WASHINGTON, Oct. 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — The National Trust for Historic Preservation is pleased to announce the ten recipients of this year’s National Preservation Awards. The National Preservation Awards include several of the industry’s highest honors, highlighting distinguished individuals, nonprofit organizations, public agencies, and corporations that give new meaning to their communities through skillful and determined preservation work.
A formal awards ceremony, with video presentations about each winner, will take place on the morning of Monday, October 28 to kick off the start of the 2024 PastForward Conference, held this year in New Orleans from October 28-30.
“In our continued effort to celebrate the power of place, we gather at this PastForward Conference to honor some of the most effective leaders in the field of preservation,” said Carol Quillen, president and CEO of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. “Whether preserving and honoring African American burial grounds, or repurposing a former newspaper headquarters into a thriving downtown center, the efforts of our 2024 awardees have activated meaningful sites to serve the public good.”
This year’s awards program traces its roots back more than six decades. The National Trust for Historic Preservation first established its marquee Louise du Pont Crowninshield Award in 1960 to focus public attention on superlative achievements and to create incentives for preservation. That honor has expanded over the decades into the National Preservation Awards, which are now bestowed annually in six categories. The awards program has since 2012 included a sub-set of honors named for the late preservationist Richard H. Driehaus, and the eponymous Driehaus Foundation.
“We are excited and proud to support the National Trust for Historic Preservation in celebrating the organizations and people that have gone above-and-beyond to preserve the places most special to our communities,” said Anne Lazar, executive director of the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation. “The three winners this year showcase how preservation can harmonize with change and adaptation to both honor the compelling history of the sites and push for a more inclusive present use.”
The 2024 National Preservation Awards recipients include:
About The National Trust: The National Trust for Historic Preservation, a privately funded nonprofit organization, works to save America’s historic places to enrich our future. https://savingplaces.org/
About PastForward: PastForward is the annual conference of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, October 28-30, attracting thousands of people passionate about saving places. Attendees include preservationists, advocates and architects, city planners and historic site directors, students and elected officials, commissioners, and main street directors. This year’s conference will focus on three themes; creating climate resilience through historic preservation, ensuring a representative preservation movement, and encouraging historic preservation-based community development. https://savingplaces.org/conference
Media Contact: Elliot Carter, ecarter@savingplaces.org
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