Annabelle Radcliffe-Trenner

Annabelle Radcliffe-Trenner founded Historic Building Architects, LLC, Trenton, NJ, an award-winning firm specializing in historic public buildings over 30 years ago. She was trained as a preservation architect in Scotland and then at ICCROM in Rome. She is a Fellow of Association Preservation Technology International. Annabelle has a keen interest in the long-term planning for and the ethics of intervention on heritage sites. Eager to educate the public, she lectures on preservation issues internationally. One of her interests is the use of technology, material analysis and NDE science to supplement the visual understanding and planning for the preservation of buildings. She has been interviewed on National Public Radio and NJ Television on historic preservation issues, and about restoration, following the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral, by NBC and Fox Business News. Recently completed projects include: Castle Hill Restoration, Ipswich, MA, which received the 2025 Preservation Massachusetts Frederick Law Olmsted Award, The Olson House HSR, Cushing, ME, the Dr James Still Restoration, Medford and the Phase 1 Indian King Restoration, Haddonfield both for NJ DEP, the Phase 1 & 2 Restoration of Hennessy Hall at Fairleigh Dickinson University, the  Restoration of Building 56 Fort Hancock, Sandy Hook, and the Museum of Early Trades and Crafts, Madison, in NJ.