Preservation Awards
Celebrating historic preservation in Cambridge!
The Cambridge Preservation Awards Program, inaugurated by the Historical Commission in 1997, celebrates outstanding projects and notable individuals who conserve and protect the city’s architecture and history. Awards are presented each year for projects completed within the previous calendar year. May is National Preservation Month and the 2025 theme is "Harnessing the Power of Place."
Seven project categories are eligible for Cambridge Preservation Awards: restoration, rehabilitation, adaptive use, neighborhood conservation, landscape preservation, archaeology, and education/outreach. Award winners are selected based on the following criteria:
- historical and architectural significance of the property,
- exceptional quality of the project,
- extent to which the project contributed to the preservation of the property,
- impact of the project on the preservation of the city’s historic resources
View a slideshow of this year's (2025) Preservation Awards program.
Congratulations to the 2025 winners:
Cambridge Preservation Awards
137 Allston St, St. Augustine's African Orthodox Church (1886)
90 Binney St, New England Maple Syrup Co. (1907)
95 Fayerweather St, Edward & Julia Joyce three-family (1910)
214 Hampshire St, Inman Sq Fire Station (1913)
Harvard Square Kiosk (1927)
35 Harvey St, Notre Dame de Pitie Rectory (1895)
5-7 Irving Ter, Haliburton Brock House (1888)
13 Kirkland Pl (1856) and 5 Sacramento St (1891), Harvard Sustainable Living Houses
5 Magazine St, Central Square Church (1881)
795 Massachusetts Ave, City Hall (1889)
28 Prentiss St, Mary P. Saunders House (1882)
196 Prospect St, Maria Baldwin House (1839)
46 Quincy St, Gund Hall (1969)
8 Worcester St, Seth Hardy House (1839)
For information on the Massachusetts Historical Commission's preservation awards program,
click here.