Previous Maryland Preservation Award Recipients
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Leadership & service
Preservation Awards Past Winners - Leadership and service
| Year | Winner(s) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Cheryl Janifer LaRoche, PhD |
| 2022 | Theodore "Ted" Mack |
| 2015 | J. Rodney Little |
| 2013 | Orlando Ridout V |
| 2011 | The Honorable William Donald Schaeffer |
| 2008 | Charles L. Wagandt |
| 2003 | Speaker Casper Taylor |
| 2001 | Tyler Bastian |
| 1997 | Maryland State House Dome Project |
| 1993 | Spencer O. Geasey |
| 1990 | The Honorable Paul Sarbanes |
| 1988 | Mr. Edward Papenfuse |
| 1987 | Mr. Donald G. Shomette |
| 1986 | Maryland Association of Historic District Commissions |
| 1984 | Mrs. Jefferson Patterson |
| 1983 | Mayor Ronald Young |
| 1982 | Mrs. Clyde E. Martin |
| 1981 | Senator Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. |
| 1980 | C&P Telephone Company John E. Clark Orin M. Bullock, Jr. |
| 1979 | Goucher College |
| 1978 | Louis L. Goldstein Mary Pringle Symonds Maryland House and Pilgrimage |
| 1977 | Kent R. Mulliken Robert C. Embry Senator J. Glenn Beall, Jr. |
| 1976 | Dr. Phoebe B. Stanton Mrs. Charles Williams |
| 1975 | Frederick Gutheim Mrs. J.M.P. Wright Orlando Ridout IV State Treasurer William S. James |
| Year | Winner(s) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Ruth Davis-Rogers |
| 2024 | John Potvin |
| 2023 | Sylvia & Eddie Brown |
| 2022 | Susan Hanson |
| 2021 | J.O.K. Walsh |
| 2020 | Robert C. Clark |
| 2019 | Belva King |
| 2018 | Lisa Kraus Jason Shellenhamer |
| 2017 | Karen M. Gray, PhD |
| 2014 | Sharon Kennedy Gale Yerges |
| 2012 | Louis S. Diggs Elizabeth Scott Shatto |
| Year | Winner(s) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Water's Edge Museum, Bellevue Passage Museum, and UNESCO Middle Passage Marker |
| 2022 | M-NCPPC Prince George's County – Black History Program |
| 2020 | City of Frederick |
| 2019 | The Friends of Stanley Institute |
| 2017 | Preservation Maryland |
| 2016 | Friends of Patterson Park Eastern Shore Land Conservancy |
| 2015 | Tourism Council of Frederick County |
| 2012 | Four Rivers Heritage Area |
Education & community engagement
Preservation Awards Past Winners - Education and community engagement
| Year | Winner(s) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | "Recovering Identity: Northern Frederick County Cultural Resource Survey" |
| 2024 | Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) for "Maryland Railroads Statewide Historic Context" |
| 2022 | In the Midst of These Plains by Cathy Thompson & Nicole Diehlmann |
| 2021 | Ballot and Beyond: Maryland's Women's History Podcast & Online Exhibit |
| 2020 | Lost Towns Project, Inc. and Anne Arundel County |
| 2019 | The Tale of the Lion: Our Stories, Our Voices Documentary |
| 2018 | The "Acadians Were Here" Website Preservation Maryland for PreserveCast |
| 2017 | Newtown Historic District Website |
| 2016 | Heart of Civil War Heritage Area Website |
| 2015 | The Painted Screens of Baltimore: An Urban Folk Art Revealed by Elaine Eff |
| 2014 | Catoctin Center for Regional Studies: Crossroads of War |
| 2013 | City of Frederick Historic Properties Website In Full Glory Reflected: Discovering the War of 1812 in the Chesapeake by Ralph E. Eshelman & Burton K. Kummerow The Snow Hill Historic District: A Reference Guide for Property Owners |
| 2012 | Annapolis: City on the Severn, A History by Jane W. McWilliams The War of 1812 in Charles County's Backyard: A Virtual Tour Montgomery County Historic Preservation Interactive Mapping Initiative |
