ARCH takes special joy in celebrating National Preservation Month each May by honoring the property owners who do the right thing when they update their historic homes and businesses, elevating remodeling projects into proper historic preservation projects. This year, ARCH honors 12 projects in residential and commercial categories that bring renewed vitality to our neighborhoods, [...]
Twenty-first century scientific analysis is giving substance to one of Fort Wayne’s enduring legends from the early 1800s. A scientific paper just published in the Journal of Conflict Archaeology solidly establishes some key facts about that legend for Fort Wayne’s historic Merchant Huxford House, the 1853 home of the city’s third mayor that ARCH bought, [...]
Central to our mission at ARCH is to advocate for our historic resources threatened by vacancy, neglect, demolition, or any other number of threats. The annual Endangered List helps ARCH raise awareness of these vulnerable properties, so that we can better identify ways to mitigate those threats. We believe these places have significant value and [...]
Tonight, ARCH honored several hard-working individuals and organizations for their historic preservation efforts. The winners were: Single Family Residence 1020 W. Wayne St. (ARCHie) 918 Garden St. (commendation) Multi-Family Residence 1016 W. Washington Blvd. (ARCHie) 129 W. Creighton Ave. (commendation) Compatible New Construction 1024 W. Wayne St. (ARCHie) 1308 Rockhill St. (commendation) Institutional/Governmental Colonel Foster [...]
ARCH is accepting nominations for our annual ARCHIE Awards and Endangered Buildings List until March 12, 2018. Since 1977, ARCH has annually recognized the preservation efforts of individuals and institutions in Fort Wayne and Allen County. Members of the public are encouraged to send nominations for outstanding preservation work. Any nominated project must have [...]
