HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Two types of awards are presented by the HPAC. The first is the "Certificate of Appreciation for Outstanding Achievement in Historic Preservation." This award is given to individuals, organizations, or businesses for on-going activity in promotion of the preservation of the Coles County cultural environment. No more than two recipients are named each year in this category. The "Certificate of Merit" is the second type of award. This award honors a specific, well-defined project such as a house restoration or neighborhood restoration. An unlimited number of these certificates can be presented each year.
The HPAC also makes recommendations for sites to be listed on the Coles County Register of Significant Places and reviews all nominations for listing on this local register. The Council performs this review process in March and April, prior to the May Awards Program.
The awardees for the 1996 Program year were:
1996 CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION
The Lincoln/Sargent Farm Foundation for development of educational programs and development of the Sargent Farm.
The Volunteer Pioneers, Inc., for the development of interpretive programs at the Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site.
1996 CERTIFICATE OF MERIT
Dan & Bea Conley for interior restoration of the house at 1012 6th Street, Charleston, Illinois.
Mike & Diane Knoop for renovation of the commercial building at 706-708 Jackson Avenue, Charleston, Illinois
Jacqueline Tarrant for renovation of the store at 608 6th Street, Charleston, Illinois.
Mattoon Public Library for restoration and compatible addition to the structure at 1600 Charleston Avenue, Mattoon, Illinois.
The Midtown Mattoon Association for hosting the September 1996 Main Street Conference.
Jon Cole, author of "One-Hundred and Fifty Years of Freemasonry in Charleston, Illinois. 1949-1995."
Clyde and Cheri Sims for restoration of the house at 818 7th Street, Charleston, Illinois