Nominations due by end of day on May 30, 2025.

Questions and submittal should be directed to:
Alison Frazee, Director of Advocacy
afrazee@portlandlandmarks.org
207-358-7061

AWARDS CRITERIA

Award selections will be made on criteria such as:

• Positive impacts to a neighborhood’s character, public realm, and revitalization

• Quality of design, execution, and materials

• Innovative or creative solutions to preservation challenges

• Efforts to increase public awareness of local historic resources and preservation practices

• Promotion of underrepresented histories, historic places, and narratives

ELIGIBILITY

Location: Structures, landscapes, people, and programs in the Greater Portland area. Defined as Cape Elizabeth, Chebeague Island, Cumberland, Falmouth, Gorham, Long Island, Portland, Scarborough, South Portland, Westbrook, and Yarmouth.

Timeframe: Projects must have been completed between January 1, 2022 and December 31, 2024

Project Types: Qualifying projects can represent any period and scale. Generally submissions fall into the categories of Structures and Landscape or People and Programs.

Here is a non-exhaustive example list of qualifying projects:

Structures & Landscapes

Restoration: Work that returns a structure or landscape to an earlier condition and appearance related to its history.

Stewardship: Work that ensures the protection of historic properties through stabilization or long-term care and maintenance.

Rehabilitation: Work that preserves significant portions and features of a historic resource while updating it for the contemporary needs of its original use.

Adaptive Use: Work that adapts a historic resource for a purpose different than its original use while maintaining characteristics that relate to its history.

New Construction: Includes new additions, stand-alone structures and/or landscapes that are contextual for their historic site.

Accessibility/Climate Preparedness: Improvements that increase accessibility to a historic resource and/or adapt a historic place to prepare for the impacts of climate change.

People & Programs

Education and Planning: Recognizes initiatives such as school or youth projects, publications, exhibitions, master planning, technology, or special programs that have substantially protected or heightened public awareness of Greater Portland’s historic resources. This also includes the groups or individuals leading these efforts.

Advocacy and Public Policy: Recognizes an individual or group that has made an outstanding contribution or caused a beneficial long-term impact upon preservation in Greater Portland, through leadership, education, technical services, public policy, or advocacy.

Research or Information Access: Efforts to research untold narratives or uncover stories that have been underrepresented in the historical record, or provide greater access to information through a new website, podcast, book, tour, map, etc.

Legacy Businesses: Local businesses that have contributed to their community’s vibrancy sense of place for 25 years or more.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

⬜ Completed Narrative Responses (Please answer all three.)

• Describe the history or significance of the structure, program, or initiative. If nominating an individual, please describe the person’s contribution to historic preservation in Greater Portland.

• Describe any unique strategies used or challenges that were overcome in order to complete the project, program, or achievement.

• Describe why you are nominating this person or project for a preservation award. Explain why this project is noteworthy and how it contributes to the vibrancy, placemaking, character, or storytelling of Portland.

⬜ Completed Project Team Spreadsheet. Download Here.

• Please include ALL project team members, adding rows if needed.

• Provide information as it should appear on awards materials.

• Please note: inclusion of project team members in promotional materials is at the discretion of Greater Portland Landmarks.

⬜ High-quality color images that demonstrate the full scope of the project, as applicable.

• Please show all facades of the building or structure or all angles of the site.

• Please organize images into “Before” and “After” and include photographer credits and/or copyright permissions for each image.

• All files should be individual JPG or PNG files and can be shared via DropBox or similar file-sharing platform.

• All images submitted become the property of Greater Portland Landmarks for use in print or digital form to promote this Awards event and/or any future Greater Portland Landmarks activities.

RECIPIENT EXPECTATIONS

Greater Portland Landmarks is proud to partner with award recipients
to promote the best of historic preservation in the Portland area.

Awardees are expected to:

• Partner in promotion of the award through social media and other channels

• Aid in acquiring additional photographs, materials, and information about the project as needed

• Participate in video production as needed for the Awards event and promotional materials

• Attend the Awards event this fall, details to be determined

Past Preservation Award Winners