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Good Brick Awards
About the Good Brick Awards
The Good Brick Awards have been given since 1979 to recognize local contributions to the preservation, restoration, and enhancement of Houston's architectural and cultural heritage. Nomination categories include the renovation, restoration, or adaptive use of a building; new buildings or sympathetic additions that enhance the existing historic fabric of Houston; recognition for the craftspeople who continually maintain, build, and restore our important buildings and cultural fabric; preservation-related programs or activities; project planning; publications; and outstanding service or leadership in preservation.
Anyone may submit a nomination, but the nominee(s) must be the property owner(s) who carried out the project. Nominating yourself will not hurt your chances to receive an award. Projects must be located in Harris County and must have been completed in the last three years.
Nominations for the Good Brick Awards must be submitted using the official nomination form. A nomination package will include the nomination form, a project summary in two pages or less, and photographs, if applicable. Each nomination must be in a binder. If you are nominating more than one project, each entry must be in a separate binder. Nominations will not be accepted via e-mail. Download complete, updated entry requirements with the 2012 Good Brick Award nomination form (in Microsoft Word or PDF format).
If you have any questions about the nomination process, e-mail David Bush at dbush@preservationhouston.org.
Meet the 2012 Good Brick Award winners
The winners of the 2012 Good Brick Awards have been announced:
- Community Pillars: Martha Turner and Drayton McLane, Jr.
- Stewart Title Award: Houston Public Library and Julia Ideson Library Preservation Partners' restoration of the Julia Ideson Building (1926)
- GHPA President’s Award: Harris County's restoration of the historic county courthouse (1910)
- Martha Peterson Award: Mayor Annise Parker for her successful effort to strengthen protections in Houston’s historic districts
- Katie & Nick Johnson's renovation of their historic house (1928) in the Boulevard Oaks Historic District
- Houston Public Library's renovation of the Oak Forest Neighborhood Library (1961)
- Lynn & Ty Kelly's renovation of their historic house (1949) in River Oaks
- City of Houston for the green adaptive re-use of a historic warehouse (1924) as the Houston Permitting Office
- Glenwood Cemetery, Inc., for stewardship of historic Glenwood Cemetery
- Nancy & Walter Bratic's renovation of their historic house (1941) in River Oaks
- Fred Sharifi's rehabilitation of a historic commercial building (c. 1930) in Montrose
- Paula & Sam Douglass' renovation of their historic house (1936) in River Oaks
- Carol & Daniel Price's renovation of the Henry Stude Garage (1924) in Shadyside
- Minnette & Peter Boesel's rehabilitation of a historic duplex (c. 1925) in Eastwood
- Daughters of the Republic of Texas, San Jacinto Chapter, for stewardship of the Pioneer Log Cabin Museum (1936)
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