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Excellence in Historic Preservation Awards

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Guidelines

In New York State, preservation and reuse of our historic buildings is fundamental to the economic revitalization of our cities, towns, and villages. The restoration of our historic neighborhoods, Main Streets, and underutilized buildings continues to create jobs, provide housing, promote tourism, stimulate private investment, and conserve energy, resources, and open space. Our annual Awards program allows us to highlight projects that offer new examples of best practices in historic preservation.

We invite you to join us in celebrating the preservation of New York State’s unique built and natural environment by submitting a nomination. Self-nominations are allowed and encouraged. There is no entrance fee. The League especially encourages nominations that provide case studies or models incorporating energy efficiency, adaptive reuse, or New York’s Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit program. Previous award winners are on our website.

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Award Categories 

Projects 
Applauds outstanding preservation, restoration or rehabilitation projects completed by architects, landscape architects, engineers, planners, developers, preservationists or property owners. Self-nominations are permitted. Nominated projects may include but need not be limited to landscapes, buildings, Main Streets, rural resources and private residences. Nominated projects need not be listed on or determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places, but The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties with Guidelines for Preserving, Rehabilitating, Restoring and Reconstructing Historic Buildings should be reflected in the nominated work. The Standards are neither technical nor prescriptive, but are intended to promote responsible preservation practices that help protect our Nation's irreplaceable cultural resources. For more information on the Standards, please visit http://www.nps.gov/tps/standards.htm
  
Organizations and Communities 
Honors municipalities, community groups, nonprofit organizations and neighborhood associations whose advocacy, public awareness, publications, legal battles and other preservation efforts have demonstrated heroic dedication to New York’s historic resources.
 
Individuals 
Recognizes creative, inspirational leaders whose efforts have encouraged the protection of historic resources, and strengthened the historic preservation movement in New York State. The Individual Award celebrates government officials, community leaders, local business owners, journalists and other dedicated individuals who have succeeded in protecting New York’s heritage.
 
Publications 
Acknowledges exceptional published surveys, historic structure or landscape reports, histories, brochures, technical briefs or other preservation publications that have been instrumental in successful preservation projects and goals.
 
THE EXCELLENCE IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION AWARDS JURY RESERVES THE RIGHT NOT TO MAKE AN AWARD IN ANY PARTICULAR CATEGORY.
 
Criteria
 
Selection of Award winners will be guided by the following general criteria, which may not apply equally to each category:

  • degree of difficulty of problems or threats faced and the creativity and appropriateness of the solutions applied;
  • impact of leader, program, organization or project on the community, region or state;
  • degree of imaginative and resourceful collaborative efforts among individuals, communities, organizations, project leaders and consultants; 
  • project design sensitivity to the historic character and fabric of the property, and degree of preservation or restoration achieved; 
  • project execution representing the best preservation practice and use of appropriate techniques.

Nomination Process

Nominations must be date stamped by February 15, 2018, and must include the nomination form and all supporting materials as specified. Eligible nominations will be evaluated by the Excellence in Historic Preservation Awards Jury, which is appointed by the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Preservation League. All nominators will be notified of the status of their nomination by April 1, 2018. The awards will be presented on May 9, 2018.
 
Eligibility

All nominations must have been executed in New York State, and must have been completed between January 1, 2015 and January 1, 2018. Historic resources need not be listed in the State or National Registers of Historic Places, but resources must have demonstrated historic or architectural significance.
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DATESTAMP DEADLINE for nominations is on or before February 15, 2018

DOWNLOAD Nomination Form (above) for required materials and additional instructions. 

For further information, contact Colleen Ryan at 518-462-5658 ext.17 or by EMAIL

Preservation League of New York State
44 Central Avenue, Albany, NY  12206-3002
Telephone 518-462-5658
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info@preservenys.org ​

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The Preservation League of New York State is supported in part by
the New York State Council on the Arts
with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
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