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Here are some of the Special Surprises that made our trip so great: 1.
The Prize for
Chromatically
Appropriate Attire
2. The Man Who Saved Pasaquan 3. The Man Who Wrote the Book 4. The Director of Impromptu Entertainment 5. The Architect, Preservationist & Historian 6. The Restored Theatre and the Church 7. The Work of Art Bonus: The Levitation Suit The Fifth Special Surprisemd you Seven Special Surprises, and here is the 5. Meda DuBose Krenson is a towering force in the historic preservation of Americus, Georgia. She is an architect, historian, and preservationist, and she's played a leading role in the city's revitalization. With its charming historic neighborhoods and a fanciful Victorian downtown, Americus has been recognized by the National Trust for Historic Preservation as one of the nation's outstanding Main Street Cities. Meda joined us at Pasaquan and at dinner at the Windsor Hotel on Saturday night. She give us a presentation on the history of Americus and a special guided tour of some of Americus' beautifully restored architectural gems.  Meda was
born in
Columbus, Georgia, and grew up in Atlanta. She attended Rice
University, receiving a B.A. with a double major in architecture and
fine arts in 1973 and a B.Arch. in 1974. While at Rice, she was awarded
a preceptorship with the architectural firm Kevin Roche, John Dinkeloo
& Associates in Hamden, Connecticut (heirs to the firm of Eero
Saarinen).She returned to Atlanta to work for Aeck Associates until opening her own practice and moving to Americus in 1981. There she immediately became the “out-of-town expert” and was appointed to the Architectural Review Board, the Downtown Development Authority, the Zoning Review Board, and was asked to help write the Historic Preservation Ordinance for the City of Americus. A founding member of the Preservation Commission, she has been closely involved with the revitalization of downtown Americus, both professionally and as a volunteer. A long time board member and past-president of the Sumter Historic Trust, she spearheaded the upstairs renovation of the Lee Council House, the Trust’s headquarters. When the “Decorating Committee” wanted to brighten things up by painting all that dark, dreary woodwork, she literally threw herself in front of the painting brigade and refinished the entire upper floor’s doors, windows, baseboards, and trim all by herself. Other local activities include publishing a nationally distributed cookbook while president of the Junior Service League, working as Executive Director of the Americus-Sumter County Arts Council, teaching “Southern Architecture” for Georgia Southwestern State University’s Elderhostel program, and domestically engineering a household of two teenage sons and a CPA husband. At the state level, she is a graduate of Leadership Georgia, has served on the National Register Review Board, and been elected to both the Atlanta and Georgia Boards of the AIA. Architectural commissions of note in Americus include:
 
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