Save the Date!
16th Annual Preservation Celebration!
A sellout celebration that recognizes extraordinary people and projects while raising critical funds to support Historic Seattle’s mission:
saving meaningful places to foster lively communities.
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Sodo Park
a century-old building on 1st Avenue South
At the Preservation Celebration, Historic Seattle will present preservation awards in the following categories:
Best Preservation Project
To be eligible in this highly competitive category, the project must be a rehabilitation, restoration, or adaptive reuse of a historic property older than 25 years in the Puget Sound region. It must adhere to the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties. The project must have been completed between January 1, 2023 and May 2024.
Outstanding Stewardship
This category recognizes owners of historic properties who have demonstrated a long-term commitment to their preservation. Owners can be individuals, businesses, or organizations.
Community Advocacy Award*
This award is reserved for grassroots groups, community organizations, or non-profits that work on preservation advocacy issues within their area of service or interest. To be eligible, the nominated entity must have done significant work in the field of historic preservation locally between January 1, 2023 and May 2024.
Community Investment Award
This award recognizes the commitment of individuals, companies, groups, and/or other organizations to the preservation/revitalization of their communities.
Preserving Neighborhood Character Award
This category recognizes a single preservation project, generally smaller-scale, that contributes to the character of its neighborhood. The project must have been completed between January 1, 2023 and May 2024.
Preservation Champion Award
Only individuals are eligible for this award (not companies, groups, or other organizations). To be eligible, the nominated person must have contributed significantly to the field of historic preservation locally and reside in the Puget Sound region.
We are currently accepting people and project nominations for the above categories. Learn more about the nomination process and submit a nomination here!
Nominations due by May 10, 2024!
Interested in becoming a Preservation Celebration event sponsor?
Click here to learn about opportunities and benefits or Contact Erika Carleton, Director of Philanthropy.
Early Bird tickets will go on sale Friday, June 7.
Want to support our mission? Make your gift here!
*The Community Advocacy award includes a prize of $3,000 for the selected recipient. For this nomination to be considered complete, the applicant must submit a short summary (3 to 5 paragraphs) detailing the entity’s intended use of the funds. To be eligible for the prize, the entity must be either an incorporated non-profit organization or unincorporated citizen/advocacy group. Prize money is considered income. Historic Seattle will need to receive a completed W-9 from the winning entity and will provide the winning entity with a 1099-Misc.
Top photo: Courtesy of CB Bell Media.