Heritage Awards Archive
2024
Heritage Award of Merit for Restoration
Fyke House – Oxford
Latoka – Holly Springs
Oakland – Natchez
Twin Oaks – Natchez
Holly Hedges – Natchez
Castle Headquarters – Meridian
Mississippi College Gore Arts Complex – Clinton
The Ellis Theater – Philadelphia
The Pearl – Jackson
The Shop by BSA – Eupora
Holmes County Administration Building – Lexington
North Natchez Youth Center
Community Grocery – Woodville
MCITy - Vicksburg
WJDX Transmitter Building – Jackson
Quarles House – Long Beach
Heritage Award for Distinguished Service
Joyce Clingan – Vicksburg
Daryl Hollingsworth – Vicksburg
Heritage Award of Excellence for Restoration
Coast Transit Authority Gulfport Transit Center
Heritage Award for Excellence in Rehabilitation of African American Sites
Isaac Chapel Rosenwald School – Marshall County
Heritage Award of Excellence in Archaeology
Vicksburg National Military Park
Heritage Award of Excellence in Preservation Education
World War II Heritage City Educational Program - Pascagoula
Heritage Award for Excellence in Stewardship of Historic Sites
Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum Fortenberry Parkman Farmstead - Jackson
Mississippi Heritage Trust - Mississippi Department of Archives and History Heritage Award for Excellence in Historic District Preservation
City of Starkville Architectural Survey of Historic African American Resources
Mississippi Heritage Trust Board of Trustees Heritage Award for Organizational Achievement
Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area
2020
Heritage Award of Merit for Restoration
The Sister House – Flora
The Towers – Natchez
The Walter Place – Holly Springs
Bank of Kilmichael – Kilmichael
Butterfield Mansion – Brookhaven
Concord Quarters – Natchez
Ellis Theater – Cleveland
Guaranty Bank – Greenwood
Lamar Life Building – Jackson
The Mason Boutique Hotel – Louisville
Square Market – Grenada
The Faulkner – Jackson
Traveler’s Hotel – Clarksdale
Young Maudlin Cafeteria - Delta State University – Cleveland
Heritage Award of Excellence for Restoration
Georgianna – Cary
Heritage Award for Archaeology
Grand Village of the Natchez Indians – Natchez
Heritage Award for Landscape
Walthall Courthouse Square – Walthall
Heritage Award for Education
Krebs Cemetery Tour – Pascagoula
LePointe Krebs Foundation Field Trips – Pascagoula
The Flora Book - Henry Presley Posey, Author – Flora
Heritage Award for Distinguished Service
Robert Parker Adams – Statewide
Kane Ditto – Statewide
Michelle Weaver Jones – Statewide
Ned Mitchell – Cleveland
Judy Steckler – Gulf Coast
Jennifer Welch – Jackson
Jim Woodrick – Statewide
Heritage Award - Friend to Preservation
Garden Club of Jackson – Jackson
Downtown Jackson Partners – Jackson
Laurel Mercantile Co. – Laurel
Lawrence County Historical Society – Monticello
Heritage Award for Excellence in Stewardship of Historic Sites
Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life - Temple B’nai Israel – Natchez
Mississippi State Society, Daughters of the America Revolution - Rosalie – Natchez
Heritage Award - Catalyst Project
Centennial Plaza – Gulfport
Heritage Award - Phoenix Project
Old Hattiesburg High School – Hattiesburg
Mississippi Heritage Trust - Mississippi Department of Archives and History Heritage Award for Excellence in Historic District Preservation
City of Raymond – Raymond
Heritage Award for Excellence in African American Preservation
Debbie and Greg Cosey – Natchez
Heritage Award - President’s Award
Historic Natchez Foundation – Natchez
Mississippi Heritage Trust Board of Trustees Heritage Award for Organizational Achievement
