For the second year, the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation will be presenting preservation awards.

The group, the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation, had argued that with rain forecast over the weekend, the house could suffer "demolition by neglect."

Helen Higgins, executive director of the Connecticut Trust, said: "It is good that no more demolition can take place.

In a final effort to save it, Mrs. Castell contacted the Connecticut Trust.

Following are some excerpts from that conversation: Q. What does the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation do?

Ms. Neustadter of the Connecticut Trust said she hoped people could be educated to see barns as important, threatened resources.

According to the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation, however, it ranks 49th among the 50 states in publicly owned open space per resident.

Nor can the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation prevent demolitions of historic properties in the state.

Ms. Clarke is executive director of the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation, an organization that notes its 20th anniversary this year.

So the Connecticut Trust decided to raise the moving money itself, created the foundation and persuaded the owner to donate the house.