Past Winners, Maryland Preservation Awards

Leadership and Service

Calvert Prize

2001
Tyler Bastian
2003
Speaker Casper Taylor
2008
Charles L. Wagandt
2011
The Hon. William Donald Schaeffer
2013
Orlando Ridout V
2015
J. Rodney Little
2022
Theodore "Ted" Mack

Outstanding Individual Leadership at the Local Level

2014
Sharon Kennedy
Gale Yerges
2017
Dr. Karen M. Gray
2018
Lisa Kraus & Jason Shellenhamer
2019
Belva King
2020
Robert C. Clark
2021
J.O.K. Walsh
2022
Susan Hanson

Outstanding Organizational Leadership at the Local Level

2012
Four Rivers Heritage Area: Carol Benson, Pat Barland, Donna Ware, Donna Hole (Anne Arundel County)
2015
Tourism Council of Frederick County (Frederick County)
2016
Friends of Patterson Park (Baltimore City)
Eastern Shore Land Conservancy (Talbot County)
2017
Preservation Maryland (Baltimore City)
2019
The Friends of Stanley Institute, Inc. (Dorchester County)
2020
City of Frederick (Frederick County)
2022
Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission/Prince George's County Black History Program (Prince George's County)

Education and Community Engagement

Excellence in Community Engagement

2012
Cambridge City Hall Renovation Plans (Dorchester County)
2013
Interpreting Hagerstown's Civil War History (Washington County)
2014
150th Anniversary of the Maryland Campaign (Frederick, Washington, and Carroll Counties)
2015
2013 Montgomery Modern Program (Montgomery County)
2016
City of Annapolis Historic Preservation Office (Annapolis)
2018
Eastern Shore Network for Change (Dorchester County)
2019
Montgomery County Cemetery Inventory Revisited (Montgomery County)
2020
Laurel History Boys (Prince George's County)
2021
The Black Vote Mural Project (Anne Arundel County)

Excellence in Media and Publications

2013
The Snow Hill Historic District: A Reference Guide for Property Owners (Worcester County)
In Full Glory Reflected: Discovering the War of 1812 in the Chesapeake by Ralph E. Eshelman and Burton K. Kummerow
City of Frederick Historic Properties Website (Frederick County)
2014
Catoctin Center for Regional Studies: Crossroads of War
2015
The Painted Screens of Baltimore: An Urban Folk Art Revealed by Elaine Eff
2016
Heart of Civil War Heritage Area Website (Carroll, Washington, and Frederick Counties)
2017
Newtown Historic District Website (Wicomico County)
2019
The Tale of the Lion: Our Stories, Our Voices documentary (Frederick County)
2020
Lost Towns Project and Anne Arundel County (Anne Arundel County)
2021
Ballot and Beyond: Maryland's Women's History Podcast & Online Exhibit (Statewide)
2022
Cathy Thompson and Nicole Diehlmann for In the Midst of these Plains (Charles County)

Excellence in Public Programming

2013
Discover London Town! (Anne Arundel County)
2014
U.S. Naval Academy's "Seas, Lakes & Bat: The Naval War of 1812" Exhibit (Anne Arundel County)
2015
Harford Community College's "Faces of Freedom" (Harford County)
2017
Heart of the Civil War GeoTrail (Frederick, Carroll, and Washington Counties)
2018
Historic Sotterley, Inc.'s Slave Cabin Exhibit (St. Mary's County)
2019
Historic St. Mary's City Adults Only Tours (St. Mary's County)
2020
Historic Sotterley, Inc.'s "Building Bridges to Common Ground" (St. Mary's County)
2021
Baltimore Heritage, Inc.'s "Five Minute Histories" (Baltimore City)
2022
Annapolis Maritime Museum & Park for "Our Changing Waterfront" (Anne Arundel Couty)

Stewardship

Outstanding Stewardship of Archaeological Resources

2017
St. Mary's College of Maryland (St. Mary's County)
2022
Joe and Cheryl Smith for Barwick's Ordinary (Caroline County)