| Year | Winner(s) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Beach to Bay Heritage Area for the African American Heritage Project |
| 2024 | Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area and Antietam National Battlefield for "Engaging Visitors through Battlefield Exhibits" |
| 2024 | Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) for the Historic Signage Program |
| 2022 | Annapolis Maritime Museum & Park for "Our Changing Waterfront" |
| 2021 | Baltimore Heritage for "Five Minute Histories" |
| 2020 | Historic Sotterley for "Building Bridges to Common Ground" |
| 2019 | Historic St. Mary's City Adults Only Tours |
| 2018 | Historic Sotterley for their Slave Cabin Exhibit |
| 2017 | Heart of the Civil War GeoTrail |
| 2016 | Washington Monument Restoration |
| 2015 | Harford Community College for “Faces of Freedom” |
| 2014 | “U.S. Naval Academy for Seas, Lakes & Bay: The Naval War of 1812” Exhibit at the U.S. Naval Academy |
| 2013 | “Discover London Town!” |
| Year | Winner(s) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Evergreen Heritage Center for the Appalachian Time Travel Program |
| 2024 | Peace and Plenty Rural Historic District |
| 2022 | Ministry of Brewing |
| 2021 | A. Hoen & Co. Lithograph Center for Neighborhood Innovation |
| 2020 | Town of Myersville for Restoration of H & F Trolley #150 |
| 2019 | Town of Bel Air for Armory Marketplace |
| 2018 | Cultural Center at the Havre de Grace Opera House |
| 2017 | Riverview Commons/B.L. Gillis & Son and Feldman Bros. |
| 2016 | The Tire Shop |
| 2015 | San Domingo School |
| 2012 | Frederick Visitor Center Rehabilitation of the Most Precious Blood Church for use as the Betterton Community Center |
| Year | Winner(s) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | M-NCPPC Montgomery Parks, Montgomery County Technology and Enterprise Business Solutions (TEBS), and the University of Maryland Historic Preservation Department for the Oakley Cabin AR Experience |
| 2024 | Asbury United Methodist Church |
| 2023 | The Union Mills Flume Restoration Project at Historic Shriver Grist Mill |
| 2022 | Catoctin Furnace |
| 2021 | Hannelore B. Quigley, James J. Demma, Esq., and the Haiti Cemetery Association for Haiti Cemetery |
| 2020 | C&O Canal Trust for Swains Lockhouse |
| 2019 | Bugeye Edna E. Lockwood |
| 2017 | Historic Watch Box Relocation and Restoration Lead Coffin Crypt Project |
| 2016 | Town of Denton, Chesapeake Culinary Center, and Denton Development Corporation for Caroline High School |
| 2015 | Charles Sumner Post #25, Grand Army of the Republic |
| 2014 | Field Session in Maryland Archaeology |
| 2013 | Watermen Heritage Tourism Training Program |
| 2012 | Rehabilitation of the Ridgeley Rosenwald School |
| 2011 | Proctor House |
| 2010 | Miller's Court |
| 2009 | Rehabilitation of Jerusalem Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church Parsonage |
Stewardship
Preservation Awards Past Winners - Stewardship
| Year | Winner(s) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | The William P. and Marjorie Doepkens Family for the Mareen Duvall Plantation Site |
| 2024 | Hot Sox Field at Wilson Park |
| Year | Winner(s) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration for the N.S. Savannah |
| 2024 | Historic Preservation Unit, Natural and Historic Resources Division of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC), Department of Parks and Recreation, Prince George's County |
