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Salisbury Post     September 16, 1991 

Albemarle building wins state award

The owners of the Albemarle Opera House Building will receive the 1991 Gertrude S. Carraway Award of Merit.

Catherine Pickier and Gene Starnes received word early this week that they would get the annual award from the Historic Preservation Foundation of North Carolina.

The facade restoration of the Opera House Building was com­pleted in spring of 1991. The work was done by Mitchell Smith of S&D Construction Co. of Albemarle, assisted by Doug Burns, an architect with AEC of Charlotte.

The restoration competed with 33 other projects from throughout the state.

This is the second time this award has been given in Stanly County. The Stanly County His­toric Preservation Commission re­ceived the award several years ago for publishing “Badin: A Town at the Narrows.’’

The Opera House Corp. will conduct an open house during the Stanly County Sports Festival on Sept. 28.

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