Belinda Stewart Architects – Statewide
2018
Heritage Award for Restoration
Pike County Courthouse – Holmsville
Bolivar County Courthouse – Cleveland
Madison County Courthouse – Canton
Columbus City Hall – Columbus
Starkville Police Department – Starkville
Clarksdale Fire Station – Clarksdale
Hinds Community College Administration Building – Raymond
Mississippi State University YMCA – Starkville
Millsaps Hotel Exterior Restoration – Hazlehurst
Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle – Jackson
Dr. Gillbert R. Mason Sr. Medical Office – Biloxi
Rich Grain Distilling Co. – Canton
Wier Boerner Allen – Jackson
Crosby Building – Canton
Merrill-Beasley House – Jackson
The Wierhouse – Brandon
Molly’s Place – Grenada
White Pillars – Biloxi
They Wynne House Inn – Holly Springs
Fyke Residence – Jackson
Heritage Award for Archaeology
Moran Site – Biloxi
Heritage Award for Excellence in Preservation Education
The Mississippi Encyclopedia – Statewide
Emmett Till Fellowship Documentary Project – Sumner
Blue Magnolia Films Celebrating Storytellers Project – Statewide
The La Pointe-Krebs House Museum – Pascagoula
Mississippi Department of Archives and History Two Mississippi Museums – Jackson
Historic Biloxi Cemetery Tour – Biloxi
Heritage Award for Distinguished Service
Jessica Crawford – Statewide
Dr. Scott Crawford – Jackson
Liz Ford – Pascagoula
Barbara Ray Kidd – Meridian
Heritage Award for Organizational Achievement
Heritage Guild of Vicksburg and Warren County – Vicksburg
Historic Ocean Springs Association – Ocean Springs
Mississippi Heritage Trust and Mississippi Department of Archives and History Heritage Award for Excellence in Historic District Preservation
Mill Village Neighborhood Association – Tupelo
Heritage Award for Excellence in Stewardship of Historic Sites
Mississippi State Hospital – Whitfield
Bill and Nancy Howard, Sedgewood Plantation – Canton
Heritage Award - Catalyst Project
Capitol Art Lofts – Jackson
Lofts at 517 – Greenville
Heritage Award for Excellence in African American Preservation
Jackson State University Mt. Olive Cemetery Documentation and Restoration – Jackson
President’s Award for Outstanding Restoration
Mississippi State Capitol Exterior Restoration – Jackson
Heritage Award for Outstanding Restoration
Mississippi State Capitol Exterior Restoration – Jackson
Heritage Award for Outstanding Achievement in Public Policy
Senator Thad Cochran – Statewide
Al and Libby Hollingsworth Award
Ken P’Pool – Statewide
2016
Heritage Award for Education
Jackson County Historical Trail – Regional
Mound Bayou Historical Trail – Mound Bayou
Emmett Till Memory Project – Sumner
Jackson by John Evans – Jackson
Mississippi Mound Trail – Regional
Heritage Award for Preservation
514 Cruise Street – Corinth
The 106 Gallery – Starkville
Bay Bed and Breakfast – Hattiesburg
Ogletree House, University of Southern Mississippi – Hattiesburg
James Observatory, Millsaps College – Jackson
White House Hotel – Biloxi
The Mill at Mississippi State University – Starkville
Belmont Plantation – Lake Washington
Wyolah – Church Hill
Tallahatchie County Courthouse – Sumner
Woodville Lofts – Woodville
Amite County Courthouse
Burns-Belfry Museum and Multicultural Center – Oxford
Coalese Building – Jackson
Falk House – Jackson
First and Green – Grenada
Cathead Distillery – Jackson
Cotesworth Culture and Heritage Center – Carrollton
Auburn Kitchen Dependency – Natchez
North Mississippi Herald – Water Valley
Heritage Award for Excellence in African American Preservation
Amzie Moore House – Cleveland