Outstanding Stewardship of Maryland Historical Trust Easement Properties

2009
Hammond-Harwood House Association, Inc (Anne Arundel County)
Maryland Institute College of Art (Baltimore County)
2011
Fairmount Academy (Somerset County)
2012
Holly Hill (Anne Arundel County)
2014
Ladew Topiary Gardens (Harford County)
2015
South T. Lynn for Kennedy Farm (Washington County)
2016
Michael Travis and Renee M. Bernier for The Exchange (Charles County)
2017
Baltimore Harbor Light (Anne Arundel County)
2018
Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission for Oxon Hill Manor (Prince George's County)
2020
Town of Port Deposit for Jacob Tome Gas House (Cecil County)
Warren Historic Site Committee Inc. for Loving Charity Hall (Montgomery County)
2021
Friends of Clifton Mansion for the Clifton Mansion Dining Room (Baltimore City)

Outstanding Stewardship of Historic Properties by a Government Agency

2009
Maryland Department of Transportation, State Highway Administration (Statewide)
2010
Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, Department of Parks and Recreation (Prince George's County)
2011
Town of Sykesville (Carroll County)
2012
C&O Canal National Historical Park (Allegany, Frederick, Montgomery, and Washington Counties)
2013
Patuxent Research Refuge (Prince George's County)
2015
National Institutes of Health Office of Research Facilities, Historic Preservation Program (Montgomery County)
U.S. Navy, Naval Support Facility Indian Head (Charles County)
2016
U.S. Naval Academy's Larson Hall (Anne Arundel County)
2017
Calvert County Natural Resources Division (Calvert County)
2019
Maryland Military Department's Fifth Regiment Armory WWI Memorial (Baltimore City)
2020
C&O Canal National Historical Park's Conococheague Aqueduct (Washington County)
2021
Maryland Department of Natural Resources/Sang Run State Park's Sang Run Election House (Garrett County)
2022
Washington County, with Gruber-Latimer Restoration and Building System, a Division of Lantz Construction, for Claggett's Mill Bridges (Washington County)

Project Excellence

Community Impact

2012
Frederick Visitor Center (Frederick County)
The Most Precious Blood Church for use as the Betterton Community Center (Kent County)
2015
San Domingo School (Wicomico County)
2016
The Tire Shop (Baltimore City)
2017
Riverview Commons/B.L. Gillis & Son and Feldman Bros. (Wicomico County)
2018
Cultural Center at the Havre de Grace Opera House (Harford County)
2019
Town of Bel Air's Armory Marketplace (Harford County)
2020
Town of Myersville's Restoration of H&F Trolley #150 (Frederick County)
2021
A. Hoen & Co. Lithograph Center for Neighborhood Innovation (Baltimore City)
2022
Ministry of Brewing (Baltimore City)

Excellence in Commercial/Institutional Rehabilitation

2012
La Banque de Fleuve (Harford County)
2013
B'er Chayim Temple (Allegany County)
2014
Rita R. Church Community Center (Baltimore City)
Rockville Police Headquarters (Montgomery County)
2015
Baltimore Design School (Baltimore City)
Daylight Building (Talbot County)
2016
Jubilee Baltimore and Ziger/Snead Architects for Centre Theatre (Baltimore City)
Olney Boys and Girls Community Sports Association for Falling Green (Montgomery County)
2017
Ten Light Street (Baltimore City)
2018
Morgan State University for Lillie Carroll Jackson Museum (Baltimore City)
Parkway Theater/Maryland Film Festival (Baltimore City)
2019
The Walters Art Museum for One West Mount Vernon Place (Baltimore City)
2021
Historic Rocky Springs Chapel, Inc. for Rocky Springs School House (Frederick County)
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CASA Baltimore for the Belnord Theatre (Baltimore City)

Excellence in Residential Rehabilitation

2013
Wilson's Inheritance (Carroll County)
2015
The Thomas-Bentley House (Montgomery County)
2017
East Baltimore Historic II (Baltimore City)

Preservation Partnerships

2009
Rehabilitation of Jerusalem-Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church Parsonage (Montgomery County)
2010
Miller's Court (Baltimore City)
2011
Proctor House (Harford County)
2012
Old Towson Jail (Baltimore County)
Ridgeley Rosenwald School (Prince George's County)
2013
Watermen Heritage Tourism Training Program (Somerset, Dorchester, Talbot, Kent, Queen Anne's, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, St. Mary's, and Charles Counties)
2014
2013 Field Session in Maryland Archaeology (Frederick County)
2015
Charles Sumner Post #25, Grand Army of the Republic (Kent County)
2016
Town of Denton, Chesapeake Culinary Center and Denton Development Corporation for Caroline High School (Caroline County)
2017
Historic Watch Box Relocation and Restoration (Calvert County)
Lead Coffin Crypt Project (St. Mary's County)
2019
Bugeye Edna E. Lockwood (Talbot County)
2020
C&O Canal Trust, Inc. for Swains Lockhouse (Montgomery County)
2021
Hannelore B. Quigley, James J. Demma, Esq., and the Haiti Cemetery Association for Haiti Cemetery (Montgomery County)
2022
Catoctin Furnace (Frederick County)

