Preservation Award Winner: 8 Raymond Place

Among the nine winners of the Historic District Commission 2010 Preservation Awards to be presented in a Town Hall ceremony at 7 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 18 is the house at 8 Raymond Place, off Riverside Avenue. The house is owned by Jeffrey and Miriam Rafalaf. The HDC said “the award acknowledges your outstanding effort to restore and preserve your 1920s house, which might otherwise have met with the wrecking ball. You demonstrated your appreciation for the historic value of the structure and provided an inspiring example to other property owners to save our historic and architectural heritage. You truly saw the soul of the house and had the vision and grit to go forward with a major renovation.” (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com