The Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation will award its 2009 Connecticut Preservation Award to Westporters Mike and Kim Ronemus, owners of the historic Meeker Elwood House at 113 Cross Highway. The property is the former Cross Highway Garage. The award will be made at a ceremony on April 27 in Wethersfield. The honor is awarded annually to recognize outstanding preservation efforts within the state. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com
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My Congratulations to Mike and Kim Romeus. What a wonderful example to all of us of the importance of perserving the architectual heritage of Westport. Without our past, there is no way to guide our future.
A. Beasley, M.D.
Can you believe we had to argue to allow them to do this … ?
Congrats Kim and Mike !
It’s beautiful !
Sean
I smile each time I drive by. Congratulations! Nancy
Thanks Smiley. The credit for this award and for the project goes to our brilliant architect Michael Glynn who has the creativity, experience, skill and resources to design and coordinate this project when every other architect said to tear it down. And to Dave Brown of Condon and Brown, our builders who brought Michael Glynn’s ideas to life. We still have a lot to do but do appreciate the support of so many.
So well deserved!!! Thank you both for your determined efforts to restore such a wonderful and important architectural resource.
Ditto to what Sean said. We need to encourage more of this and not allow our regulations to deter us when common sense should rule.
ZBA and P&Z;take note of this success.
And Michael Glynn grew up in Westport (my folks would drop me off at his folks’ Bayberry Lane house so his mom could babysit when I was young) so I’ve known him a long time. I know what an acclaimed, caring NYC architect he is, and I love the way he really LOVED this project. Congratulations, Mike and Kim!
But how will they ever get by without a double height foyer and a bonus room?
Every morning on my way to work, I have looked forward to watching the transformation of this property. My dad used to tell us how he bought gas here when it was the old Cross Highway Garage. It is truly amazing to see what has been done. My children are 5th generation Westporters and I am so grateful that they, and all of us, have been given back a piece of our town’s history. Thank you Ronemus family!!!
Jennifer Tedesco Alfano