The winners of this year’s Richard H. Driehaus Foundation National Preservation Awards demonstrate the power of persistence. Barton Academyin Mobile, Alabama, was empty for about 14 years; Hinchliffe Stadium in Paterson, New Jersey, remained shuttered for more than a quarter-century; and it took years to find a buyer for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel buildings. Yet those who saw their value were determined not to give up.

As historic preservation consultant Flavia Alaya wrote in Hinchliffe Stadium’s National Register of Historic Places nomination form, “Nothing, of course, can take away the power in its remarkable weave of nationally significant history. Still to choose: whether to continue to interpret it as living history, or only in the dead pages of documents like these.” Thanks to preservation advocates, these beloved structures are part of living history and continue to benefit their communities today.

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