Heritage Awards Archive
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