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Past Preservation Award Recipients

Every year Historic Salem, Inc. invites community members to nominate recently completed renovation projects for a Preservation Award.  Submit your nominations today!

Congratulations to the 2024 Preservation Award Recipients!

  • Salem Advocate Hale Bradt, the Electric Time Company, Inc., and the City of Salem Preservation Planning (Patti Kelleher - Restoration of Almy's Clock
  • Essex National Heritage Commission, CEO Annie Harris and Team, including project contributor Farmhouse Fixer HGTV Show Co-Host – Kristina Crestin - Restoration of Bakers Island Lightkeeper's House
  • Joseph Skomurski, Developer, and Seger Architects - Restoration of 3 Federal Court
  • Robert Morin (on behalf of the Library Trustees and Daedalus Arts) - Restoration of the Poseidon Fountain, Board of Trustees, 370 Essex Street
  • Vijay Joyce, Executive Director, and Contractor, Robert Levesque – American Steeple and Tower, Inc. - Exterior Façade of 1660 The Pickering House, 18 Broad Street
  • Carling Audette and Mark Audette with Seger Architects - Restoration of the 1747 Timothy Lindall House and Fence, 393 Essex Stree​t
  • Owners Ian and Karen Popken - Recreation of the Iron Fence and Addition of a Period Fountain, the 1872 Putnam-Balch House, 329 Essex Street​
  • City of Salem (Patti Kelleher, Preservation Planner) and Friends of Greenlawn (President, Christine Lutts) - Restoration of the Stained Glass Windows, Dickson Chapel, Greenlawn Cemetery​
  • Dakota Russell, Executive Director, and Paul Wright, Director of Preservation and Maintenance - Environmental Initiative:  Plan for Climate Change and Sea Level Rise, House of the Seven Gables​
  • Owner and Craftsman, Dr. Thomas Murray - Recreation of the Fence, 14 Chestnut Street​
  • Owners Mark Stevens and Anthony Keck - Restoration of the Entryway and Sidelites, 69 Summer Street
  • Project Managers Jason Pina and Cameron White and Director of Real Estate Ilene Vogel - Restoration of a Post-Salem Fire Affordable Apartment Building, 96 Congress StreetNorth Shore Community Development Coalition
 

Congratulations to our previous Preservation Award winners.
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2023 Preservation Awards
  • Joe Cultrera - Preservation Contributions, Greater Endicott Street Neighborhood 
  • Steven and Patrick O'Sullivan - 78 Bayview Avenue 
  • Cynthia Williams - 43 Chestnut Street
  • Robert McCarthy and Salem Maritime Historic Site - 160 Derby Street, Sidewalks
  • Dorian Fliegel and Ryan Macione, Haylard Services - 111 Columbus Avenue
  • Robert Burkinshaw, Ye Olde Pepper Companie - 122 Derby Street
  • Gregory Davis - 9 Hathorne Street
  • Salem Common Neighborhood Association - Washington Arch

2022 Preservation Awards
  • City of Salem - Forest River Bathhouse 
  • Mike Becker - 49 Federal Street, Atlantic Coast 
  • Hamilton Hall - 9 Chestnut Street 
  • Jay & Dick Goldberg - 94 Washington Sq. 
  • Richard Stafford - Woodland Preservation 
  • John Hermanski - 5 Monroe Street, Shutters 
  • David Pabich and Larry Frej - St. Joseph's School & Rectory 
  • Flora Tonthat - 30 Northey Street 

2021 Preservation Awards
  • Ahmed Family, The Crescent Trust -  William Hunt Double House
  • Patrick Bentivegna and Adele Lee - The Daniels House
  • Emily and Rob Stuart - 360 Essex Street
  • Josiah Fisk and Andy Grier - 358 Essex Street
  • Greg Spanos - 350-352 Essex Street
  • Len Karan - 7 Curtis Street
  • Dave Potter - 12 Mall Street
  • Margaret Santerre - 119 Mason Street
  • Jen Ratliff - Almshouse Burial Ground Marker
  • David Hart - Lifetime Achievement Award

2020 Preservation Awards
  • Peabody Essex Museum - 1 Brown Street, Bray House
  • Jim McAllister, author of "Historic Salem, Inc.: 75 Years of Preservation" and a lifetime of telling Salem's history
  • Jessica Herbert - for a Lifetime of Advocacy
  • Tim Bildsten - 2 Andover Street, Fence Restoration 
  • John Hermanski - 5 Monroe Street, Garden Folly 
  • Michael Becker - 14-16 Hodges Court, Building and Grounds Renovation 
  • Alyssa Jones and Tess DiMatteo - 20 Northey Street, Facade and Sidewalk Restoration 
  • Salem Renewal Ventures - 21 Washington Square, Building Restoration 
  • Salem Renewal Ventures - 192 Federal Street, Facade Restoration