Acanthus Awards

Acanthus Awards

Year Location Award
Recipient
Description
1981 1057 Algoma Boulevard Dixon-Robinson Residence Residential Preservation
1981 2175 Witzel Avenue Oakhaven Church Innovative Reuse
1981 219 Washington Avenue MRI Development Corp Commercial Reuse
1981 N. E. Corner Ceape/Main Miles Kimball Company Landscape Design
1981 N. W. Corner 9th/Main Miles Kimball Company Landscape Design
1982 600 Block S. Main Street 6th Ave. Enterprise Commercial Reuse
1982 206 Algoma Boulevard Olde Oshkosh Building Innovative Reuse
1982 223 Algoma Boulevard Merilyn Smith Residence Landscape Design
1982 919 Washington Avenue Larsen Residence Residential Preservation
1983 206 State Street Oshkosh B’Gosh Commercial Rehabilitation
1983 407 N. Main Street Ivey Residence Residential Preservation
1983 222 Pearl Avenue CJS Associates Innovative Reuse
1984 226 High Avenue Merilyn Smith Residential Preservation
1984 56 W. 6th Avenue Granary Restaurant Innovative Reuse
1984 Pabst Square Jackson Century Group Commercial Rehabilitation
1985   No nominations- no awards  
1986 207 E. Irving Avenue Dale Apartments Innovative Reuse
1986 401 N. Main Street Beckwith House Exterior Rehabilitation
1986 429 Algoma Boulevard D. M. Campbell Building Exterior Rehabilitation
1986 100 High Avenue Grand Opera House Historic Restoration
1987 1149 Algoma Boulevard Jessie Jack Hooper House Interior Preservation
1987 310 Waugoo Avenue O. F. Crary House Exterior Preservation
1987 115 Washington Avenue Goettman Printing Innovative Reuse
1988 206 N. Main Street Barker and McIlree Exterior Restoration-Commercial
1988 1202 Jackson Street Charles Williams Exterior Rehabilitation
1988 1149 Knapp Street Lutz House Exterior Preservation
1988 1174 Algoma Boulevard United Methodist Church Exterior Preservation
1988 446 Hazel Street   Gross Residence
1989 1141 Algoma Boulevard Statmuller/Luther Residence Exterior Preservation
1989 450 Mount Vernon Street Dahlke Residence Interior Preservation
1989 1213 Washington Avenue Marks Residence Exterior Preservation
1989 603 Jackson Street Sadler Residence Interior Preservation
1990 651 Franklin Street Schroeder Residence Exterior Preservation
1990 1107 Algoma Boulevard Bettes Residence Interior Preservation
1990 716 E. Parkway Avenue Kelly Residence Exterior Preservation
1990 450 Mount Vernon Street Sadler Residence Exterior Preservation
1991 61 Bowen Street Hoyt/Reed Residence Exterior Restoration
1991 1025 Oregon Street Seefeld Funeral Chapel Sensitive Addition
1991 1004 Washington Avenue Hollowell Residence Exterior Restoration
1992 1628 N. Main Street Centennial Inn  
1993 Terry Laib   Personal Contribution
1993 1101 Merritt Avenue Czajka Residence Interior Restoration
1993 1010 Washington Avenue Black Residence Exterior Restoration
1993 900 Washington Avenue Metzig Residence Exterior Restoration
1993 711 Oregon Street Rates Commercial Building Exterior Restoration
1993 1217 Washington Avenue Lelinski residence Sensitive Addition
1994 1128 Oregon Street Bauman Block Exterior Restoration
1994 138 Church Avenue First Baptist Temple Restoration of Stained Glass
1994 Oshkosh Public Library   Sensitive Addition
1994 Lynne Webster   Personal Contribution
1995   No nominations- no awards  
1996 1200 Washington Avenue Wiedemann Residence Exterior Restoration
1996 801 W. New York Avenue Chojnacki Residence Restoration of Carriage House
1996 103 Algoma Boulevard Odd Fellows Building Renovative/Reuse First Floor
1996 Read School   Sympathetic Addition/Renovation
1996 Bonnie Marousek   Personal Contribution
1997   No nominations- no awards  
1998   No nominations- no awards  
1999 421 N. Main Street Peter Hassler Second Floor Facade Restoration
1999 Trinity Episcopal Church   Sensitive Addition of Handicap Access
1999 St. Vincent de Paul Church   Sensitive Addition of Handicap Access
2000 First Presbyterian Church   Sensitive Addition of Handicap Access
2000 Clarence “Inky” Jungwirth   Personal Contribution
2001 James Metz   Personal Contribution
2001 Ron Metz   Personal Contribution
2002 New York Avenue Fire Station   Sensitive Restoration /Adaptive Reuse
2002 Sixth Avenue Fire Station   Restoration/Adaptive Reuse
2002 518 Franklin Street   Exterior Repair/Painting
2002 Paine Art Center   Exterior Restoration/Cleaning
2002 Wall House Chancellor Wells Commitment to Preservation
2003 579 N. Main   Sensitive restoration/reuse
2003 234 Church WCHAS Interior and Exterior restoration
2003 1212 Washington   Exterior Painting
2004 501 N. Main   Restoration/adaptive reuse
2004 Steve Hintz   Support of Sesquicentennial activities
2004 WCHAS    
2004 1025 Merritt   Porch Restoration
2005 Brooklyn Building, 607 S. Main   Sensitive Façade Improvements
2005 Joan Mueller Library Board   Soldiers Monument Restoration
2005 Dan Radig   Paintings of Historic Structures
2005 August Tiedje   Collecting and Preserving Historic
2006 913 Oregon   Sensitive Adaptive Reuse
2006 415,417,419 N. Main Street   Exterior Repair/Adaptive Reuse
2006 Friends of Coles Bashford House   Efforts to Preserve Structure from Demolition
2007 110 Algoma Boulevard Lucinda Vette Restoration and adaptive reuse of the Algoma BuildingBoulevard
