 

1997/1998
(presented at the May 6, 1998 Town Board Meeting)

  • Officers and Members of the Genesee Valley Henrietta Lodge #2290 Loyal Order of Moose - 5375 West Henrietta Road - "Henrietta Architectural Heritage Award 1998" - for new use out of an old building and being good owners who have taken care of the property; the cobblestone building was originally Carriage Stop built around 1830.
     
  • Robert & Patricia Brody - 1840 Pinnacle Road - "Henrietta Architectural Heritage Award 1998" - for refurbishing the old farmhouse.
     
  • Jim & Jeanine Smith - 160 Tobin Road - "Henrietta Architectural Heritage Award 1998" - for preservation of the Tobin farmhouse.

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1996/1997
(presented at the May 21, 1997 Town Board Meeting)

  • Donald Webber - 255 Tobin Road - "Henrietta Architectural Heritage Award 1997" - for restoration work done on the cobblestone home.
     
  • Congregation of the East Baptist Church & Rev. Frederick Meyers - 64 Reeves Road - "Henrietta Architectural Heritage Award 1997" - for devoted stewardship of the church.
     
  • Anna Fiorucci & son, Adrien Fiorucci - 3118 East Henrietta Road - "Henrietta Architectural Heritage Award 1997" - for making the building, originally built in 1825 as a general store, presentable and appealing as "Blue Sunday" coffee house and used bookstore.

 

1994/1995
(presented at the July 19, 1995 Town Board Meeting)

  • Terry Redmond - 5344 East River Road - "Henrietta Architectural Heritage Award 1995" - for building and duplication of the old district #10 schoolhouse; the original burned down.
     
  • Carolyn & Nicholas Morabito - 133 Scottsville-West Henrietta Road - "Henrietta Architectural Heritage Award 1995" - for opening the Divers Barn gift shop in October 1990 and then remodeling and enlarging the gift shop in September 1994, called "One Potato Two"; the original barn was used for potato storage.
     
  • Todd Quinlan & Ed Keller - 3115 East Henrietta Road (former Henrietta Hotel) - "Henrietta Architectural Heritage Award 1995" - for opening Flatlanders Grille and Tap Room.
     
  • Gerrit Binneweg - 593 Pinnacle Road - "Henrietta Architectural Heritage Award - Tender Loving Care Award 1995" - for making repairs to the windows of the cobblestone building.

 

1993/1994

 

1990/1991
(presented at the June 5, 1991 Town Board Meeting)

  • Ted Krenzer and son, Peter Krenzer - 4786 East River Road - "Henrietta Architectural Heritage Award 1991" - moved the Lot and Sarah Search House from 4711 East River Road, saving this historic home, as well as for renovations and restorations to the house.
     
  • Rochester Elks, B.P.O. No. 24 - East Henrietta Road - Certificate of Merit - for retaining the old silo on their property and including it in their site plan.

 

1989/1990
(presented at the May 16, 1990 Town Board Meeting)

 

1988/1989
(presented at the May 17, 1989 Town Board Meeting)

  • George, David, and Selden Chase - "Henrietta Architectural Heritage Award 1989"
    • 5561 West Henrietta Road - for rejuvenation of the old Chase Building, including replacement of old windows and making sure the new ones looked like the old, and making over the 2nd floor into apartments, sustaining the vitality of the old building.
    • 5655 West Henrietta Road - for restoration of the Chase homestead front porch to its original design.
       
  • Mr. and Mrs. Richard Generas - 5582 West Henrietta Road - "Henrietta Architectural Heritage Award 1989" - for putting much time, effort, and money into rehabilitating and preserving the cobblestone house that was a stop on the underground railroad.
     
  • Frederick Hale and Ronald Gartz - 3939 East Henrietta Road - "Henrietta Architectural Heritage Award 1989" - for the beautiful wall mural in their restaurant (FDR's) completed by Mrs. Ruth Maloney of Essex Drive that depicts historic sites in Henrietta.
     
  • Ruth Maloney - Certificate of Merit - for mural at FDR's Restaurant at 3939 East Henrietta Road.
     
  • Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Love - 5628 West Henrietta Road - Certificate of Merit - for care given to their house and gardens.
     
  • Cindy and Joe Martin (granddaughter of Mr. & Mrs. Chase) - 5655 West Henrietta Road - Certificate of Merit - for restoration of the Victorian gardens established by the Chases around the restored front porch.
     
  • Peg and Don Phelps - 5637 West Henrietta Road - Certificate of Merit - for rejuvenation of both the Victorian house and gardens; both Peg and Don have worked in preservation efforts, with Peg serving as a member of the Historic Site Committee.

 

1987/1988

 

 

1986/1987
(presented at the March 18, 1987 Town Board Meeting)

 

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