Reynolda House receives Robert James Award for Preservation Excellence

November 12, 2021

Reynolda House has received the North Carolina Preservation Consortium’s (NCPC) annual Robert James Award for Preservation Excellence for its work to replace its 104-year-old roof.

The award was presented to Reynolda on Nov. 5 by the NCPC and is given to libraries, museums, archives, historic sites and other organizations in North Carolina with a mission to preserve tangible heritage of enduring value.

Reynolda House is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is home to a nationally renowned collection of American art on view in the restored interiors of R.J. and Katharine Reynolds’s 34,000-square-foot 1917 bungalow.

In 2018, Reynolda House was the recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities Infrastructure Challenge grant for the rehabilitation of its historic Ludowici tile roof. Construction began in July 2021—after a 12-month delay due to COVID—and was completed earlier this month. The Museum remained open throughout the project.

Read more on the Reynolda House website here.