| 2023 | City of Gaithersburg for the Crown Farm Corn Crib |
| 2022 | Washington County with Gruber Latimer Restoration and Building System, a Division of Lantz Construction, for Claggett's Mill Bridges |
| 2021 | Maryland Department of Natural Resources/Sang Run State Park for Sang Run Election House |
| 2020 | C&O Canal National Historical Park for Conococheague Aqueduct |
| 2019 | Anne Arundel County for Fort Smallwood Concession Stand Maryland Military Department for Fifth Regiment Armory WWI Memorial |
| 2017 | Calvert County Natural Resources Division Washington County Engineering and Construction Management |
| 2016 | U.S. Naval Academy for Larson Hall Michael Travel and Renee M. Bernier for The Exchange |
| 2015 | U.S. Navy, Naval Support Facility Indian Head National Institutes of Health Office of Research Facilities, Historic Preservation Program |
| 2013 | Patuxent Research Refuge |
| 2012 | C&O Canal National Historical Park |
| 2011 | Town of Sykesville |
| 2010 | Prince George's County Department of Parks and Recreation, Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission |
| 2009 | Maryland Department of Transportation, State Highway Administration |
| Year | Winner(s) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Catoctin Furnace Historical Society for Forgeman's House |
| 2023 | City of Hagerstown for the The Hagerstown Fairgrounds Entrance Building and Keeper's Residence |
| 2021 | Friends of Clifton Mansion for Clifton Mansion Dining Room |
| 2020 | Town of Port Deposit for Jacob Tome Gas House Warren Historic Site Committee for Loving Charity Hall |
| 2018 | Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission for Oxon Hill Manor |
| 2017 | Baltimore Harbor Light |
| 2016 | Michael Travel and Renee M. Bernier for The Exchange |
| 2015 | South T. Lynn for Kennedy Farm |
| 2014 | Ladew Topiary Gardens |
| 2012 | The Clagett Family for Holly Hill |
| 2011 | Fairmount Academy |
| 2009 | Hammond-Harwood House Association Maryland Institute College of Art |
Project excellence
Preservation Awards Past Winners - Project Excellence
| Year | Winner(s) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | The Claggett Center |
| 2024 | Crook Horner Lofts |
| Year | Winner(s) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | The Historic Façade at the Flower Theater |
| 2024 | Ship Caulkers' Houses |
| Year | Winner(s) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Montebello Elementary and Middle School |
| 2023 | Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park (between McMahon's Mill and Lock 42) |
| 2021 | Union Brothers Furniture Building |
| 2019 | Rackliffe House Trust for Improvements to Grounds and Visitor Amenities |
| 2018 | Center for Parks and People at Auchentoroly Terrace |
Retired awards
Preservation Awards - Retired Awards
| Year | Winner(s) |
|---|---|
| 2011 | Maryland Traditions Program of Maryland State Arts Council Franklin A. Robinson, Jr. |
| 2010 | Jewish Museum of Maryland Birch Hotz Heritage Tourism Alliance of Montgomery County |
| 2009 | Wayne M. Goldstein R. Flanigan "Polly" Shannahan |
| 2008 | Catherine Ebert |
| 2007 | Whitehaven Heritage Association |
| 2005 | The Patuxent Small Craft Guild |
| 2002 | MD Historical Roadside Markers Thomas V. Stohlman |
| 2001 | Mayor Asa. M. McCain, Jr. |
| 1998 | Cultural Resource Management Program, Aberdeen Proving Grounds St. Clement's Island – Potomac River Museum |
| 1997 | Frederick County Covered Bridge Preservation Society |
| Year | Winner(s) |
|---|---|
