The Beulah Grove Masonic Lodge at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church received the 2010 Douglas County Historic Preservation award at a Friday luncheon.

No award was given to a city of Douglasville structure, but Donna Crawford, an attorney with the Hartley, Rowe and Fowler firm, was honored with the Donald Bennett Memorial Award for her downtown historic preservation work. The award was presented by Renee Kell, chair of the Douglasville Historic Preservation Commission.

Elana Meyers, a member of the 2010 Winter Olympics Bronze Medal women’s bobsled team, was named to the Douglas County Hall of Fame.

The noon luncheon was held at the Douglasville Downtown Conference Center.

Gwen Sommers-Redwine, who headed the Beulah Grove preservation committee, accepted the county award for her group.

She said the two-story, “tar paper” building was associated with a school and lodge and is an important structure in the county’s African-American history.

“The building will be used as a community center, and the New Manchester school has adopted it as a sponsor,” Sommers-Redwine said. “The original furnishings in the building will be restored and a park with benches and an attached restroom will be built outside.”

The lodge, located about six miles south of Douglasville off Fairburn Road, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in February.

Stephanie Aylworth of the Douglasville Main Street program praised Crawford for her many volunteer efforts in behalf of downtown preservation.

“She has an immense ability to organize and make things happen,” Alyworth said. “That’s why she fully deserves this award.”

Crawford’s projects included plaza beautification, Douglasville cookbook, holiday home tours, chili cookoff and preparation of the application to get Douglasville designated as a Preserve America city by the federal government.

“We love to recognize people who are our own,” said Joe Phillips, speaking for the Douglas County preservation group, in presenting the Hall of Fame award to Meyers, a Lithia Springs High graduate. “It’s curious to me how someone from Douglas County won an Olympic medal in a bobsled.”

Carole Moore, grants coordinator of the Historic Preservation Division, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, was the guest speaker for the luncheon.