HUNT Recognized By NYS Historic Preservation for 2026, for their Efforts

HUNT EAS was recently awarded The NYS Historic Preservation's Excellence in Historic Preservation Award. This is the third award honoring HUNT’s full-services efforts at the western Seneca Falls gateway – a project yielding affordable housing and support services for veterans and their families.

Congratulations to the team including Greg Barr, PE & PIC, Principal-in-Charge; John Gleckner, PE/Managing Engineer; Gary Henry, AIA/Managing Architect; and a Michael Trapanovski, AIA-led team that included the following key contributors (alphabetically by first name): Adam Badura, Brian Schwingel, Corey Hoad, Corey Hopper, Emily Powers, Eric Stickler, Jason Saltsman, Jesse Readlynn, Jim Burns, Jonathan Hargrave, Julieth Tarazona Triana, Keith Ksenzakovic, Ken Carr, Kevin Hendrickson, Kody Gregory, Kym Finkle, Lisa Crance, Margaret Ruehle, Matt Coles, Paige Pensgen, Sara Kramarik, & Taylor Chastain.

In the Fall of 2025, Preserve Seneca Falls applauded their Heritage Preservation Committee (HPC) members and HUNT’s design work for their “sensitivity to the historic character and fabric of the community”, and only weeks later the Preservation League of New York State presented Home Leasing and HUNT with an Excellence in Historic Preservation Award. Developed by Home Leasing in partnership with Eagle Star Housing through the Empire State Supportive Housing Initiative, Huntington Apartments features 53 affordable apartments, including 27 with supportive services for veterans in need of housing. Listed in the National Register, the building had been the site of multiple businesses, including the National Yeast Company, the Iroquois Motor Car Company, a box company, and an auto dealership, before falling vacant and then threatened by demolition.

This rehabilitation was supported by $24 million from public and private funding including New York State Homes and Community Renewal’s (HCR) state and federal low-income housing tax credits, Downtown Revitalization Initiative funding, NYSERDA energy-efficient support (including NYSERDA’S High-Rise Multi-Family New Construction program), federal and state historic rehabilitation tax credits, and additional funding support from the Community Preservation Corporation.