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Southcott Awards The Southcott Awards program was developed by the Trust in 1984 to recognize excellence in the preservation of the architectural heritage of Newfoundland and Labrador. The goal of the program is to commend the good work of individuals and organizations, corporations and governments. But it goes beyond that - we want also to show both what can be achieved and how it can be done. We want to show the real pleasure that can be created for the client and the community by first-rate preservation work. If the quality of our architectural heritage has come to be one of the defining aspects of Newfoundland, then the Newfoundland Historic Trust has been very much responsible for that definition, but it is people like our award winners who give the definition reality. The Southcott Awards are named for one of the most important nineteenth century Newfoundland building firms: J. and J.T. Southcott. We know them today principally for the Second Empire designs of J.T.'s architect son, John. The characteristics of this style are concave curved mansard roofs, with hooded dormers in the mansard. While the style started with the development of the Southcott properties at Park Place on Rennie's Mill Road in St. John's, they spread throughout the whole colony. |
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