Preservation Awards Nomination Form

Blue Grass Trust Preservation Awards

Each year, the Blue Grass Trust for Historic Preservation hosts our Preservation Awards, recognizing the positive, far-reaching impact that preservation plays in Central Kentucky and honoring the individuals and organizations that make preservation possible.

The Blue Grass Trust encourages nominations for projects, organizations, and individuals who promote the value of historic preservation within the Central Kentucky region.

The Blue Grass Trust is seeking nominations for the following awards:

Barbara Hulette Award: Given for efforts in the preservation of Central Kentucky’s history, heritage, built environment, landscape, archaeological resources, sense of community, or significant endeavors

Clay Lancaster Heritage Education Award: Given to an individual or group for service in researching and disseminating information about the Central Kentucky region

Clyde Reynolds Carpenter Adaptive Reuse Award: Given to an individual or group for outstanding efforts in the rehabilitation and adaptive reuse of a building or buildings within Central Kentucky

Community Preservation Award: Given to a non-governmental organization or individual for service to the preservation movement or to a specific project

Landscape Preservation Award: Given to an individual or group for the preservation, design, stewardship, restoration, or enhancement of a historic cultural landscape in the Bluegrass

Lucy Graves Advocacy Award: Given to an individual or group that has exhibited advocacy leadership in supporting the historic preservation movement in Central Kentucky

Preservation Craftsman Award: Given to a building industry craftsperson who has exhibited a strong commitment to quality craftsmanship for historic buildings

Public Service to Preservation Award: Given to a government agency or official for service to preservation movement or to a specific project

Yvonne Giles Award: Given to an individual, group, or project for contributing to research on African American or other culturally inclusive history, advocacy of the understanding of that history, and education of the community regarding African American or other culturally inclusive history in the Bluegrass

For a list of the 2023 award winners, click here. For a list of all past award winners, visit our Advocacy page.

Nomination Details:

Nominations must exemplify the promotion, awareness, or practice of historic preservation within the Central Kentucky region.

  • Self-nominations are encouraged

  • An individual may submit multiple nominations

  • The nomination deadline is 5:00 pm EST Friday, March 29, 2024

  • The Blue Grass Trust for Historic Preservation does not accept late entries or consider incomplete nominations

  • The Blue Grass Trust for Historic Preservation reserves the right to disqualify any nomination not meeting minimum requirements, as determined by staff or the Community Preservation and Education Committee and Board

For each nomination, please include a full set of the listed items here:

 

  1. A completed nomination form, providing information on the nominee, nominator, and award category.

  2. Descriptive narrative explaining how the nominee meets the award category criteria. The descriptive narrative should not exceed two pages.

  3. Supporting materials, such as photographs, flyers, articles, or other materials documenting the project or person's work. Supporting materials will not be returned.

  4. Digital photograph of the nominee to be used during the award ceremony, if selected.

  5. If you are nominating a publication, nominations must include a copy of the work.

  6. Optional: You may submit up to three letters of support for the nomination.

Nominations may be submitted by completing the following digital form and emailing the required attachments to josborne@bluegrasstrust.org.

Nominations will also be accepted by mail or in-person drop off.

 

For mail-in entries and drop-off entries, please click the button below to download the nomination form. All digital material must be submitted on a USB drive.

Please send/deliver all materials to:

The Blue Grass Trust for Historic Preservation

Attn: Jackson Osborne

210 North Broadway

Lexington, KY 40507

 
 

All award recipients will be notified by email by the end of April. Award recipients should plan to attend the Blue Grass Trust Preservation Awards on Sunday, May 19, 2024, at the Dr. Thomas Hunt Morgan House in Lexington, KY. If a recipient cannot attend to accept the award, a representative should be sent in their place. Questions? Contact Jackson Osborne at josborne@bluegrasstrust.org.

2024 Preservation Awards Nomination Form

Please make sure to submit / upload the following supporting documentation:

1. Nomination form.

2. Descriptive narrative not to exceed more than two pages.

3. Supporting materials specific to the award category.

4. Digital photograph of the nominee. Please send digital images as a .JPG or .PNG with a minimum resolution of 300dpi.

5. Digital photograph(s) of the nominated project, program, or publication demonstrating the contributions of the individual or group.

6. Optional: Up to three letters of support.