Awards
Since launching our preservation awards program in 1961, Baltimore Heritage has recognized over 300 preservation and heritage projects in Baltimore. We give awards to projects and people who preserve and promote Baltimore’s heritage and historic places. This includes DIY rowhouse rehabbers, historic preservation crusaders, history curriculum writers, those who restore our city’s historic buildings and everything in between! This work and the people behind it are at the heart of historic Baltimore.
2025 Preservation Award Winners
Volunteers of the Year: Rebecca Cohen & Derek Van De Walle
Dedication to sharing Baltimore’s rich history
Graham Projects, DDB Workshop, Neighborhood Impact Invest Fund, Central Baltimore Partnership, Zeskinds Hardware, National Lumber & Stephanie Baker,
The renovation of the Trenton Art Garage at 101 East Trenton Street
Friends of Patterson Park
Renovation of the White House and creation of the Cedar House
Janet Allen & Perkins Square Association
Restoration of the Perkins Square Gazebo
Upton Planning Committee, Neighborhood Design Center, Quinn Evans Architects & Kelly Little
Restoration of the Parren Mitchell House on Lafayette Square
Southwest Partnership, Poppleton Now Community Association, Twopoint Studio & Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks
Restoration of the Poppleton Recreation Center
Lewis Contractors & Society of St. Sulpice
Restoration of McGivney House of Formation
Baltimore Public Markets Corporation & Twopoint Studio
Restoration of Hollins Market
Baltimore City Historical Society, Deborah Weiner, Aiden Faust & Michael Franch
Making history relevant through the Baltimore History Evenings series
Jon Goldman, B&O Railroad Museum, Anna Kresmer, Evelyn Chatmon, Bria Chavis, Teisha Dupree-Wilson, Christopher Haley & Paula Phillips
The Underground Railroad: Freedom Seekers on the B&O Railroad
Joe Gans 150 & Corner Team Boxing
Living History Day at Mount Auburn Cemetery 2025
SM+P Architects, B&B Urban Baltimore, Civic Group, Atelier Giguere, J. Cole Builders, SRBR, Skarda and Associates, KCW Engineering Technologies & Jenkins Environmental Restoration of the Crook Horner Lofts building
Douglas Gordon Award: Walter Schamu
A lifetime of commitment to advancing Baltimore’s architecture and history
2024 Preservation Award Winners
Volunteer of the Year: Linda Snyder
For leading countless public and private tours
Beloved Community Services Corporation
For the restoration of the Thurgood Marshall Amenity Center (PS 103)
Dr. Ashley Minner Jones and the Baltimore Reservation Project
For promoting Lumbee American Indian heritage in East Baltimore
Bruce Willen
For the Ghost Rivers public art and history project
Dr. Raynetta Wiggins-Jackson
For the exhibit, Ethel’s Place: Celebrating Ethel Ennis, Baltimore’s First Lady of Jazz
Upton Planning Council and Pennsylvania Avenue Main Street
For the renovation of 1829 Pennsylvania Avenue for the Pennsylvania Avenue Welcome Center
Shelley Halstead & Black Women Build
For work to rehab houses and build community in West Baltimore
Christina Delgado
For establishing Tola’s Room, a Puerto Rican home museum
Betty Bland Thomas
For decades of work to preserve heritage in Sharp Leadenhall
The Baltimore Museum of Industry
For the exhibit, Collective Action: Labor Activism in 21st Century Baltimore
James Ruttley and Kathleen Lechleighter
For the restoration of 1209 Calvert Street
Douglas Gordon Award: Charlie Duff
For a lifetime of work in historic preservation
2023 Preservation Award Winners
Volunteer of the Year: Pat Hawthorne
For years of dedication to Baltimore’s historic places
Afro Charities
For 60 years of preserving the Afro American Newspaper’s history
Raymond Bahr
For bringing the history of Canton to light
BGE Gas Regulator Fighters
For fighting for Baltimore’s historic neighborhoods
Siobhan Hagan and SHAN Wallace
For bringing Baltimore’s historic moving images and home movies to light
Friends of Herring Run Park
For creating the Heritage Trail at Herring Run Park
The Authors and Editors of A Place for Memory
For a new book on Laurel Cemetery
Maryland Women’s Heritage Center
For promoting the history of the Women’s Suffrage Movement
E. Evans Paull
For the book Stop the Road: Stories from the Trenches of Baltimore’s Road Wars
The Friends of the Ship Caulkers’ Houses
For the stabilization and exterior restoration of 612-614 S. Wolfe Street
Cory Ann Adcock-Camp
For the reclamation and restoration of 1810 Barclay Street
Latrobe Building / Ulysses Hotel
For restoration of the historic Latrobe Building into the Ulysses Hotel
Lexington Market
For conserving public market heritage in the new Lexington Market
2022 Preservation Award Winners
Sonia Eaddy and Nicole King
For tireless advocacy in historic Poppleton
CASA
For the restoration of the 1921 Belnord Theater
Lillie Carroll Jackson Civil Rights Museum
For developing a Baltimore Civil Rights history school curriculum
Baltimore City Department of General Services and
Carroll Museums, Inc.
For the restoration of the interior of the Phoenix Shot Tower
The Peale
For the restoration of The Peale
Friends of Patterson Park and
Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks
For restoration of the historic superintendent’s house in Patterson Park
Nia Redmond
For creating the East Baltimore Historical Library
Meadow Development Group
For restoration of The Eleanor at 3400 Auchentoroly Terrace
Jubilee Baltimore
For rehabilitation of the Odell’s Building at 19-21 East North Avenue
Bree Jones
For advancing equitable renewal in historic West Baltimore
Volunteer of the Year – Richard Messick
For enhancing Baltimore’s historic places through years of research, publishing, and tour guiding
Preservation Award FAQ
What/Who can I nominate for a Preservation Award?
When we send out the call for award nominations in August 2026, please send us people and projects that you think have preserved and promoted Baltimore’s heritage and historic places over the past year.
How do I nominate a project or person for a Preservation Award?
When the time comes, we’ll send out information on how to send us your nominations!
When is the awards event?
The awards will be given out at Baltimore Heritage’s annual Preservation Celebration in October 2026.