State Historical Commission honors two recently restored Pittsfield buildings

Our rehabilitation and restoration of the Berkshire Athenaeum's 1876 High Victorian Gothic-style structure in downtown Pittsfield has gained recognition from the Massachusetts Historical Commission.

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PITTSFIELD — A pair of recently refurbished 19th century downtown buildings are receiving architectural accolades from the Massachusetts Historical Commission.

The commission has cited Hotel on North on North Street and the Old Berkshire Athenaeum along Bank Row in Park Square.

Hotel on North is being honored in the category of Adaptive Reuse and Rehabilitation and Restoration for converting the Burns Block and Second Burns Block into a $14 million boutique hotel with amenities that opened last June 1.

The $4.3 million preservation of the original athenaeum also being recognized in the area of rehabilitation and restoration of the 1876 High Victorian Gothic-style structure.

The local projects will be feted at the commission's 38th Annual Preservation Awards ceremony on May 19 in Boston.

"It's real special and nice that people are willing to save these buildings," said John Dickson, chairman of the Pittsfield Historical Commission. "It's recognition of what Pittsfield has to offer, historically."

Two projects being honored at the same time in one community is special unto itself, according to David J. Tierney III.

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