Historic Preservation Awards ceremony

Posted 10/19/16

HONESDALE, PA — The 2016 recipients of the Wayne County Historical Society’s (WCHS) 2016 Historic Preservation Award are Rudy and Francine Schemitz, Kim Erickson and Sheila Weller. To …

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Historic Preservation Awards ceremony

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HONESDALE, PA — The 2016 recipients of the Wayne County Historical Society’s (WCHS) 2016 Historic Preservation Award are Rudy and Francine Schemitz, Kim Erickson and Sheila Weller. To celebrate their work, a Historic Preservation Awards ceremony will be held at the WCHS Main Museum, 810 Main St., on Saturday, October 22, at 5 p.m. Light refreshments will be served.


The Schemitzes will be honored for the adaptive reuse of the former Chroma Tube Factory, now known as the Sports Factory of NEPA, in White Mills. They converted a once empty eyesore into a beautiful building that revitalizes the site and adds a needed industry to the community.
Erickson will be honored for the Arcadia Press Images of America Series Book “Honesdale” and for her many other community projects which have her signature “historical” connection, including work in obtaining oral histories of many local residents and her organizational efforts for the “Tour of Honor” for WWII Veterans.


Weller will be honored for her painstaking care of the Judge Butler Hamlin house at 591 Easton Turnpike, Hamlin, a 142-year-old building that is an architectural gem of Wayne County.
All are welcome to attend the ceremony.
 

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