Historic Wilmington Foundation recently presented its annual Preservation Awards to 15 individuals and organizations, recognizing “restoration, rehabilitation, compatible new development, as well as preservation leadership and individual contributions to the field,” according to a news release from the foundation.
Winners of the 2015 awards were:

• Outdoor Equipped LLC, Chad Hankinson and Robert Hankinson for the adaptive daptive reuse of the first floor space at the historic Efird’s Department Store at 272 N. Front St., for a new retail space;
• Kimberly and Bill Hayden for the restoration of the Gov. Dudley Mansion at 400 S. Front St.;
• Dale and Patricia Nixon for the rehabilitation of the John J. Fowler House at 417 S. Front St.;
• Dale and Patricia Nixon for the restoration of the Hassel-Parsley House at 302 S. Third St.;
• Libby and Maureen Beccarino for compatible new construction at 221 N. Seventh St.;
• Everett Lewis for the restoration of Black Rock Plantation at 7578 Old Stage Road in Riegelwood;
• Doris Best for the rehabilitation of the Cyrus D. Hogue House at 219 N. 16th St.;
• Kathleen T. Egan for the rehabilitation of the David G. Worth House at 410 S. Second St.;
• George and Nancy Bolts for the restoration and rehabilitation of the Allen-Woodward House at 406 S. Third St.;
• Gay Adair for the rehabilitation of the Martin L. Stover House at 1813 Princess St.;
• 5th and Orange LLC for the rehabilitation of the Eugene Philyaw House at 1802 Market St.;
• Pender County commissioners and county staff an award for leadership and adaptive reuse and rehabilitation of the Topsail School for county offices;
• Tom Davis, an award of merit for his support of the designation of the Brookwood National Register District in Wilmington;
• and New Hanover County Development Services, an award of merit for conducting the first review, survey and documentation of historic resources across New Hanover County since 1976.

 
In addition, the foundation bestowed the Katherine Howell Award to David P. Thomas for “an outstanding career in historic rehabilitation and years of contributions to the community furthering the mission of the Historic Wilmington Foundation.” This award, one of the foundation’s highest, “honors the contributions of a person to the furtherance of the foundation’s mission,” according to the release. 

The Residents of Old Wilmington (ROW) and Wilmington Downtown (WDI) participated in the ceremony, each presenting one of its top awards. ROW gave its annual Good Neighbor Award to Phoebe and Terry Bragg and WDI handed out its Benjamin Halterman Award for Leadership in Preservation to Don Lashley for the Ironclad Brewery project on North Second Street.