Mississippi Heritage Trust Trustees Award for Organizational Excellence
Auburn Antebellum Home – Natchez
Heritage Award for Engineering Excellence
Bridge of Sighs – Natchez
Heritage Award for Excellence in Stewardship of Historic Sites
Cotesworth Culture and Heritage Center – Carrollton
Heritage Award for Distinguished Service
Deborah Midanek Bailey – Grenada
2014
Heritage Award for Restoration
Rectitude Masonic Lodge #323 – Gulfport
Mount Moriah School – Tylertown
Watkins Museum – Taylorsville
Bolivar County Courthouse – Rosedale
First Baptist Church – Eupora
Immanuel Episcopal Church – Winona
Burrus House – Benoit
Bay Springs School – Kelly Settlement, Hattiesburg
Coker House – Edwards
Taborian Hospital – Mound Bayou
Dexter Hall, Boswell Regional Center – Magee
Enochs Hall, Mississippi School for the Arts – Brookhaven
Medger Evers House Museum – Jackson
Lamar County Courthouse – Purvis
National Guard “Old” Armory – Amory
Prentiss Normal Institute – Prentiss
Randolph School – Pass Christian
Shaw Homestead – Barth
Walthall County Training School – Ginntown Community, Tylertown
Robert O. Wilder Building, Tougaloo College – Tougaloo
Heritage Award for Education
Come Hell or High Water: The Battle for Turkey Creek – Gulfport
The Plantation World of Wilkinson County, Mississippi 1792-2012 – Wilkinson County
Preservation in Mississippi – Statewide
Mississippi Historic Courthouse Architecture: A Photographic Essay - Tracy Ward, Author – Statewide
A Time To All Things
By the Hand of an Unseen Poet: The Design, the Mystery and the Restoration of the Charnley-Norwood House – Ocean Springs
Hub City Lofts Marketing Plan – Hattiesburg
Randolph School Resurrection – Pass Christian
Shaw Homestead Interpretive Program – Barth
Tales from the Crypt Educational Program – Columbus
Behind the Big House Tour – Holly Springs
Heritage Award for Distinguished Service
Derrick Evans – Gulfport
Kennedy V. Johnson – Mound Bayou
Dr. Luther Brown – Statewide
Martha Dalrymple – Amory
Leonard Fuller, Sr. – Gautier
Cindy Nelson – Iuka
Robert O. Tatum, Jr. – Hattiesburg
Heritage Award for Excellence in the Preservation of African American History
Turkey Creek Community – Gulfport
Trustee Award for Exemplary Restoration of a Mississippi Landmark
Charnley-Norwood House – Ocean Springs
Mississippi Heritage Trust and Mississippi Department of Archives and History Heritage Award for Excellence in Historic District Preservation
Gateway to History, A Mississippi Scenic Byway – Madison County
Heritage Award for Engineering Excellence
Round Island Lighthouse – Pascagoula
Heritage Award for Excellence in Stewardship of Historic Sites
Tishomingo County Historical and Genealogical Society – Iuka
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Steele Award for a Catalyst Project
Hub City Lofts: America Building and Carter Building – Hattiesburg
Trudy Allen Award for Outstanding Residential Restoration
Ole Homestead – Columbus
Libby Aydelott Award for Outstanding Achievement in Public Policy
Speaker of the House Philip Gunn – Statewide
Trustees Award for Organizational Achievement
Tougaloo College – Tougaloo
Heritage Award - Community Renaissance
Water Valley
2012
Heritage Award of Merit for Restoration/Rehabilitation
Cohen Brothers Building – Jackson
Montgomery McGraw PLLC Building – Canton
Collins Depot – Collins
Wilkinson Stagecoach - Bible Cottage – Brandon
Lloyd-Ricks Hall, Mississippi State University – Starkville
139 Seal Avenue – Biloxi
Slay House – Biloxi
Harris Brothers Hardware Building and N.M. Bradford Building – Louisville
Heritage Award of Excellence for Restoration/Rehabilitation
