Achievements
Rochester Avon Historical Society has a record of taking on big projects and getting things done! Below is a list of some of our most recent awards and achievements:
Awards
- 2011 - RAHS won the Local Society Award from the Historical Society of Michigan at the 2011 State History Conference
- 2011 - RAHS president Rod Wilson won the Distinguished Volunteer Service Award from the Historical Society of Michigan at the 2011 State History Conference
- 2011 - RAHS won the Preservation Gem Award from the Michigan Historic Preservation Network for the restoration of the 1938 Marvin Beerbohm mural at the Rochester Community Schools Administration Building (old Rochester High School)
- 2011 - RAHS member LaVere Webster won a 2011 Mayors' Arts & Culture Award from the Paint Creek Center for the Arts for his restoration work on the 1938 Marvin Beerbohm mural at the Rochester Community Schools Administration Building (old Rochester High School)
Achievements
- 2011 - Development and launch of a new interactive web site to provide property histories for historic sites in our region, entitled Oakland Regional Historic Sites
- 2011 - Unveiling of the restored 1938 Marvin Beerbohm mural at the Rochester Community Schools Administration Building (old Rochester High School)
- 2010 - Successful nomination of the Griggs Brothers/Rochester Elevator Company Grain Elevator to the National Register of Historic Places (listed 12/13/2010)
- 2009 - Repainting of the Griggs Brothers/Rochester Elevator Company Grain Elevator to help stabilize the historic structure
- 2008 - Publication of a new hardcover community history of Rochester and Rochester Hills, entitled Home Town Rochester, the first community history published in forty years
- 2002 - Restoration and rededication of Rochester's World War II Honor Roll