2002 People In Preservation Awards
People in the Trenches Award
Betty McMillan of the Lakeside Historical Society, has worked unrelentingly toward the preservation of her community. She fought for a historical survey of Lakeside, formed the Lakeside Preservation Action Committee, working to try to save historic buildings like the Birchard House on River and Laurel (now demolished) and the Birchard Candy Store (still standing). Her preservation work also includes striving to keep the Ferry Farm in Lakeside standing and the preservation of a 1912 Lakeside school designed by architect Theodore Kistner.