Hinds County Courthouse – Raymond
Oddfellows Building – Hattiesburg
Magnolia Depot – Magnolia
Meridian City Hall – Meridian
Bayside Village Senior Apartments (Old Pascagoula High School) – Pascagoula
Bay St. Louis City Hall – Bay St. Louis
Dantzler-Farbacher-Franke House – Gulfport
123 Seal Avenue – Pass Christian
Heritage Award of Excellence in Stewardship of a Historic Site
Ocean Springs Community Center – Ocean Springs
Mobile & Ohio Railroad Depot – Aberdeen
Heritage Award of Excellence in Preservation Education/Media
Preservation In May Program – Biloxi
MAAHPC Award for Excellence in African American Preservation
Student Exchange Tour: Tallahatchie-Neshoba County Civil Rights Tour and Brochure
Mississippi Heritage Trust and Mississippi Department of Archives and History Heritage Award for Historic District Preservation
Comprehensive Preservation Program – Biloxi
Al and Libby Hollingsworth Lifetime Achievement Award
Sam Kaye – Columbus
2010
Heritage Award of Merit for Restoration/Rehabilitation
908 Alberta Avenue – Columbia
McGahey Building – Columbus
Ogletree House, University of Southern Mississippi – Hattiesburg
Thompson House – Oxford
Guthrie Hall - Chamberlin Hunt Academy – Port Gibson
Heritage Award of Excellence for Restoration/Rehabilitation
King Edward Hotel – Jackson
Old Capitol Museum – Jackson
Laurietta Plantation – Fayette
Priestly House – Canton
Burns Church – Oxford
L.Q.C. Lamara House – Oxford
Heritage Award of Excellence in Preservation Education/Media
Mississippi Blues Trail – Statewide
Heritage Award for Organizational Achievement
Historic Natchez Foundation – Natchez
MHT/MAAHPC Award of Excellence in African American Preservation
East 6th Street USO – Hattiesburg
Al and Libby Hollingsworth Lifetime Achievement Award
Ron and Mimi Miller – Natchez
2008
Heritage Award of Merit for New Construction / New Streetscapes
Caffey Place Building – Hernando
Merchants & Marine Bank – Pascagoula
First State Bank, Clock Tower Office – Meridian
Western Auto Rehabilitation and Apartments – Eupora
Heritage Award of Merit for Restoration/Rehabilitation
Ellis Theater – Cleveland
Ellzey Building, Phase II – Biloxi
Navarro/Kimmel Building – Aberdeen
61 North Dunn Street – Eupora
Heritage Award of Excellence for Restoration/Rehabilitation
Forrest County Justice Court Center – Hattiesburg
Historic Hattiesburg Train Depot – Hattiesburg
513 E. Scenic Drive – Pass Christian
Bailey Magnet School – Jackson
Philadelphia Depot – Philadelphia
Heritage Award of Excellence in Preservation Education/Media
Greater Belhaven Neighborhood Foundation – Jackson
Al and Libby Hollingsworth Lifetime Achievement Award
Governor William F. Winter – Jackson
MHT Trustee’s Award for Organizational Achievement
Oxford-Lafayette County Heritage Foundation – Oxford
MHT Individual Distinguished Service Award
Senator Thad Cochran – Oxford
MHT/MAAHPC Award of Excellence in African American Preservation
Susie Marshall – Oxford
Al and Libby Hollingsworth Lifetime Achievement Award
Governor William F. Winter – Jackson
2006
Heritage Award of Merit for Restoration/Rehabilitation
Superintendent’s House - Stonewall Mill – Stonewall
510-516 Filmore Street – Corinth
515 Cruise Street – Corinth
Airliewood – Holly Springs
Pontotoc County Chancery Building – Pontotoc
204 East Third Street – Leland
Heritage Award of Excellence for Restoration/Rehabilitation
House on Ellicott Hill – Natchez
Electric 308 – Jackson
Porter House – Raymond
Prentiss County Courthouse – Booneville
George Washington Ball House – Vicksburg
Heritage Award of Excellence in Preservation Education/Media
