The Queens Historical Society is proud to present its third "Queensmark" awards, this time to Hunters Point. This semi-annual program was created to honor those structures and sites in Queens communities that deserve special recognition because of outstanding architectural, cultural, or historical significance. The first two communities so honored were Richmond Hill and College Point, in November 1996, and May 1997, respectively. From June through October of this year, the Society's Preservation Committee did a survey of Hunters Point, studying and examining its varied residential and commercial structures. By driving, walking, taking photographs, and discussing, the Committee finally narrowed its choices to those structures deserving of Queensmarks. Special beautiful bronze plaques are being awarded to the owners of the buildings.

Queensmark is presented each Spring and Fall in a different Queens neighborhood. In each case, community groups and/or leaders are consulted. Queens Historical Society strongly feels that a Queensmark should maintain the high criteria that characterize a Landmark designation. To that end, the Preservation Committee includes an architect, an architectural historian,historical researchers, and a leader of a landmarked Historic District. An ultimate goal of the Society is to increase the awareness and sensitivity of Queens residents to the Borough's heritage and history as expressed in its built environment, whether a house, a factory, a park, or a store. These, and various other structures, all present a story of the past, and, in their own ways, are as much a part of that past as any will, deed, or old newspaper clipping.

By developing an increased pride in our borough and its various communities, individually and collectively, can preserve our heritage, and secure it against unwelcome and unnecessary changes.

Tour Hunters Point:
the Queensmark Awards

Caitlin Cahill Row Houses 21-49, 51, 53 45th Road	Officer Vincent Martinelli 108th Police Precinct 5-47 50th Avenue	Gilda Incentalupo Row Houses 10-33, 35, 37 51st Avenue	Rev. Raymond Schmidt St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church 10-08 49th Avenue
Craig Spooner Row Houses 44-61, 63, 65, 67, 69 23rd Street	Miriam Katz Wooden Row Houses 10-48, 50, 52 46th Road	Capt. Vincent Sweeney Engine Company 258, H&L 115 10-40 47th Avenue	Hank Stahler P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center 22-25 Jackson Avenue
Frank R. Ciavarella Eclectic Group 5-38, 40, 42, 46 51st Avenue	Michael Krieger Langley Apartment Building 45-17 21st Street	Raymond Gretch Terracotta Apartment House 11-31 47th Road