Three local projects received recognition at The National Housing and Rehabilitation Association’s J. Timothy Anderson Awards for excellence in historic rehabilitation.

EA Fish Development of Braintree won Best Historic Rehabilitation Utilizing Low Income Housing Tax Credits for the Bourne Mill Apartments, a $44 million, 165-unit project in Tiverton, R.I. New Boston Ventures of Boston won Best Mixed-Income/Market Rare Residential for the 50 Saint Peters St. project in Salem, a $9.5 million project which turned the 19th century jail, abandoned for nearly 20 years, into 23 housing units and a restaurant. Best Historic Rehabilitation Involving New Construction went to Beacon Communities of Boston and Frontier Enterprises of Canton for the Wilber School Apartments in Sharon, a $28.3 million, 75-unit mixed-income project.

At the recent luncheon at the Boston College Club, developers were recognized for transforming "what many consider to be obsolete buildings into spaces that meet the needs of real people," said John Leith-Tetrault, president of the National Trust Community Investment Corp., a sponsor of the awards.

The awards are named in honor of Tim Anderson, a Cambridge-based architect who had been a pioneer in rehabilitating historic buildings, including Boston’s Old City Hall and the Charlestown Navy Yard.