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In Moro, a tiny city in northern Oregon, a 120-year-old historic building again has a cupola. The project to restore and add to the Sherman County Courthouse wrapped up last year. It now has gained recognition from Restore Oregon as one of its 12 .

The awards honor exceptional efforts to preserve, reuse and revitalize architecturally and culturally significant sites in Oregon. The winning projects will be feted during Restore Oregon’s Restoration Celebration gala on Nov. 1, from 5:30 to 9 p.m., at the Sentinel Hotel in downtown Portland.

Many of this year’s winners are in Portland, but the Sherman County Courthouse is in a much more rural setting. The building’s original cupola had been removed decades ago after being destroyed in a storm. Hennebery Eddy Architects designed the rehabilitation of the unreinforced building as well as a new building.

鈥淭he cupola is fiberglass, so we replicated it,鈥� said Meg Matsushima, a Hennebery Eddy Architects associate. 鈥淲e worked with a group out of Texas (Fiberglass Specialties Inc.) where one of their other businesses is building extreme chicken coops. They did a great job, and in the courthouse itself that’s the only seismic upgrade we needed to do since we were moving sheriff’s operations to the new addition.鈥�

Kirby Nagelhout Construction was the general contractor for the project. Interface Engineering performed the MEP engineering, lighting design, fire and life safety and building technologies. Surprises popped up along the way to completion.

鈥淚n the basement, with the excavation, we found that it wasn’t fully excavated at first,鈥� Matsushima said. 鈥淭here were obstacles in the way, so trying to get footings for the cupola down to the basement was a challenge.鈥�

The team was careful, Matsushima said, both in how it designed and where it placed the 15,000-square-foot addition so it would neither overshadow nor detract from the historic courthouse. In addition, local artists were sought to provide landscape photographs and paintings depicting Sherman County for use in decorating the golden-hued interior of both the courthouse and the addition.

鈥淚 think the DeMuro Award is a big deal in our office and our historic resources group,鈥� Matsushima said. 鈥淚t sets you apart in a different way in the architecture community. It’s nice these types of buildings are recognized, because a lot of the awards are just the big, fancy buildings, and these little jewels are just as important to the fabric of our culture.鈥�

Other 2019 DeMuro Award winners include: the Almr Apartments and retail spaces in Portland; the Altsource headquarters in Portland; the Fairmount Apartments in Portland; Firehouse 17 (restoration and addition) in Portland; the Central Hotel in Burns; the M&N Building in Astoria; Lincoln Hall (renovation and addition) at Portland State University; the Silas Beeks House (restoration) in Forest Grove; The Redd on Salmon Street in Portland; the U.S. Customs House in Portland; and the Woodlark Hotel in Portland.

The Restoration Celebration will begin with a happy hour at 5:30 p.m. and follow with a three-course dinner and program. Learn more and buy tickets 鈥� $125 for Restore Oregon members; $150 for nonmembers 鈥� at .