| 2011 | Maritime Maryland: A History by William S. Dudley |
| 2010 | Edmund G. Lind: Anglo-American Architect of Baltimore and the South by Charles Belfoure The Oyster Question: Scientists, Watermen, and the Maryland Chesapeake Bay Since 1880 by Christine Keiner |
| 2009 | Baltimore's Alley Houses: Homes for Working People Since the 1780s by Mary Ellen Hayward Pathways to History: Charles County, Maryland 1658-2008 by Julia King At the Crossroads: The Architectural History of Wicomico County by Paul Baker Touart |
| 2007 | "It Ain't Like It Was Then" – The Seafood Packing Industry of Southern Maryland by Richard J. Dodds & Robert J. Hurry |
| 2006 | The Money Crop: Calvert County After The Tobacco Buyout by Anne Sundermann |
| 2005 | The Diary of William Faris, edited by Mark B. Letzer and Jean B. Russo The Architecture of Baltimore, by Mary Ellen Hayward and Frank R. Shivers, Jr., ed. Homewood House, by Catherine Rogers Arthur and Cindy Kelly |
| 2003 | Rockville, Portrait of a City by Eileen S. McGuckian Historic Bridges of Maryland by Dixie Legler Architectural & Historic Treasures of Washington County, Maryland by Patricia Schooley |
| 2002 | The Pasadena Peninsula: A Closer Look at the Land Between Two Rivers by Isabel Shipley Cunningham One Vast Hospital: The Civil War Hospital Sites in Frederick, Maryland after Antietam by Terry Reimer Places from the Past: The Tradition of Gardez Bien in Montgomery County, Maryland by Clare Lise Cavicchi ".…once the Metropolis of Maryland": The History and Archaeology of Maryland's First Capital by Silas D. Hurry |
| 2000 | Sandy Spring Legacy, Thomas Y. Canby and Elie S. Rogers The Baltimore Rowhouse, Mary Ellen Hayward and Charles Belfoure |
| 1997 | Mechanicsville: The Story of our Village by J. Roy Guyther |
| 1996 | Modernist Architect in Traditional Baltimore, by Christopher Weeks, Alexander Smith Cochran, published by the Maryland Historical Society The Riverdale Story: Mansion to Municipality, Christina A. Davis of Riverdale, editor, published by the Town of Riverdale Railroad Ties: Industry and Culture in Hagerstown, Maryland, Susan Levitas, editor, published by the Maryland Historical Trust Press |
| Year | Winner(s) |
|---|---|
| 2014 | Huntingtown High School Historic Investigations |
| 2011 | Baltimore Heritage Huntingtown High School Archaeology Class Carroll County History Project |
| 2009 | Allegany County African American History Website St. Johns Site Museum |
| 2008 | COMSAT Charette Montgomery County Rural Heritage Byway Tour |
| 2007 | Trails, Tracks, Tarmac – Irene Butler Hebron Historical Project Groups Dorchester County "Underground Railroad/Harriet Tubman Interpretive Program" Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) Natural and Historical Resources Division Archaeology Program |
| 2006 | City of Rockville (Montgomery County) Historic Preservation Office |
| 2005 | St. Leonard: A Maryland Tidewater Community by Sara Ebenreck Leeland Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Havre de Grace Historic Preservation Commission |
| 2004 | "Roots and Tides: A Journey through Southern Anne Arundel County" travelogue tour and interpretive map "Catoctin History" |
| 2002 | London Town Foundation for London Town Tavern and Time Video |
| 2001 | Maryland Association of History Museums Sandy Spring Museum National Capital Trolley Museum |
| 2000 | Baltimore's Public Landscapes: The Olmsted Influence, Friends of Maryland's Olmsted Parks and Landscapes |
| 1998 | Barge House Museum |
| 1997 | Annapolis Main Street Revitalization Education Project |
