Day: December 2, 2024

The Gloucester Historical Commission is pleased to announce that our annual Preservation Awards ceremony will be held on May 18, 2025, at City Hall. This annual community event recognizes residents of Gloucester for a range of historic preservation projects from a book, to a lecture, to historic preservation of a building. We welcome your attendance – and need your suggestions for nominees before the end of December.

Awards are given to those individuals and organizations that have significantly contributed to the preservation and protection of Gloucester’s historical heritage. If you know of a potential candidate that you feel would qualify for a Preservation Award, please submit their name, project description and contact (email or phone) to the Historical Commission in December by email at: GHC1623@gmail.com. Award criteria and categories are:

Criteria – some or all of the following:
–    Historically significant in age, style, or use
–    Restored using traditional materials or methods
–    Preserves historical integrity or appearance
–    Protects from present threat or future harm
–    Completed within the past two years
–    Completed by an individual, family, group, or community effort

Categories:
–    Archaeology
–    Adaptive reuse
–    Education and outreach
–    Landscape preservation
–    Restoration and rehabilitation
–    Local preservationist
–    Documentation of Gloucester’s history
–    Individual lifetime achievement

The Commission will be voting on awardees at our December 30th meeting. We look forward to nominations from the community, thank you!