Do you have a good idea to help preserve Baltimore’s heritage and revitalize our historic neighborhoods? Do you know a great Bmore preservation/history project, organization, or person that needs to be recognized for their hard work?
At our 2023 Preservation Celebration on October 19, we will be giving out four micro-grants to help launch preservation work in the city. We will also be honoring people and organizations that have been doing great work for our city’s historic places and communities.
Apply for a microgrant here: https://forms.gle/kNWmmGDrYMkhZdo86
To submit an award suggestion, email us at info@baltimoreheritage.org!
Save the date! On Thursday, October 19, Baltimore Heritage will be hosting its Preservation Celebration 2023 in the evening (location tbd). At this event, we’ll honor our 2023 Preservation Award winners and, with your help, give out four microgrants to people working on the front lines in our historic neighborhoods. We’ll say thank you to our volunteers and honor all of their hard work this year. This gathering also acts as Baltimore Heritage’s annual meeting where the board will elect its new members. Tickets will be a suggested donation of $25.
Check back in the coming weeks for more information. We hope you’ll join us on October 19!
Last week, Baltimore Heritage had its annual Preservation Celebration and we are delighted we could once again gather in person! We handed out 14 awards to groups and individuals doing fabulous work celebrating and preserving our city’s history and buildings. We gave out 6 micro-grants to 6 very worthy community projects. We conducted our organization’s annual meeting and welcomed a few new board members. And we said a big thank you to our wonderful volunteers. They make historic preservation possible in Baltimore. All the while, we ate delicious food from Trinacria and drank wine from Spirits of Mt. Vernon! Thank you to everyone attended.
Award Winners:
Sonia Eaddy and Nicole King For tireless advocacy in historic Poppleton
CASA For the restoration of the 1921 Belnord Theater
Award winners Nicole King (left) and Sonia Eaddy (right) at the celebration!
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
Pitch Party Winners
$1000: St. Mark’s Lutheran Church For exterior lighting
Diana Bailey, Executive Director of the Maryland Women’s Heritage Center, receiving her microgrant check from Baltimore Heritage Executive Director Johns Hopkins
$750: Laurel Cemetery Memorial Project For new cemetery signage
$750: Greater Baltimore Urban League For a new history exhibit
$500: Maryland Women’s Heritage Center For a new electronic exhibit
$500: Carroll Museums, Inc. For a new Shot Tower sign
Join us for our Preservation Celebration 2022 at the newly restored and re-opened Peale Museum! On October 13, we’ll honor our 2022 Preservation Award winners and, with your help, give out four microgrants to people working on the front lines in our historic neighborhoods. We’ll say thank you to our volunteers and honor all of their hard work this year. This gathering also acts as Baltimore Heritage’s annual meeting where the board will elect its new members. With food from Baltimore vendors, wine and beer from Maryland suppliers, and complimentary valet service, we hope you will join us for what promises to be a wonderful evening. And we couldn’t be in a better historic place than the newly renovated Peale Museum. We hope you’ll join us on October 13!
Register here! Tickets are a suggested donation of $25.
On behalf of all of us at Baltimore Heritage, we would like to congratulate the winners of our 2020 Historic Preservation Awards. These people and their work are saving some of Baltimore’s most important historic places and transforming our city’s neighborhoods. Thank you!
We had been planning an in-person celebration for June to recognize the winners, but are canceling it because of the coronavirus. We are still thinking through how to celebrate this year’s awardees virtually and please stay tuned for that. In the meantime, take a look at the list below and if you know any of them, please reach out and say congratulations. They deserve it.
*If you were part of an award-winning project, and you were not listed below, please let us know.
Restoration and Rehabilitation Awards:
113 West Ostend Street
Mr. Joshua Parker
Labyrinth Properties LLC
Cole Builders LLC
421 George Street
Matthew and Megan Strott
500 South Ann Street Store Front
David H. Gleason Associates
Contraction Administration Services
2318 Mount Royal Terrace
Ruth Wright
3840 Bank Street
Urban Design Group LLC
Beth Am Synagogue
Beth Am Synagogue
Alexander Design Studio
Red Sketch Landscape Architecture
Colbert, Matz Rosenfelt, Inc
Acoustical Design Collaborative, LTD
Carney Engineering
Henry Adams, LLC
Flux Studio
CapEx Advisory Group
Southway Builders
David Hess
Clifton Mansion Dining Room
Thomas Moore Studio
Gillian Quinn
Laurie Timm
Mariah Gillis
Sue Crawford
Bridget Cimino
Ewa Pohl
Vincent Greene Architects
Matthew Mosca
Henry Johnson
Tom McCracken
Friends of Clifton Mansion
C&H Restoration
Brough Schamp
Erik Kvalsvik
H.L. Mencken House and Museum
Society to Preserve H.L. Mencken’s Legacy, Inc.