| Year | Winner(s) |
|---|---|
| 2003 | "Welcome to Mount Clare" "Paths to the Present: Montgomery County Stories" |
| Year | Winner(s) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Michael Hunter Thompson/Fade to Blue project |
| 2021 | The Black Vote Mural Project |
| 2020 | Lauren History Boys |
| 2019 | Montgomery County Cemetery Inventory Revisited |
| 2018 | Eastern Shore Network for Change for "Reflections on Pine" |
| 2016 | City of Annapolis Historic Preservation Office for 2015 Weather It Together Program |
| 2015 | 2013 Montgomery Modern Program |
| 2014 | Hearth of the Civil War Heritage Area |
| 2013 | Interpreting Hagerstown's Civil War History |
| 2012 | Cambridge City Hall Renovation Plans |
| Year | Winner(s) |
|---|---|
| 2007 | South Baltimore Learning Center/Southern Police Station Ronald & Audrey Edwards |
| 2006 | The Michael Cresap Museum Somerset County Historical Trust, and Mr. and Mrs. James Theiss |
| 2005 | Thomas Dixon/Stirling House |
| 1997 | Dr. Monroe Martin |
| 1996 | George and Mavis Daly |
| Year | Winner(s) |
|---|---|
| 2022 | Joe and Cheryl Smith for Barwick's Ordinary Site |
| 2017 | St. Mary's College of Maryland |
| Year | Winner(s) |
|---|---|
| 2011 | Rehabilitation of Charles Carroll House Rehabilitation of 105 E. Montgomery St. Rehabilitation of the Gilpin's Falls Covered Bridge Restoration of the Skipjack Caleb W. Jones Rehabilitation of the McCormick-Goodhart Mansion Rehabilitation of 212 Brookletts Ave. |
| 2010 | Rehabilitation of the American Brewery Restoration of the Maryland Building at the Baltimore Zoo Rehabilitation of the Savin-Conrey House Restoration of the Mackall Tobacco Barn |
| 2009 | Restoration of B&O Locomotive #57 "Memnon" Rehabilitation of the John Eyler Farmstead Rehabilitation of the Radcliffe Mill Rehabilitation of Frieda's Cottage Rehabilitation of the Sandy Spring Odd Fellows Lodge |
| 2008 | Restoration of Davidge Hall Rehabilitation of the Lustine Center Restoration of the Jeptha Hayman House |
| Year | Winner(s) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Historic Howard House for Commercial Rehabilitation The Peale Center for Baltimore History and Architecture for Institutional Rehabilitation |
| 2022 | CASA Baltimore for Belnord Theatre |
| 2021 | Historic Rocky Springs Chapel for Rocky Springs School House |
| 2019 | The Walters Art Museum for One West Mount Vernon Place |
| 2018 | Morgan State University for Lillie Carroll Jackson Museum Parkway Theater/Maryland Film Festival |
| 2017 | Ten Light Street |
| 2016 | Jubilee Baltimore and Ziger/Snead Architects for Centre Theatre Olney Boys and Girls Community Sports Association for Falling Green |
| 2015 | Baltimore Design School Daylight Building |
| 2014 | Rita R. Church Community Center Rockville Police Headquarters |
| 2013 | B'er Chayim Temple |
| 2012 | La Banque de Fleuve |
| Year | Winner(s) |
|---|---|
| 2017 | East Baltimore Historic II |
| 2015 | The Thomas Bentley House |
| 2013 | Wilson's Inheritance |
| Year | Winner(s) |
|---|---|
| 1996 | McKim Center Meeting House Scanlan & Rosen Law Offices, 26 South Street Patapsco Female Institute Ruins "Bear Garden" Jerusalem Mill |
| 1995 | St. James Episcopal Church The Belair Mansion |
| 1994 | 701 West Pratt Street Merry Sherwood Huntington Railroad Museum Huckleberry Hall Riversdale |
| 1993 | Camden Station Orchard Street Church School 34 George Ellicott House |
| 1992 | Thomas Jencks Gladding House or Hackerman House Earleigh Heights Station |
