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NEWS
RYEBREAD Recognized for
Preservation Leadership
Mount Holly, NJ, 25 May 2011 – At this
month’s Burlington County Freeholders meeting, the firm of Regan Young
England Butera: Referendums Engineering Architecture Design (aka
RYEBREAD) received an award for Preservation Leadership. The award is
part of the Freeholders annual recognition program for National Historic
Preservation Month.
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RYEBREAD was recognized for consistently
demonstrating an awareness and familiarity with local history and
incorporating this knowledge into their design and restoration of public
buildings A specific work cited is the recently completed Warden’s House
in Mount Holly, a project by RYEBREAD partner-in-charge Scott Charles
England, AIA. Another project commended by the award committee is the
Green Bank Elementary School, led by partner-in-charge Angelo P. Butera,
AIA, LEED AP.
“We are pleased to have been able to restore this important
part of South Jersey history,” said England of the Warden’s House. “And
recycling buildings is the most profound strategy of Green
Architecture,” added RYEBREAD partner Butera. The Warden’s House
renovation has also received awards from the Preservation Alliance of
Greater Philadelphia, as well as the New Jersey Historic Preservation
Office.
The Warden’s House is connected to the Burlington County Prison Museum,
an 1811 structure designed by famed Philadelphia architect Robert Mills.
The County of Burlington constructed this two-and-one-half-story, Second
Empire Victorian red brick addition in 1888 to house the Burlington
County Warden and his family. The building is located within the Mount
Holly National Register Historic District.
Having fallen into underutilization and disrepair over the decades, the
Burlington County Freeholders decided to restore the building’s exterior
and in the same project, perform needed interior repairs and
improvements. RYEBREAD renovated the building in accordance with
Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation.
The new Green Bank Elementary School is a reinterpretation of the
adjacent 1919 schoolhouse. While clothed in a compatible historic style,
the structure contains all the spaces and equipment needed for a modern
education. At the same time, both exterior and interior design reflect
its Pinelands context & heritage.
The Burlington County Preservation Awards selection committee was
comprised of County Historian Joseph M. Laufer and fellow historians
Paul W. Schopp and David Kimball. They recommended the recipients for
the awards to the Freeholders.
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Burlington County Freeholder Director Bruce D. Garganio, RYEBREAD
Principals Angelo P. Butera & Scott Charles England, and County
Historian Joseph Laufer.
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RYEBREAD designed Green Bank School
to echo the exterior vernacular character of the original school. On the
interior, the patterns and colors of the finish materials reflect the
history and culture of the NJ Pinelands.
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