Preservation Awards
The Fitch-Hoose House was built around 1846 in The Gulf, a predominantly African-American community in Dalton first settled by freed and escaped slaves after the Revolutionary War. This remarkable house was recently restored and rehabilitated, and opened to the public in 2018 as an interpretive museum honoring the families in the area and their history.
The 2019 Preservation Award Winners
Secretary Galvin was pleased to recognize the following projects and individuals with 2019 Massachusetts Historical Commission Preservation Awards on June 6, 2019.
Slide show of the 2019 winners
Community |
Recipient |
|---|---|
| Boston (Beacon Hill) | State House Senate Chamber Rehabilitation & Restoration |
| Boston (Downtown) | The Union at 48 Boylston (Young Men's Christian Union) Adaptive Reuse |
| Boston (Mattapan) | Fowler-Clark-Epstein Farm Adaptive Reuse and Rehabilitation & Restoration |
| Boston and Cambridge | Longfellow Bridge Rehabilitation & Restoration |
| Dalton | Fitch-Hoose House Rehabilitation & Restoration |
| Harwich | South Harwich Meetinghouse Adaptive Reuse and Rehabilitation & Restoration |
| Plymouth | Joseph Simes House Rehabilitation & Restoration |
| Plymouth | Plymouth Post Office Adaptive Reuse and Rehabilitation & Restoration |
| Springfield | Maple Commons Apartments Rehabilitation & Restoration |
| Topsfield | Topsfield Town Hall Rehabilitation & Restoration |
| Wellesley | Rosemary Brook Siphon Gatehouse Buildings Rehabilitation & Restoration |
| Lifetime Achievement: James Alexander |
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Past MHC Preservation Awards Winners
The Preservation Awards Program
Massachusetts enjoys a cultural heritage rich in historic resources. The preservation of these resources has revitalized neighborhoods, added to the revenues of cities and towns, and preserved community character. Preservationists, working to protect our historic assets, have maintained the sense of time and place that forms the essence of our Commonwealth. To honor these outstanding citizens, the Secretary of the Commonwealth hosts the Massachusetts Historical Commission's Annual Preservation Awards Program.
Projects and individuals may be nominated in the following categories:
- Archaeology
- Adaptive Reuse
- Education & Outreach
- Landscape Preservation
- Rehabilitation & Restoration
- Local Preservationist
- Individual Lifetime Achievement
- Stewardship
Local historical commissions, preservation advocates and professionals, and the general public are encouraged to nominate deserving projects.
For more information on the Annual Preservation Awards Program contact the Massachusetts Historical Commission at 617-727-8470.