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Historic Preservation Board names 2025 Preservation Award winners
Summary
The Delray Beach Historic Preservation Board on April 2 announced winners of its 2025 Preservation Awards across residential and commercial categories, recognizing completed rehabilitation and compatible additions in Delray Beach’s historic districts.
At its April 2 meeting the Delray Beach Historic Preservation Board selected winners for the city’s 2025 historic preservation awards, honoring completed rehabilitation and addition projects across the city’s historic districts.
Winners announced by category (as adopted by the board): - Residential - Contributing: Rehabilitation and Addition — 108 North Swinton Avenue (Old School Square Historic District). The board praised the project for opening and restoring the front porch and sensitively placing a rear addition and garage. Several members noted the execution and improvement to Swinton Avenue’s streetscape. - Residential - Contributing: Rehabilitation and Accessory Structure — 125 Northeast First Avenue (Old School Square Historic District). The board cited the extensive rehabilitation of both the primary structure and the rear accessory structure and the removal of dilapidated elements to restore the building’s condition. - Residential - Contributing: Addition — 240 North Dixie Boulevard (Del‑Ida Park Historic District). The board highlighted the midcentury modern addition tucked to the rear of a contributing structure and its architectural compatibility with the neighborhood. - Commercial - Contributing: Rehabilitation — Tie: 143 South Swinton Avenue and 202 North Swinton Avenue (Old School Square Historic District). The board recognized both projects’ substantial rehabilitation work; one required a comprehensive structural rebuild of an accessory building after fire damage, the other involved careful restoration of porch brackets, gable details and cedar siding.
Board members and staff emphasized workmanship, compatibility with historic character, and landscape/site treatment in their selections. The board will present the awards at its May meeting and invited winners to attend for photo recognition. Staff also noted Preservation Month activities and encouraged board members to attend related training sessions being hosted locally by the State of Florida.
