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Seven historic preservation projects, including six designed by Portland architects, received a DeMuro Award last month. Restore Oregon hands out the awards to recognize outstanding examples of preservation and adaptive reuse.

The awards are named for late architect and historic preservation leader Art DeMuro, Restore Oregon executive director Peggy Moretti said.

鈥淎rt truly set a standard for his ability to envision the potential for a run-down historic place,鈥� she said. 鈥淗e could envision what it could be, and we honor him with his example and leadership as a board member of Restore Oregon.鈥�

Portland-sited projects that received the DeMuro Award were: the Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Center for Art and Design at the Pacific Northwest College of Art, the Erickson Fritz Apartments and Washington High School.

Out-of-town projects that received the award were: the Block House Caf茅 in Dayton, the Julian Hotel Apartments in Corvallis, the Old Salty beach house in Seaside and the Sparta Building in Medford.

The Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Center for Art and Design project was developed by Gerding Edlen, designed by Allied Works Architecture and built by Howard S. Wright Construction. The center, , 鈥渨as brought back to its historic glory and expanded into a world-class educational facility.鈥�

To create the Erickson Fritz Apartments on Northwest Second Avenue, two long-neglected buildings 鈥� the Erickson Saloon and the Fritz Hotel 鈥� were 鈥渞estored and converted into much-needed mixed-income housing,鈥� according to Restore Oregon. Innovative Housing Inc. was the developer, LRS Architects and ORANGEWALLstudios provided the design and Silco Commercial Construction served as the general contractor.

The Washington High School restoration was developed by Venerable Properties and Pacific Realty Associates, designed by SERA Architects and built by Bremik Construction. After standing vacant for more than 20 years, the school now holds retail and creative office space. The former auditorium is now Revolution Hall, a performing arts venue.

The Block House Caf茅 in Dayton had been a long-empty historic church that Restore Oregon said was 鈥渞espectfully repurposed鈥� and became an anchor destination in downtown Dayton. The developer was Twin Towers LLC of Tualatin, the designer was Paul M. Falsetto Architect and the general contractor was Fackler Construction of McMinnville.

Before being renovated, the Julian Hotel Apartments building, constructed in 1892, was run-down and used for Section 8 housing. It’s still used for low-income housing, but restoration brought it to 鈥渁 state of grace and dignity for its residents and neighbors, demonstrating that preservation can serve the under-served,鈥� Restore Oregon stated. The developer was Northwest Housing Alternatives, the designer was by Carleton Hart Architecture and the general contractor was Walsh Construction Co.

In Seaside, Old Salty is a 1910 beach house that was 鈥渟aved, restored on a budget and furnished with salvage and garage sale treasures,鈥� according to Restore Oregon. Reconstruction was designed by Emerick Architects. Hazen & Johnson Inc. of Seaside was the general contractor.

The Sparta Building in Medford was constructed in 1911 in the American Renaissance style. The restored structure is bringing 鈥渘ew life鈥� to downtown Medford, according to Restore Oregon. Tater Rental LLC of Oregon City developed the project, Kramer & Co. of Ashland designed it and Norway Construction of Oregon City served as the general contractor.

The honored projects demonstrate what is possible through preservation, Moretti said.

鈥淭he DeMuro Award is for projects that represent a particularly exceptional standard for preservation and adaptive reuse and for challenging or creative preservation projects,鈥� she said. 鈥淭hey set an example for historic preservation and reuse.鈥