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Maryland Historical Trust

Previous Maryland Preservation Award Recipients

Leadership & service

Preservation Awards Past Winners - Leadership and service

YearWinner(s)
2023
  • Cheryl Janifer LaRoche, PhD
2022
  • Theodore "Ted" Mack
2015
  • J. Rodney Little
2013
  • Orlando Ridout V
2011
  • The Honorable William Donald Schaeffer
2008
  • Charles L. Wagandt
2003
  • Speaker Casper Taylor
2001
  • Tyler Bastian
1997
  • Maryland State House Dome Project
1993
  • Spencer O. Geasey
1990
  • The Honorable Paul Sarbanes
1988
  • Mr. Edward Papenfuse
1987
  • Mr. Donald G. Shomette
1986
  • Maryland Association of Historic District Commissions
1984
  • Mrs. Jefferson Patterson
1983
  • Mayor Ronald Young
1982
  • Mrs. Clyde E. Martin
1981
  • Senator Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr.
1980
  • C&P Telephone Company
  • John E. Clark
  • Orin M. Bullock, Jr.
1979
  • Goucher College
1978
  • Louis L. Goldstein
  • Mary Pringle Symonds
  • Maryland House and Pilgrimage
1977
  • Kent R. Mulliken
  • Robert C. Embry
  • Senator J. Glenn Beall, Jr.
1976
  • Dr. Phoebe B. Stanton
  • Mrs. Charles Williams
1975
  • Frederick Gutheim
  • Mrs. J.M.P. Wright
  • Orlando Ridout IV
  • State Treasurer William S. James

Education & community engagement

Preservation Awards Past Winners - Education and community engagement

YearWinner(s)
2024
  • Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration 
    (MDOT SHA) for "Maryland Railroads Statewide Historic Context"
2022
  • In the Midst of These Plains by Cathy Thompson & Nicole Diehlmann
2021
  • Ballot and Beyond: Maryland's Women's History Podcast & Online Exhibit
2020
  • Lost Towns Project, Inc. and Anne Arundel County
2019
  • The Tale of the Lion: Our Stories, Our Voices Documentary
2018
  • The "Acadians Were Here" Website

  • Preservation Maryland for PreserveCast

2017
  • Newtown Historic District Website
2016
  • Heart of Civil War Heritage Area Website
2015
  • The Painted Screens of Baltimore: An Urban Folk Art Revealed by Elaine Eff
2014
  • Catoctin Center for Regional Studies: Crossroads of War
2013
  • City of Frederick Historic Properties Website

  • In Full Glory Reflected: Discovering the War of 1812 in the Chesapeake by 
    Ralph E. Eshelman & Burton K. Kummerow

  • The Snow Hill Historic District: A Reference Guide for Property Owners

2012
  • Annapolis: City on the Severn, A History by Jane W. McWilliams

  • The War of 1812 in Charles County's Backyard: A Virtual Tour

  • Montgomery County Historic Preservation Interactive Mapping Initiative

Stewardship

Preservation Awards Past Winners - Stewardship

YearWinner(s)
2024
  • Hot Sox Field at Wilson Park

Project excellence

Preservation Awards Past Winners - Project Excellence

YearWinner(s)
2024
  • Crook Horner Lofts

Retired awards

Preservation Awards - Retired Awards

YearWinner(s)
2011
  • Maryland Traditions Program of Maryland State Arts Council

  • Franklin A. Robinson, Jr.

2010
  • Jewish Museum of Maryland

  • Birch Hotz

  • Heritage Tourism Alliance of Montgomery County

2009
  • Wayne M. Goldstein

  • R. Flanigan "Polly" Shannahan

2008
  • Catherine Ebert
2007
  • Whitehaven Heritage Association
2005
  • The Patuxent Small Craft Guild
2002
  • MD Historical Roadside Markers

  • Thomas V. Stohlman

2001
  • Mayor Asa. M. McCain, Jr.
1998
  • Cultural Resource Management Program, Aberdeen 
    Proving Grounds

  • St. Clement's Island – Potomac River Museum

1997
  • Frederick County Covered Bridge Preservation Society