Colehill in Holley honored with ‘Historic Home Award’ by Landmark Society
Photo from Landmark Society of WNY: Chad and Alana Fabry, owners of Colehill at 3569 North Main Street Rd. in Holley, have been recognized for their stewardship of the site with the Landmark Society’s “Historic Home Award.”
HOLLEY – The owners of the Colehill, a 19th century Italianate home on North Main Street, have been recognized with the “Historic Home Award” from the Landmark Society of Western New York.
Chad and Alana Fabry have owned the home since 1995. They were honored on Sunday during the Landmark Society’s annual awards presentation.
The Fabrys have spent nearly 30 years working on the house, bringing it back from a state of “benign neglect,” the Landmark Society said.
“The home has been completely restored, inside and out,” the Landmark Society said in its citation. “As a historic home inspector, Chad is no stranger to historic preservation, and no project is too big or too small. Outside, they’ve replaced the roof, repaired the original eave brackets, crafted new dentils, and rebuilt parts of the wraparound balcony on the second floor.”
The Fabrys have grained all the doors inside the house, cast replacement ceiling medallions and light fixtures, repaired window sashes, and preserved original wallpaper.
“The kitchen, which is in the original part of the house built in the early- to mid-1800s, features a kitchen countertop made from reclaimed marble bathroom stall walls,” the Landmark Society noted. “Another room contains a fireplace from the demolished Strathallan Hotel in Rochester that came in 50 individual pieces. The home is beautifully decorated and filled with unique furniture and antiques.”
Chad and Alana also were commended by the Landmark Society for adding beautiful gardens, a koi pond, a dramatic pergola and a small blueberry farm at the site.
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