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Wardens House
Renovation Receives Prestigious Award(s)
Philadelphia, NJ, 18 May 2011 – Yesterday afternoon the Preservation
Alliance of Greater Philadelphia held their annual awards ceremony in
the historic John Wanamaker’s Crystal Tearoom. The recent Burlington
County Warden’s House renovation received a Grand Jury Award, one of
only two given to projects in New Jersey.
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 small, 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. The NJ Department of Environmental Protection’s Historic
Preservation Office reviewed & approved the project, and it was restored
in accordance with Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for
Rehabililitation.
Mount Holly’s Regan Young England Butera: Referendums, Engineering,
Architecture, Design (aka RYEBREAD) were the architects for the
renovation, John Bowie Associates of Wallingford, PA, the preservation
consultant, and Robert Frizell from Forked River was chosen general
contractor via competitive public bidding.
Upon completion, the Warden’s House now displays the work of Burlington
County’s prolific 20th Century folk artist, Hugh Cambpell. The building
also hosts the offices of the Prison Museum Association, an organization
dedicated to protecting and promoting this unique historic asset.
Next week, the Warden’s House renovation will receive a Historic
Preservation Award from the NJ Historic Preservation Office.
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The historic Warden’s House in Mount Holly
after completion of the renovation.
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Burlington County Department of Resource Conservation Director Mary Pat
Robbie, architect Scott Charles England, AIA, and preservation
consultant John Bowie, AIA receive their Grand Jury Award from the
Preservation Alliance of Greater Philadelphia for the Warden House
renovation.
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