Anthony Taylor and Bob Kempkes founded Taylor/Kempkes Architects, P.A. in Hot Springs in 1986. Their firm specializes in restoration, adaptive reuse, multi-family housing, commercial, and parks and recreation projects. Over the years, Taylor and Kempkes have demonstrated a strong commitment to the preservation of our state’s built environment and the revitalization of downtown Hot Springs. Their notable Hot Springs projects include the restoration and/or rehabilitation of the Mountain Valley Spring Company Building, Old Post Office, Quapaw Bathhouse, and the Thompson Building. Please join us in congratulating Anthony and Bob, and make plans to celebrate their achievements with us on January 25, 2019!
In order to be listed in the printed program, replies must be received by January 11, 2019.
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Parker Westbrook Award for Lifetime Achievement
Award Anthony Taylor and Bob Kempkes, Taylor/Kempkes Architects, Hot Springs
Excellence in Heritage Preservation
Award Ginger Sandy
For “Cedar Grove/Mobley Historical Preservation” Facebook Page
Excellence in Preservation through Rehabilitation
Award Des Arc Public Library (First Presbyterian Church), Des Arc
Owner: Prairie County
Architect: Robert M. Schelle Architects
Contractor: Multiple sub-contractors
Award Griffin Auto Company Building, El Dorado
Owner: El Dorado Festivals & Events
Architect: DLR Group
Contractor: Nabholz Construction
Award ScholarMade Achievement Place (James Mitchell School), Little Rock
Owner: ScholarMade Achievement Place
Architect: Wittenberg, Delony & Davidson, Inc., Architects
Contractor: Clark Contractors, LLC
Excellence in Preservation through Restoration
Award Shiloh Meeting Hall, Springdale
Owner: Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, City of Springdale
Architect: Clements & Associates/Architecture, Inc.
Contractor: Cameron Construction
Award Brunson House, Historic Washington State Park
Owner: Arkansas Department of Parks & Tourism
Architect: WER Architects/Planners
Award Methodist Manse, Cane Hill
Owner: Historic Cane Hill, Inc.
Architect: WER Architects/Planners
Contractor: Kinco Constructors
Outstanding Achievement in Preservation Education
Award Department of Landscape Architecture Fay Jones School of Architecture + Design, University of Arkansas
For the “Rising Above – Rohwer Reconstructed: Interpreting Place through Experience” website
Outstanding Achievement in Preservation Advocacy
Award U.S. Congressman Bruce Westerman, Representing Arkansas’s 4th District
Ned Shank Award for Outstanding Preservation Publication
Award University of Arkansas Press
For “It’s All Done Gone”: Arkansas Photographs from the Farm Security Administration Collection, 1935-1943
By Patsy G. Watkins
Excellence in Personal Projects
Commercial Mary Ann Lee
for the Indigo Blue Coffeehouse, Pine Bluff
Residential Greg Gallagher
for 1919 Beech Street, Texarkana
Honorable Mention Cecil and Denise Ennett
for the Kleinschmidt House, Little Rock
Mr. Tim Leach
Mr. Courtney C. Crouch, Jr.
Workers and Friends of Rising Above: Rohwer Reconstructed
Soos Stained Glass