Mr. Moyers's wife, Judith Davidson Moyers, is also a preservation activist.

Historic preservation activists believe this plan threatens the historical integrity of the building and limits its future uses.

Lucretia Edwards, local preservation activist and environmentalist.

Ruth McBride Powers, a long-time preservation activist and Oregon City resident, bought the house, restored it and furnished it with period piecs from her extensive collection.

The planned redevelopment became a cause celebre for historic preservation activists.

She regularly spends time as a preservation activist, restoring and preserving historic buildings in small rural U.S. towns.

Michael Adams, a historian and a preservation activist, has researched the area intensively for a book, "Harlem, Lost and Found: 1765-1915," to be published by Monacelli later this year.

Ed Pope returned to the area in his retirement "to become a preservation activist on the scene."

His wife of 48 years, Elizabeth Rapp Tukey, an antiques appraiser and preservation activist, died in 1998.

One year after the fire, preservation activists sought to have the structure rebuilt.