m The Preserve Arkansas 2022 Parker Westbrook Award for Lifetime Achievement will be awarded to architect John K. Mott, a Fort Smith native who is director of preservation for the MTFA Design + Preservation architectural firm in Washington, D.C. He has led the MTFA Design + Preservation team on more than 200 restoration and adaptive reuse projects across the country. His notable Arkansas projects include Old Main and Vol Walker Hall at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville; the Drennen-Scott and Willhaf houses at Van Buren; and the Clayton House at Fort Smith. Professor Carl Matthews, UA Fay Jones School of Architecture + Design, will recieve the Outstanding Achievement in Preservation Education. The Outstanding Achievement in Preservation Advocacy Award will be presented to Patricia Blick of Little Rock. Damon and Margaret Reed of Morrow will recieve the Excellence in Personal Projects Award. Preserve Arkansas, the statewide nonprofit advocate for historic preservation, will host t
It was February 1973. The United States was completing its involvement in the Vietnam War, and there was widespread antimilitary sentiment in this nation.