2007 Oshkosh Public Museum Ginny Gross Various activities you have undertaken to increase public understanding and awareness of Riverside Cemetery
2008 Stolley Studio, LTD Don Stolley  
2008 1202 Algoma Boulevard Donald Tenor & Karen Boehning Sympathetic design of the new porch at your home
2008 Oshkosh Northwestern and Gannett Publishing Thomas Cooper, President Restoration of the balconies and masonry repair on the exterior of the Oshkosh Northwestern building
2008 208 E. Irving Thomas and Jane Nintzel Painting work completed on the home
2009 324 Fulton Avenue Jim Evans & Gail Panske Restoration of the carriage house
2009 1373 Waugoo Avenue Bill and Beth Wyman Renovation of the former Oshkosh Yacht Club
2009 First Congregational Church,1121 Winnebago Dennis Rioux Restoration of the roof and tower of the First Congregational Church
2010 Oshkosh Public Museum Bradley Larson, Museum Director Snapshots of History: Oshkosh 100 Years Ago Photography Exhibit
2010 Oshkosh Northwestern Newspaper Stewart Rieckman, Executive Editor and General Manager  
2011   Leonard H Reinke, FAIA  
2011 Citizens of Oshkosh Joseph A. Ferlo, Director Grand Opera House   
2011 Jerry’s Bar on Ceape Street Scott Engel, Property/Business Owner  
2012   Leif Larson & Rich Norenberg,  
2012   Brian Wood & Anthony Frommelt  
2013 Crescent Moon Antiques and Salvage J & Julie Karner, Business Owners For their professional salvage and reclamation of local architectural elements for re-use in restoration projects.
2013 CR Meyer & Sons Company Peter LeCompte, VP of Design/Build For the construction and/or design of countless beautiful and functional buildings in the City of Oshkosh over the company’s 125 Year History.
2013 Castle Pierce Corporation Bill Castle, Business Owner For their 125 years of commitment to innovation, industry leadership and dedication to the Oshkosh Community.
2014 Christine Ann Center - 206 Algoma Boulevard Julie Fevola, Director For the sensitive design of an addition to a historic property using elements that are sympathetic to the aesthetic designed by architect William Waters.
2014 609 Jackson Street Jane Schirger, Property Owner For appropriate maintenance efforts and complete painting of the residence that enhance Oshkosh history and protect our cultural resources.
2014 301 East Irving Avenue Lynn Stephany, Property Owner For appropriate maintenance efforts and complete painting of the residence that enhance Oshkosh history and protect our cultural resources.
2014 Shops at the 317 and 319 Market Street The Naslund Family, Property Owners For the commendable restoration of interiors of historic structures located within the National Registered North Main Street Historic District.
2015 2223 Doty Street William Scott, Property Owner For appropriate maintenance efforts including rebuilding the pergola, siding replacement and painting of the residence that helps to protect our historic resources.
2015 1039 Algoma Boulevard Grady and Kimberly Bullington, Property Owners For appropriate maintenance, restoration and repair efforts of the residence that enhance Oshkosh history and protect our cultural resources.
2015 516 West 18th Avenue Mickey and Lois Noone, Property Owners For the adaptive reuse of a former Soo Line passenger station to a single-family home retaining the original character and quality of the structure and ensuring its retention and continued use for future generations.
2015 570 North Main Street - The Varsity Club Jeremy West, Property Owner For the historically sensitive restoration efforts of a structure located within the North Main Street National Historic District, reversing previous inappropriate remodeling, recreating elements original to the aesthetic of the historic property, and acting as an example to others within the community.
2016 17 Waugoo Kohlmann’s Block Restoration of the transom windows located above the storefront.
2016 522-530 North Main Street Raulf Hotel Retaining and restoring the exterior architectural elements and preserving the integrity of this historic structure located in the National Register North Main Street Historic District.
2016 531 North Main Street Frank Percey Fur & Gun Retaining and restoring the historic building’s original interior and exterior as well as facilitating its reuse, which has given new life and a modern purpose to the historic structure located in the National Register North Main Street Historic District.
2016 1540 Algoma Boulevard Charles Wood House Appropriate maintenance efforts and complete painting of their residence located in the National Register Algoma Boulevard Historic District that helps protect Oshkosh’s history and cultural resources
2017 310 Waugoo Avenue Jeremy and Lori Herzog, property owners For the historically sensitive repainting of the residence at 310 Waugoo Avenue and serving as an exceptional example to all historic property owners in thoughtful maintenance.
2017 Formerly 1428 Algoma Boulevard, currently the corner of Algoma Boulevard and Arboretum Drive. DeVooght House and Building Movers For setting a precedent in historic preservation by taking ownership, lifting and transporting, and preserving from demolition a William Waters-designed residence and ensuring its continued presence in the community.