Plymouth, MA – Preservation Massachusetts recently announced the recipients of the 2024 Preservation Awards: A Lifetime of Celebration. A committee selected four nominated individuals and 20 exemplary projects that made significant contributions to preserving historic resources in communities across the Commonwealth.
Awardees will be honored at a ceremony at the Massachusetts State House Great Hall on June 28. The event also serves as an annual fundraiser for Preservation Massachusetts.
Since 1988, Preservation Massachusetts’ highest honor, the Paul & Niki Tsongas Award, has recognized the very best in historic preservation efforts, individuals and achievements across the Commonwealth. Other awards include the Mayor Thomas M. Menino Legacy Award, for projects that embrace community partnerships; the Robert H. Kuehn, Jr. Award, for rehabilitation and active reuse projects; the Frederick Law Olmsted Award, for cultural landscapes; the Charles Eliot Award, for organizations for excellence in vision and planning; and the People’s Preservation Choice Award.
Paul & Niki Tsongas Award
- Charles (Charlie) M. Sullivan – Cambridge
- Fred Ecker – Cape Cod
- Robert J. Verrier – Chelsea
- William (Bill) Smith + Carlton Street Footbridge – Brookline
- Boston Athenaeum – Boston
- Fábrica Lofts – Lawrence
- The First Church of Christ, Scientist – The Mother Church Original Edifice and Extension Edifice – Boston
- Lower Basin Barracks – Boston
- Memorial Hall Roof Restoration at Harvard University – Cambridge
Mayor Thomas M. Menino Legacy Award
- 34 East Springfield Street – Boston
- The Abbot Building – Cambridge
- Howe School – Billerica
- James Michael Curley House – Jamaica Plain
- Lincoln Institute of Land Policy – Cambridge
- Mason Square Apartments at Indian Motorcycle – Springfield
- Mountainside Bakery & Cafe – Princeton
- Southbridge Mills – Southbridge
Frost Terrace
Robert H. Kuehn Award
- Edward A. Hatch Memorial Shell – Boston
- Forest River Bathhouse & Pool – Salem
- The Foundry – Cambridge
- Frost Terrace – Cambridge
- Robert Gould Shaw Memorial – Boston
Frederick Law Olmsted Award
- Waldyn – Manchester-by-the-Sea
Charles Eliot Award
- Coolidge Corner Theatre – Brookline