Scott Coopwood – Cleveland
Heritage Award of Excellence in Downtown Revitalization
TEAM Cleveland – Cleveland
MHT/MAAHPC Award of Excellence in African American Preservation
Old Girl’s Dormitory – Clarksdale
Wilkinson County African American Museum – Woodville
Heritage Award of Merit for New Construction / New Streetscapes
Walnut Street Revitalization – Hattiesburg
Heritage Award for Excellence in the Stewardship of Historic Sites
Friends of Raymond – Raymond
Al and Libby Hollingsworth Lifetime Achievement Award
Elbert Hilliard – Jackson
2004
Heritage Award of Merit for Restoration/Rehabilitation
Center Stage Project – West Point
Belle Clarke House – Clarksdale
Biloxi Saenger Theater – Biloxi
Jiggitts House – Canton
Union Station – Jackson
War Memorial – Jackson
Old Oxford Depot – Oxford
Keesler Bridge – Greenwood
Old Eupora Depot – Eupora
Heritage Award of Excellence for Restoration/Rehabilitation
Tatum Lumber Company – Hattiesburg
Woodworth Chapel, Tougaloo College – Madison County
MHT/MAAHPC Award of Excellence in African American Preservation
Mobile Street Revitalization Effort – Hattiesburg
MHT Trustee’s Award for Organizational Achievement
Greater Belhaven Neighborhood Foundation – Jackson
Heritage Award of Merit for Preservation Education/Media
Keeper of the Light Video – Pascagoula
2002
Heritage Award of Merit for Restoration/Rehabilitation
411 Franklin Street – Natchez
Carrollton Community House – Carrollton
Ellzey Building – Biloxi
S.N. Thomas Building – Jackson
Rayner Building – Lexington
Key Field – Meridian
211 Fulton Street – Greenwood
514 2nd Avenue North – Columbus
Cunningham Bungalow – Woodville
Heritage Award of Excellence for Restoration/Rehabilitation
Natchez Community Center – Natchez
Saenger Theater – Hattiesburg
Lyceum Building – Oxford
Tate County Courthouse – Senatobia
Heritage Award of Merit for Preservation Education/Media
Fall Insider’s Tour – Natchez
Heritage Award of Excellence for Preservation Education/Media
Preservation 101 – Biloxi
2000
Heritage Award of Merit for Restoration/Rehabilitation
Cherokee – Natchez
15 Foley’s Alley – Natchez
Lampkin-Green House – Natchez
Mayer House – Natchez
406 South Pearl Street – Natchez
E.L. Rawls Store Building – Hernando
Railroad Section of Foreman’s House – Valley Park
404 and 405 Madison Street – Tupelo
Provine-Sabin-Wiggins Building – Greenwood
114-118 4th Street South – Columbus
Heritage Award of Excellence for Restoration/Rehabilitation
Gregory Cotton Co. Building – Greenwood
Old United States Post Office – Ripley
Heritage Award of Merit for Community Planning and Design
Fondren North Renewal – Jackson
Heritage Award of Excellence for Historic Landscape/Archaeology
Indian Mounds – Statewide
1999
Heritage Award of Merit for Restoration/Rehabilitation
405 Waldron Street – Corinth
Clarksdale Freight Depot / Delta Blues Museum – Clarksdale
Hancock County Bank Building – Pass Christian
Mamie’s Cottage / The Dupree House – Raymond
Oakland Chapel / Alcorn State University – Lorman
Meridian Houses I – Meridian
The Lincoln Home – Columbus
Heritage Award of Excellence for Restoration/Rehabilitation
Bellvue-Longfellow House – Pascagoula
Laurel Train Depot – Laurel
Ventress Hall – Oxford
Viking Range Corporation Buildings – Greenwood
Heritage Award of Excellence for New Construction
Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle – Jackson
Heritage Award of Merit for Historic Landscape/Archaeology
Gopher Farm Archaeological Site – Wayne County
Heritage Award of Merit for Preservation Education/Media
Mississippi Archaeology Week – Statewide