Paul Weideman Honored for 2020 Heritage Preservation Award
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HSFF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PETE WARZEL PRESENTS PAUL WEIDEMAN WITH HIS ARCHITECTURAL STEWARDSHIP AWARD ALONG WITH OSFA PRESIDENT RANDELL BELL, HSFF BOARD CHAIR KEN STILWELL, AND OSFA SECRETARY/TREASURER ELIZABETH WEST
In honor of the 48th annual celebration of New Mexico Heritage Preservation Month, the City of Santa Fe partnered with the Historic Santa Fe Foundation and the Old Santa Fe Association to present the 2020 Santa Fe Heritage Preservation Awards. This year’s awards ceremony was postponed indefinitely due to COVID-19 restrictions. Historic Santa Fe Foundation (HSFF) and Old Santa Fe Association (OSFA) held a small ceremony on September 29, 2020 in the garden at HSFF’s El Zaguán in honor of our jointly awarded 2020 Architectural Steward Paul Weideman. Find the information about Paul Weideman below and read the entire piece on the awardees here.
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FROM LEFT TO RIGHT:OSFA SECRETARY/TREASURER ELIZABETH WEST, HSFF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PETE WARZEL, PAUL WEIDEMAN, HSFF BOARD CHAIR KEN STILWELL, AND OSFA PRESIDENT RANDELL BELL
HISTORIC SANTA FE FOUNDATION
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OLD SANTA FE ASSOCIATION AWARD
Architectural Stewardship Award Service Award
PRESENTED TO PAUL WEIDEMAN
In recognition of his meticulous efforts, through his factual and elegant writing, to present to, and educate us all, about the rich architectural and cultural history of the city of Santa Fe and state of New Mexico.
Kenneth Stilwell, Chair of the Board of the Historic Santa Fe Foundation
Randall Bell, Chair of the Board of the Old Santa Fe Association
2020 HSFF and OSFA Architectual Stewardship Award: Paul Weideman
Paul Weideman was born in Indianapolis and grew up in Ohio, Michigan, and in Southern Rhodesia, Africa. He earned bachelor’s degrees in biology (Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo) and editorial journalism (University of Washington, Seattle) and has worked as a journalist since 1984, the last 22 with the Santa Fe New Mexican. In 1996, he married Mary Margaret Vigil, whose parents were members of multigenerational Santa Fe families and who has given him scores of insights about "old Santa Fe" — that is, from the 1950s and 1960s. Paul was presented a Service Award by the Santa Fe chapter of the American Institute of Architects in 2017 for articles about design and architecture in his "Art of Space" column in Pasatiempo magazine and in the monthly Home/Santa Fe Real Estate Guide.
Paul Weideman is a friend of historic preservation and architectural stewardship, putting his own mark on the complexities of the integrative development of Santa Fe architecture, from the distant past to the modern present. His work has been consistently focused on educating the public about the long history of architecture and culture of the Santa Fe area, and the need for concerted preservation of each. He has recently published a sensible and inviting study of Santa Fe style called Architecture Santa Fe, a Guidebook. His newspaper columns relating to history, architecture, real estate ,and thoughtfully published comments, opinions and insights about regional preservation needs and efforts have guided readers for many years. His audience includes the citizens of Santa Fe and northern New Mexico as well as the architects, builders, and the preservation community through articles that connect the many aspects of Santa Fe cultural history. His writing has been called “scholarly,” “invaluable,” “trenchant,” “fluent” and it is witty, helpful, and ultimately kind.
The Historic Santa Fe Foundation and the Old Santa Fe Association are pleased and proud to join together in naming Paul Weideman the recipient of this Architectural Stewardship, 2020, as part of the annual Heritage Preservation Awards held by our two organizations along with the City of Santa Fe, Historic Preservation Division.
PAUL WEIDEMAN WITH HIS ARCHITECTURAL STEWARDSHIP AWARD PRESENTED JOINTLY BY HSFF AND OSFA