Draft:Historic Preservation Book Prize

The Historic Preservation Book Prize is presented annually for books of distinction that advance the discipline of historic preservation. The award, originally established in 1988, is organized by The Center for Historic Preservation at the University of Mary Washington.

History
The Historic Preservation Book Prize was created in 1988, the first award presented in 1989. A jury of preservation scholars and professionals from across the country choose a book that "breaks new ground or contributes to the intellectual vitality of historic preservation". Winners receive a cash prize, a certification, and an invitation to give a lecture at UMW.

The book prize jury has included Gretchen Pfaehler, a senior preservation architect with Beyer Blinder Belle in Washington, DC; Eleni Glekas, director of historic preservation at The Boston Architectural College; Jeffrey Harris, independent scholar; Brent Leggs, Executive Director, African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund & Senior Vice President, National Trust for Historic Preservation.

The book prize in an outgrowth of the work done by the University of Mary Washington and its Center for Historic Preservation to partner with other institutions on campus, like the James Farmer Multicultural Center, local municipalities and national historic organizations to expand the impact of preservation scholars and practitioners.

Select list of awardees
2021 - Thomas Hubka. How the Working-Class Home Became Modern, 1900-1940.

2019 - Michèle Cloonan. The Monumental Challenge of Preservation: The Past in a Volatile World.

2017 - Catherine Fleming Bruce. The Sustainers: Being, Building and Doing Good Through Activism in the Sacred Spaces of Civil Rights, Human Rights and Social Movements.

2014 - Françoise Astorg Bollack. Old Buildings, New Forms.

2000 - Richard Longstreth. The Drive-In, The Supermarket, and The Transformation of Commercial Space in Los Angeles, 1914-1941.

1999 - Roy Rosenzweig. The Presence of the Past: Popular Uses of History in American Life.

1997- Mike Wallace. Mickey Mouse History and Other Essays on American Memory.

1993 - Roy Rosenzweig and Elizabeth Blackmar. The Park and the People: A History of Central Park.

1990 - T. H. Breen. Imagining the Past: East Hampton Histories.

1989 - David Lowenthal. The Past is a Foreign Country.