The Historic Bath Foundation presented four preservation awards to people who have enhanced the historic character of the state’s oldest town.

Preservation awards for leadership went to Dr. Edwin Clement, a retired physician from Bath and Greenville, and F. Michael Godley, a farmer and businessman in the Bath area.

The foundation said that Clement “has long been one of Bath’s most effective leaders and has shown a willingness to contribute to any cause that would enhance, promote and protect Historic Bath.”

“Ed Clement is one of those rare people, a model citizen who knows almost everyone and quietly brings them together to work for the common good of the Bath community,” the foundation noted.

Michael Godley, the foundation said, has been a “bulwark” for preservation by helping organize Bath High School Preservation and ensuring that the former high school will be saved and converted to civic use.

The foundation noted that Godley “has solved problems, surmounted obstacles and moved the school preservation effort steadily forward.”

Awards were also given to David and Caroline Johnston and Billy and Anne Wooten for construction in harmony with the character of Bath.

The foundation said the Johnstons had completed construction this year on a house that “fitted in grand style on Main Street and has made the street even more charming and picturesque.”

Wooten was honored for renovating a contemporary home on Main Street “in a classic style that is simple, but bold and stately, making it a picture-perfect neighbor to the historic Palmer-Marsh house just across the street.”

This is the second year the foundation has given preservation awards, and the organization said it plans to make the awards an annual event.