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The Fraser Building
Decatur, Georgia

The Fraser Building, a two-room tenement structure ca. 1880, was located on the site of the present day Clairemont Condominium. The tenement building was part of a larger complex of buildings including the main house that belonged to Donald Fraser. The reverend Donald Fraser owned most of the land that is now the Great Lakes neighborhood. Just south of the homestead was the Donald Fraser School for Boys. He is buried in Decatur Cemetery.

Stacie Monroe and Kathy Masters of the Decatur Preservation Alliance worked with the property owner, the developer, the City of Decatur and Friends of Decatur Cemetery to save the Fraser building and move it to its new site at the entrance to historic Decatur Cemetery.

About re:FORM

Stacie Monroe, president of re:FORM, inc. has won numerous awards for her design and preservation projects through the years. Among her most recent awards:

Leila Ross Wilburn Award, 2004
Decatur, Georgia
For outstanding residential design
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In 2000, Ms. Monroe worked on a consulting basis as an architectural reviewer for the State of Georgia 's Historic Preservation Division of the Department of Natural Resources. She was responsible for reviewing Section 106, TEA and Tax projects for compliance with the Secretary of Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation. In the year she spent as a consultant she was involved in over a hundred projects ranging from single- family homes to warehouse/loft developments, schools, depots, hotels and civic buildings all over Georgia .

From 1994 to 1999, she was employed by Surber, Barber, Choate & Hertlein Architects, Inc., where she managed a number of projects and won many awards for her work:

Award for Outstanding Preservation Project, 2000
Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation
Rehabilitation of 10 Covered Bridges in Georgia

Outstanding Achievement Award, 2000
Liz Lyon Award for Outstanding TEA Project

Award for Excellence in Restoration, 1999
Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation
Louisville, Georgia
Restoration of the Louisville Market House (c. 1798)

Ms. Monroe received a Masters of Architecture from Tulane University in 1994.

A Passion for Preservation
Ms. Monroe is a charter board member of the Decatur Preservation Alliance who, among other projects, is working to save Decatur 's historic train depot and the c. 1880s Frazier building. Community recognition for her volunteer service includes:

Caroline McKinney Clark Award, 2002
Decatur, Georgia
For her work in saving the c. 1880s Fraser Building

Hometown Hero Award, 2001
Decatur, Georgia

Ms. Monroe continues to be dedicated to preservation efforts within her local community and throughout Georgia.