Sustainable Design

2018
Center for Parks and People at Auchentoroly Terrace (Baltimore City)
2019
Rackliffe House Trust for Improvements to Grounds and Visitor Amenities (Worcester County)
2021
Union Brothers Furniture Building (Baltimore City)

Retired Awards

Preservation Projects

2000
Garrett-Jacobs Mansion (Baltimore City)
Howard's Inheritance (Anne Arundel County)
Solomon's Corner (1201 N. Calvert Street) (Baltimore City)
St. Ignatius Church (Baltimore City)
Strathmore Hall Arts Center (Montgomery County)
The Moorish Tower at Druid Park Lake (Baltimore City)
2001
Hancock's Resolution (Anne Arundel County)
Maryland Zoological Society's restoration of the Boat Lake Pavilion at the Baltimore Zoo (Baltimore City)
St. Mary Anne's Episcopal Church (Cecil County)
2002
Dr. & Mrs. William F. Minogue's restoration of Almodington (Somerset County)
Gilden Integrated's restoration of the Former Grace Hampden Methodist Episcopal Church (Baltimore City)
2003
The George Brooks House (Talbot County)
Silver Spring Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Station (Montgomery County)
Marble Head (Caroline County)
2004
The Chateau (Baltimore City)
Irish Shrine and Railroad Workers Memorial (Baltimore City)
Lovely Lane United Methodist Church (Baltimore City)
Noah Rohrbach/Stinar House (Washington County)
Patterson Park Observatory (Baltimore County)
Stewart's Building (Baltimore City)
Tred Avon Building (Talbot County)
2005
The Hippodrome Theatre (Baltimore County)
University System of Maryland Hagerstown Center, Baldwin House Complex (Washington County)
Whitehaven Hotel (Wicomico County)
2006
Visionary Art Museum, Jim Rouse Visionary Center project (Baltimore City)
Montgomery Arms Apartments project (Montgomery County)
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Administrative Offices project (Talbot County)
2007
MacGillivray's Building (Baltimore City)
Tremont Grand (Baltimore City)
Charles Carroll House of Annapolis (Annapolis)

Preservation Service

2001
Mayor Asa M. McCain, Jr.
2002
Thomas V. Stohlman
MD Historical Roadside Markers
2005
The Patuxent Small Craft Guild
2007
Whitehaven Heritage Association
2008
Catherine Ebert
2009
R. Flanigan “Polly” Shannahan
Wayne M. Goldstein
2010
Birch Hotz
Heritage Tourism Alliance of Montgomery County
Jewish Museum of Maryland (Special Recognition for Outstanding Achievement)
R. Flanigan "Polly" Shannahan (Special Recognition for Outstanding Achievement)
2011
Donna C. Hole
Franklin A. Robinson, Jr.
Maryland Traditions Program of the Maryland State Arts Council

Excellence in Programming and Exhibits

2016
Washington Monument Restoration

Educational Excellence

2000
Baltimore's Public Landscapes: The Olmsted Influence, Friends of Maryland's Olmsted Parks and Landscapes (Baltimore City)
2001
Sandy Spring Museum Interactive Exhibit/Website (Montgomery County)
Maryland Association of History Museums' publication, Fragile (Annapolis)
National Capital Trolley Museum (Montgomery County)
2002
London Town Tavern & Time video (Anne Arundel County)
2004
"Roots and Tides: A Journey through Southern Anne Arundel County" travelogue tour and interpretive map (Anne Arundel County)
"Catoctin History" (Frederick County)
2005
Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation's “From Bridge to Boardwalk: An Audio Journey Across Maryland's Eastern Shore”
Havre de Grace Historic Preservation Commission's Havre de Grace "Reflections" Video Series (Harford County)
St. Leonard: A Maryland Tidewater Community, by Sara Ebenreck Leeland (Calvert County)
2006
Guidance for Managing Historic Properties: Chestnut Lodge and Rockville Cemetery Historic District Design Guidelines (Montgomery County)
2007
Dorchester County "Underground Railroad/Harriet Tubman Interpretive Program" (Dorchester County)
Mount Calvert Historical And Archaeological Park, Wayside Panels And Brochure (Prince George's County)
Trails, Tracks, Tarmac – Irene Butler Hebron Historical Project Groups (Anne Arundel County)
2008
COMSAT Charette (Montgomery County)
Montgomery County Rural Heritage Byway Tour (Montgomery County)
2009
Allegany County African American History Website (Allegany County)
St. Johns Site Museum (St. Mary's County)
2011
Baltimore Heritage, Inc (Baltimore City)
Carroll County History Project (Carroll County)
Huntingtown High School Archaeology Class (Calvert County)
2014
Huntingtown High School Historic Investigations (Calvert County)