Azola Building Rehab, Inc.
Manifold Design
Baltimore National Heritage Area
Baltimore City Department of General Services
Baltimore Office of the Mayor
Washington Place Equities
Baltimore Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation
P & E Engineering & Consulting, LLC
JLR Design Consultants, Inc.
Johns Hopkins University Maryland Hall Cupola
Johns Hopkins University
SM+P Architects
Lewis Contractors
Worcester Eisenbrandt
Ministry of Brewing
Adaptive Reuse and Compatible Design Awards:
Hoen & Co Lithograph
2101 East Biddle LLC
Cross Street Partners
City Life Historic Properties
Ziger/Snead LLP
1200 Architectural Engineers Pllc
Kovacs Whitney & Associates
James Posey Associates STV, Inc
Michael S. Walkley, P.A.
Budova Engineering
Froehling & Robertson, Inc
Urban Green Environmental
Betty Bird & Associates LLC
EHT Traceries Historic Preservation
Cohn Reznick LLP
Reinvestment Fund (TRF)
Best Fence
Ruppert Landscape
Watchmen, LLC
H. J. Poist Gas Co
KMT Disposal
C. L McCoy Framing Co, Inc.
City First Bank
PCG
Department of Commerce
U.S. Bancorp Community Development Corporation
City First New Markets Fund II, LLC
National Trust Community Investment Corp
Telesis Corporation
Baltimore City
Ace Environmental Services, Inc
Fence Masters
Knockorp LLC
SHE Excavating, Inc
English Concrete, Inc
D.A. Drenner Concrete Construction, Inc
Quiet Floors Systems LLC
Elite Restoration of Maryland
Worcester Eisenbrandt, Inc.
Neuner Masonry Company Inc
Wilson Point Steel, Inc.
Slaghammer’s Welding
Majer Metal Works
Loudoun Stairs
Reisterstown Lumber
Heidler Roofing
North American Roofing
CNC Roofing LLC
ACW Inc
Fullview Aluminum & Glass
Revolution Windows Systems
Tegeler Construction & Supply
Unified Door & Hardward Group, LLC
CEV Building Systems LTD
Eastwood Painting & Contracting, Inc
Business Flooring
Polished Concrete Systems, Inc.
MD Partitions
Mats Inc
Livingston Fire Protection Inc.
Scaffold Resources LLC
Delaware Elevator
Fidelity Mechanical Services
Benchmark Automation & Controls
Fleet Electric Inc.
Kevson Services Group
Ministry of Brewing
Michael Powell
St. Michael’s Redevelopment Partners
Present Company
Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates
ThermalTech Engineering
F.M. Harvey Construction Co., Inc
Fleet Electric
A. Hoen & Co Lithograph
Special Recognition for Once-in-a-Lifetime Restoration and Rehabilitation Work:
Center for Health Care and Healthy Living at the Baltimore Hebrew Orphan Asylum
Ballard Spahr LLC
Baltimore City Health Department
Behavioral Health System of Baltimore
C.L. McCoy Framing Co.
Coppin Heights Community Development Corporation
Cross Street Partners
Reinvestment Fund
Southway Builders
Waldon Studios Architects
Enoch Pratt Free Library
Enoch Pratt Free Library
Beyer Blinder Belle
Ayers Saint Gross
Mueller
Sustainable Building Partners
WFT
AMT Engineering
Jensen Hughs
Spexsys
Restl
VDA
Tillotson Design
ASSA ABLOY
Cerami & Associates
Gilbane
Baltimore Department of General Services
SVA
Heritage Preservation Awards:
Henry Holt Hopkins, for leadership in restoring the Washington Monument, Clifton Mansion, and the Clifton Gardener’s Cottage
Charlie Duff, for helping us understand Baltimore’s historic and contemporary development through his book North Atlantic Cities
Doors Open Baltimore, for helping thousands of people appreciate Baltimore’s historic places through its annual Doors Open Baltimore event
Dr. Gary Rodwell, for dedication to completing the renovation of the Baltimore Hebrew Orphan Asylum and commitment to revitalizing historic communities in West Baltimore
Douglas Gordon Lifetime Achievement Award:
David H. Gleason, FAI
David Gleason has been a preservation leader in Baltimore for over 50 years, including serving on the board of directors of Baltimore Heritage, as president of the Fell’s Point Preservation Society, as a commissioner at CHAP, as a volunteer in efforts to preserve neighborhoods like Lafayette Square and Market Center, and in countless historic restoration projects he undertook as a professional architect.
