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2005 Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation
"Built Environment Award"
For Trackside at Dana House Teen Center, Wilton, CT
Rob Sanders was presented an award for the restoration and adaptive re-use of the Davenport-Dana House in Wilton, which is now called Trackside at Dana House Teen Center. The award, one of only two given in 2005 in the category of "The Built Environment" was given by the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation.
The Built Environment Award recognizes outstanding preservation efforts of historically significant elements, including restoration or adaptive reuse of an historic building or structure, and sensitive additions to an historic building or structure.
In her remarks in presenting the Award to Mr. Sanders, Helen Higgins, the Executive Director said. "The old Davenport-Dana homestead, dating from the 1760's, and threatened with demolition in the 1990's has been reborn as a Teen Center in Wilton. The town of Wilton purchased the building in the late 1990's. Energized by a group of dedicated volunteers, led by Keith Overland, the town and private partners worked with architect Rob Sanders to create a positive, technologically up-to-date teen center. Sanders' adaptive reuse design envisioned an old New England farmstead growing in typical fashion with converted barns and outbuildings. The result is a building that fits the historic center of Wilton while fulfilling a significant social need -- that of giving teens a place to hang out as well as have positive experiences."
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