Heritage Education

2003
"Welcome to Mount Clare" (Baltimore City)
"Paths to the Present: Montgomery County Stories" (Montgomery County)

Heritage Book Award

1996
Christina A. Davis of Riverdale, editor, The Riverdale Story: Mansion to Municipality, published by the Town of Riverdale
Christopher Weeks, Alexander Smith Cochran: Modernist Architect in Traditional Baltimore, published by the Maryland Historical Society
Susan Levitas, editor, Railroad Ties: Industry and Culture in Hagerstown, Maryland, published by the Maryland Historical Trust Press
1997
Mechanicsville: The Story of our Village by J. Roy Guyther
2000
Sandy Spring Legacy, Thomas Y. Canby and Elie S. Rogers
The Baltimore Rowhouse, Mary Ellen Hayward and Charles Belfoure
2002
The Pasadena Peninsula: A Closer Look at the Land Between Two Rivers by Isabel Shipley Cunningham
"…once the Metropolis of Maryland": The History and Archaeology of Maryland's First Capital by Silas D. Hurry
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
2003
Rockville, Portrait of a City by Eileen S. McGuckian
Architectural & Historic Treasures of Washington County, Maryland by Patricia Schooley
Historic Bridges of Maryland by Dixie Legler
2005
The Architecture of Baltimore, by Mary Ellen Hayward and Frank R. Shivers, Jr., editors
The Diary of William Faris, edited by Mark B. Letzer and Jean B. Russo
Homewood House, by Catherine Rogers Arthur and Cindy Kelly
2006
The Money Crop: Calvert County After The Tobacco Buyout by Anne Sundermann
2007
"It Ain't Like It Was Then" – The Seafood Packing Industry of Southern Maryland by Richard J. Dodds & Robert J. Hurry
2009
At the Crossroads: The Architectural History of Wicomico County by Paul Baker Touart
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
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
2011
Maritime Maryland: A History by William S. Dudley

Stewardship

2005
Thomas Dixon/Stirling House (Baltimore City)
2006
The Littleton Long House (Somerset County)
The Michael Cresap Museum (Allegany County)
2007
South Baltimore Learning Center/Southern Police Station (Baltimore City)
Red Lyon Tavern (Cecil County)

Project Excellence

2008
Rehabilitation of the Lustine Center (Prince George's County)
Restoration of Davidge Hall (Baltimore City)
Restoration of the Jeptha Hayman House (Somerset County)
2009
Rehabilitation of Frieda's Cottage (Montgomery County)
Rehabilitation of the John Eyler Farmstead (Frederick County)
Rehabilitation of the Radcliffe Mill (Kent County)
Rehabilitation of the Sandy Spring Odd Fellows Lodge (Montgomery County)
Restoration of B&O Locomotive #57 "Memnon" (Baltimore City)
2010
Rehabilitation of the American Brewery (Baltimore City)
Rehabilitation of the Savin-Conrey House (Cecil County)
Restoration of the Mackall Tobacco Barn (St. Mary's County)
Restoration of the Maryland Building at the Baltimore Zoo (Baltimore City)
2011
Rehabilitation of 105 E. Montgomery St. (Baltimore City)
Rehabilitation of 212 Brookletts Ave. (Talbot County)
Rehabilitation of Charles Carroll House (Anne Arundel County)
Rehabilitation of the Gilpin's Falls Covered Bridge (Cecil County)
Rehabilitation of the McCormick-Goodhart Mansion (Prince George's County)
Restoration of the Skipjack Caleb W. Jones (Charles County)

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