MAF Grants and Awards

Evans Grant Award William E. Scripps Estate to receive grant for restoration Detroit, Michigan – May 13, 2008 – The William E. Scripps Estate will meet on May 16 with members of the jury for the David Evans Memorial Grant for Historic Preservation to pick up their check for $10,000 that was approved recently by the Michigan Architectural Foundation and Clannad Foundation. This is the first year a $10,000 grant will be awarded. In years past a $5,000 award was given to the winning submission. This year the money will be devoted to restoring the 1928 “Outdoor Room” at the estate, and will be presented by Ralph and Jeanne Graham. A tour of the grounds at 1601 Joslyn Road in Lake Orion and a dinner reception will also be on the schedule for the evening. The Evans Memorial Grant seeks to reward non-profit groups who come up with an idea that leads to the creative reuse of a historic property. In 2007 the grant was used to restore the roof on the News Building in Sault Saint Marie – it is one of three Evans grants to be granted in the Upper Peninsula. The Clannad Foundation and the Michigan Architectural Foundation joined forces in 1999 in memory of preservation architect David Evans, FAIA to initiate the Evans Memorial Preservation Grant Program. This is an annual award and made to a not-for-profit (501-C-3) organization that can demonstrate a creative solution to a preservation problem. David Evans, FAIA of Ann Arbor was a leading advocate for innovative historic preservation. He was a founding partner of Quinn Evans Architects. His firm has worked on several well-known projects including Frank Lloyd Wright’s Pope-Leighey House, the Traverse City Opera House, the Point Betsie lighthouse, the Henry Ford Estate – Fair Lane, and the Michigan State Capitol. Evans died in 1998, and he believed that the architectural treasures of the past must be valued and preserved for many generations to come. ## David Evans, FAIA of Ann Arbor was a leading advocate for innovative historic preservation. He was a founding partner of Quinn/Evans Associates. His firm worked on many high profile historic buildings in Michigan and throughout the United States. Evans, who died in 1998, believed that the architectural treasures of the past must be valued and preserved for the generations to come. The Michigan Architectural Foundation promotes educational, scientific and charitable activities that advance the quality of architecture and allied arts. The Foundation sponsors programs that: 1) Stimulate public awareness of the value of architecture, 2) Advance architecture through research and education, 3) Enhance the quality of life through an improved natural and built environment. The Clannad Foundation was founded in 1995 by Jeanne and Ralph Graham of Bloomfield Hills. The aim of the Foundation is to support nonprofit organizations in the fields of social action, hunger, environmental acquisition and advocacy, cultural education, emergency housing and education. “Clannad” is a Gaelic word for “Family”, and the Foundation is comprised of Jeanne and Ralph Graham, their sons, Bill and Tom; their daughters-in-law, Annie and Jennifer; and James LoPrete and David Laughlin. The Foundation is a 501-C-3 designated organization and funds only groups that are non-profit .