| 1991 | McDowell Hall Marsh & McLennan Building Pine Street Station Sherman Fisher – Shelman House Woodlawn Farm |
| 1990 | Kann + Ammon, Inc. |
| 1989 | St. Paul's Rectory Antrim Berlin Hotel |
| 1988 | Tendico Wharf Crockett House Talbot County Historical Society Doub's Mill |
| 1987 | SS Baltimore Banneker Historical Park Montrose School |
| 1986 | M. Upton Scott House B'nai Israel Synagogue CMP St. John's Chapel, Ruxton |
| 1985 | Harris House Imperial Hotel Seneca Schoolhouse Museum |
| 1984 | Baltimore Bronze Conservation Project Susquehanna Museum Renaissance Plaza Mr. Jack Hudson Bridges (posthumous) Mr. Robert L. McFarlin Senator Robert Hogaboom |
| Year | Winner(s) |
|---|---|
| 1996 | Kurt Cushwa |
| 1995 | Mayor and Council, City of Hagerstown James G. Boss Gail Rothrock Williamsport Preservation Training Center of the National Park Service |
| 1994 | Clear Spring Historical Association Brice Stump |
| 1993 | Ross M. Kimmel Albert L. Feldstein William G. Bodenstein |
| 1992 | Donna M. Ware Patricia Schooley Patuxent River Navel Air Station Sudlersville Community Betterment Club |
| 1991 | Mr. Wilbur Ross Hubbard Mrs. Albert Morris |
| 1990 | The Honorable James Lighthizer, County Executive for Anne Arundel County Judy S. Jull Mr. & Mrs. Karl Miller 37 Seventh Grade Students of Hammond Middle School Margaret W. Cook (posthumous) |
| 1989 | Hammond Harwood House Assn. The Honorable W. Ray Huff Old House Parts of Montgomery Preservation, Inc. Richard Cooper |
| 1988 | Mr. Martin P. Azola Captain Stuart J. Fitrell |
| 1987 | Mr. John O'Rourke Target, Inc. |
| 1986 | Mr. David Corey, SR. Mayor, Town Council, Planning Commission and Historic Mrs. Gale Yerges |
| 1985 | Mr. James Woolen, AIA |
| Year | Winner(s) |
|---|---|
| 1994 | Worcester County Board of County Commissioners and Paul Baker Touart |
| 1992 | George Bauman of WJZ TV Channel 13 |
| Year | Winner(s) |
|---|---|
| 2007 | Charles Carroll House Of Annapolis MacGillivray's Building Tremont Grand |
| 2006 | Visionary Art Museum, Jim Rouse Visionary Center project Montgomery Arms Apartments project Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Administrative Offices project |
| 2005 | The Hippodrome Theater University System of Maryland Hagerstown Center, Baldwin House complex Whitehaven Hotel |
| 2004 | The Chateau Irish Shrine and Railroad Workers Memorial Lovely Lane United Methodist Church Patterson Park Observatory Stewart's Building Spanish Ballroom Tred Avon Building Noah Rohrbach/Stinar House |
| 2003 | Marble Head Silver Spring Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Station The George Brooks House |
| 2002 | Gilden Integrated for the Former Grace Hampden Methodist Episcopal Church Dr. & Mrs. William F. Minogue for Admodington |
| 2001 | Handcock's Resolution Maryland Zoological Society for the Boat Lake Pavilion at the Baltimore Zoo St. Mary Anne's Episcopal Church |
| 2000 | Howard's Inheritance The Engineering Society of Baltimore for Garrett Jacobs Mansion Eddie and Sylvia Brown for Solomon's Corner (1201 N. Calvert Street) St. Ignatius Church The Moorish Tower at Druid Park Lake Strathmore Hall Arts Center |
| 1998 | Chevy Chase Bank Branch Office, 135 E. Baltimore Street Turkey Cock Hall Brookeville Academy St. James Church Black Walnut Thicket Dorsey Chapel Thomas Jefferson House |
| 1997 | Gilmore Grove Gallagher Mansion Paca House United States Custom House Long Hill |
| Year | Winner(s) |
|---|---|
| 1997 | Where Ships Were Borne: Stephen Steward Shipyard Maryland Lighthouses of the Chesapeake Bay: An Illustrated History by F. Ross Holland |