February 24 Membership Meeting
Dinner meeting to feature authors of the recently published book, If These Wallpapers Could Talk.
Reservation information will be forthcoming; please check back with us!
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
2020 Architectural Heritage Awards
The Summit County Historical Society of Akron, Ohio (SCHS) in partnership with Progress Through Preservation of Greater Akron (PTP) invite you to submit nominations that will recognize projects, individuals, and organizations that celebrate and enhance the architectural importance and historic character of Akron and greater Summit County. The Awards will be presented on April 25. Nominations are due February 14, 2020.
For the official nomination form, instructions, and other details, please click HERE.
In mid-April 2018, the former St. Paul's Episcopal Church, located at the corner of Forge and East Market, was seriously damaged by fire. Progress Through Preservation of Greater Akron (PTP) had been in conversation with The University of Akron about this at-risk property for some time before this event, and hoped to recommend some options for adaptive reuse of this historically and architecturally significant building on the UA campus.
Related to this, an article was published in the Akron Beacon Journal on July 29, 2018.
To read entire article, click HERE.
Nearly a year after the fire, work began to secure the outer walls of the structure using steel buttresses.
On March 3, 2019, an article was published in the Akron Beacon Journal detailing the project.
To read that article in its entirety, click HERE.
Thank You for Your Support!
HISTORIC TAX CREDITS REMAIN IN PLACE
The U. S. House and Senate have now passed comprehensive tax reform for the first time in more than 30 years. With these new regulations, Congress has once again concluded that it is critically important and of national concern to protect our nation’s historic buildings and the unique heritage that they represent.
Initially the historic tax credit provision was not included in any of the early versions of either bill. The House-Senate Conference Committee belatedly reached a deal that included the Senate language to restore a full 20 percent credit, but with a modified, extended five-year payout. Ohio Senator Rob Portman and 13 of 16 Ohio Congressional representatives supported the Senate language, crucial support that precipitated a tipping point in the move to keep the historic tax credits in place.
THANK YOU to all the members of Progress Through Preservation of Greater Akron and friends of the historic preservation movement who helped mobilize support to make sure the Federal Historic Tax Credit remained in the new tax code as a continued source of funding for the rehabilitation of our historic buildings.
We are immensely grateful to the individuals who took the time to petition our legislators, educate our neighbors, and in every way sound the call to keep the historic tax credit program in place. It is an essential tool that has provided the foundation for the financing of almost every significant adaptive reuse of a historic building in our community in the last 35 years.
The preservation community’s voice was heard, and the historic tax credit, first made permanent in the 1986 Federal Tax Code, will remain—with some adjustments, but sufficiently intact to maintain continued restoration of our treasured past. It is a wonderful accomplishment and affirmation of the power of preservation to protect our heritage, foster economic development, and create jobs that encourage community growth.
THANK YOU!
Dana Noel
President
Dinner meeting to feature authors of the recently published book, If These Wallpapers Could Talk.
Reservation information will be forthcoming; please check back with us!
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
2020 Architectural Heritage Awards
The Summit County Historical Society of Akron, Ohio (SCHS) in partnership with Progress Through Preservation of Greater Akron (PTP) invite you to submit nominations that will recognize projects, individuals, and organizations that celebrate and enhance the architectural importance and historic character of Akron and greater Summit County. The Awards will be presented on April 25. Nominations are due February 14, 2020.
For the official nomination form, instructions, and other details, please click HERE.
In mid-April 2018, the former St. Paul's Episcopal Church, located at the corner of Forge and East Market, was seriously damaged by fire. Progress Through Preservation of Greater Akron (PTP) had been in conversation with The University of Akron about this at-risk property for some time before this event, and hoped to recommend some options for adaptive reuse of this historically and architecturally significant building on the UA campus.
Related to this, an article was published in the Akron Beacon Journal on July 29, 2018.
To read entire article, click HERE.
Nearly a year after the fire, work began to secure the outer walls of the structure using steel buttresses.
On March 3, 2019, an article was published in the Akron Beacon Journal detailing the project.
To read that article in its entirety, click HERE.
Thank You for Your Support!
HISTORIC TAX CREDITS REMAIN IN PLACE
The U. S. House and Senate have now passed comprehensive tax reform for the first time in more than 30 years. With these new regulations, Congress has once again concluded that it is critically important and of national concern to protect our nation’s historic buildings and the unique heritage that they represent.
Initially the historic tax credit provision was not included in any of the early versions of either bill. The House-Senate Conference Committee belatedly reached a deal that included the Senate language to restore a full 20 percent credit, but with a modified, extended five-year payout. Ohio Senator Rob Portman and 13 of 16 Ohio Congressional representatives supported the Senate language, crucial support that precipitated a tipping point in the move to keep the historic tax credits in place.
THANK YOU to all the members of Progress Through Preservation of Greater Akron and friends of the historic preservation movement who helped mobilize support to make sure the Federal Historic Tax Credit remained in the new tax code as a continued source of funding for the rehabilitation of our historic buildings.
We are immensely grateful to the individuals who took the time to petition our legislators, educate our neighbors, and in every way sound the call to keep the historic tax credit program in place. It is an essential tool that has provided the foundation for the financing of almost every significant adaptive reuse of a historic building in our community in the last 35 years.
The preservation community’s voice was heard, and the historic tax credit, first made permanent in the 1986 Federal Tax Code, will remain—with some adjustments, but sufficiently intact to maintain continued restoration of our treasured past. It is a wonderful accomplishment and affirmation of the power of preservation to protect our heritage, foster economic development, and create jobs that encourage community growth.
THANK YOU!
Dana Noel
President