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MacMorran honored for her continuing
 dedication to historic preservation
Honor recognizes outstanding citizenship








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MacMorran honored for her continuing
dedication to historic preservation

 
Caryl MacMorran holds the McReynolds Award presentee to her for her dedication to preserving Missouri's heritage and historic resources.  She has been working at The Historic Phelps House
for over two decades.

BY STACY RECTOR
OF THE PRESS STAFF  

26 February, 2003.  The Capital Rotunda, Jefferson City, Missouri

Caryl MacMorran has spent more than two decades working to preserve the historic William H. Phelps House.It's only fitting that she be honored for her hard work and dedication, as she received the Missouri Preservation McReynolds Award at a special ceremony on Feb. 26 in Jefferson City. State Senator Gary Nodler presented the award. As a founding member Carthage Historic Preservation, she helped to establish three historic districts, restore two buildings on the square, and bring the Mainstreet program to Carthage. Under MacMorran's guidance, the Phelps House, a landmark recognized as the grandest house ever built in Carthage, the historic home now has beautifully landscaped grounds and the interior has been preserved and is open to the ptiblic. Currently, MacMorran and the preservation group are holding a capital fund drive to secure the future maintenance of the Phelps House. The Carthage Historic Preservation Association offers tours of The Phelps House, built in 1890 out of Carthage stone, and makes the house available for a number of community activities.


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Honor recognizes outstanding citizenship

 


OUR VIEW
The Carthage Press

It is wonderful to see Caryl MacMorran finally receiving statewide recognition for the amazing contribu-tions she has made to the preservation of the Carthage heritage and thereby the Missouri heritage. State Sen. Gary Nodler made the presentation of the McReynolds Award for Missouri Preservation at the state capitol in Jefferson City, specifically recognizing her successful leadership in the campaign to restore and preserve Historic Phelps House.
It is fitting that the award itself bears a Carthage name, indicative of the fact Carthage has through sev-eral generations been a leading community in statewide preservation work.


While it is true that a considerable number of other Carthage and area citizens were involved enthusiastical-ly in saving Phelps House and preparing it for ongoing use of public significance, it was Caryl who became the recognizable leader of that as well as a lengthy list of other local preservation efforts." She also was a signifi-cant leader in efforts that led to reclamation and preserva-tion of several other impor-tant historical buildings here, in the adoption of a historic preservation ordinance designed to protect such
structures, in development of the Main Street pro-gram, in designation of three historic districts in the city, in the campaign that led to establishment of Bat-tle of Carthage State Park.

Much of this was accomplished through the deter-mined efforts of Carthage Historic Preservation Inc. and with the support of a broad cross section of com-munity society.
But in particular it was Caryl who provided the con-stant attention, the energetic persuasion that drew others to the cause and in many instances did the tedious hands-on labor of seeking and diligently examining old records, tracing fading footprints of the past and making certain that justification for proposed preservation could be provided.
Thanks to all the local and state officials involved for granting her long overdue recognition.
Her example surely will inspire others through the generations to come to deal graciously with the won-drous heritage provided for us by those who built and developed this marvelous Victorian community.
All of us can join her in the effort by making contri-butions to CHP for continuing maintenance of Phelps House and offering our support for other preservation efforts.



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