MVHS is requesting nominations for the 2024 Historic Preservation Awards!

Are you the owner or tenant of a historic building or property that was recently preserved or renovated? Were you involved in the planning, design, or construction of any architectural restoration projects? Have you admired the rehabilitation of historic structures or sites in your neighborhood? Do you know anyone who has made a positive impact on preservation efforts in the Valley? The MVHS Historic Preservation Awards have an important role in celebrating these achievements in our community. We invite you to submit a nomination! The deadline for submitting nominations is Friday, April 26, 2024 by 5 p.m. Winners will be announced in May, which is National Historic Preservation Month, and MVHS will spotlight honorees at the Annual Membership Meeting on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. You can download a nomination form by clicking the link below. Please submit your entries digitally by emailing Lindsay Samblanet, MVHS Communications Manager, at . If you have any questions, please call 330-743-2589 ext. 122.

Nomination Form

2023 Award Winners

COMMERCIAL REVITALIZATION AWARD

Penguin City Brewing Company

“Penguin City’s ownership team sought to ensure the building’s character was not only preserved but exemplified in new elements as well.”

“One could tell this was a place where old mill employees could spend their time after work—and Penguin City sought to enrich the space and replicate architectural similarities.”

COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION AWARD

Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation-3711 Glenwood Avenue

 “YNDC recognizes the importance of rehabilitating vacant historic structures…while maintaining the original character of the surrounding neighborhood.”

 Preserving this structure, one of the few remaining multi-family structures on the Glenwood Avenue Corridor, with ‘NEWPORT’ uniquely etched in stone on its facade, was vital to maintaining the composition of both the Corridor and Newport Neighborhood.

COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION AWARD

Henry H. Stambaugh Auditorium Association-Monumental Staircase

The goal of this project was to raze, replace and restore various exterior pieces, all while using historically guided materials and preserving the building to the Historical Preservation Office of Ohio’s standards.

“The 5th Avenue staircase is not only the main entrance of Stambaugh Auditorium, but it also has been recognized by Youngstown & surrounding community, as a cultural and historic landmark. Replacement was crucial because it not only contributes to the architectural detail of the building but also the financial success of our organization.”

COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION AWARD

Mill Creek MetroParks-Ford Nature Center

“The redevelopment project re-established the Ford Nature Center as an anchor and cornerstone feature within the park system and throughout the community—allowing it to become the perfect hub to orient, explore, inform, and begin one’s journey in the park.” 

“Some forty-five years after its opening, Ford Nature Center progressed towards a critical crossroad. While it continued to attract students—both its exhibits and physical structure had become worn and outdated…the need to renovate, update and enhance the center was obvious.”

“This redevelopment project balanced the historic and architectural character of aa former private residence with the modernized function, aesthetics, and appeal of a public nature education center. The project reinvigorated the memories and philanthropy of a community proud of its past.”

COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION AWARD

Public Library of Youngstown & Mahoning County-Reuben McMillan Free Library Association

Originally designed in the Classical Revival Style, the library is a monumental building and one of the remaining anchors of Wick Avenue. As the renovation & expansion design took shape, the leadership of the library committed themselves to maintain the integrity of the original historic design.

With the use of archival drawings and photographic records, the renovation focused on the Wick Avenue entrance, the grand skylit interior court, an adaptable community meeting room and literacy center, as well as the interior staircase and exterior bronze doors.

Board of Directors Award of Achievement

Public Library of Youngstown & Mahoning County

The return of the bronze doors inscribed above the “For the People” is a significant renovation that reminds the public for whom the library was originally created.

Previous Winners (2005-2022)

2022

Good Intentions Market & Cafe

Glenwood Grounds

2118 Glenwood Avenue- Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation

Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

2021

The Monastery

Mahoning County Courthouse Exterior

Eastern Gateway Community College

Isle World Headquarters

2019

City of Youngstown City Hall Annex Building – Municipal Courts

Wick Park Recreation Center

650 Clearmont Drive – Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation

St. Anthony of Padua Bell Tower

DoubleTree by Hilton Downtown Youngstown

2018

Mahoning County Courthouse Statues

The Manchester Room – Youngstown YMCA

Jones Hall – Youngstown State University

J.R. Cumpston & 1229 Elm St. Youngstown

2017

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Basilica

Lewis House – Poland Preservation Society

St. Patrick Church – Stained Glass Windows

Peter Allen Inn

2016

The Tech Belt Energy Innovation Center

The Wells Building

The Wick Tower

2015

Smoky Hollow War Memorial

The Raymond John Wean Foundation – Market Block Building

Mahoning Dispatch Building & Canfield Historical Society

2014

Erie Terminal

C.S. Lewis Institute at Trinity United Methodist Church

Coffelt Hall

Austin Log Cabin & Austintown Historical Society

2013

Henry Barnhisel House, Girard

Brookfield Township Cemetery

Pollock Mansion, Youngstown

North Bloomfield Town Hall

Idora Historic Homes (YNDC), Youngstown

2012

Federal Building, Youngstown

Youngstown YWCA

E.M. Skinner Organ – Stambaugh Auditorium

2011

Alma Frankfort House

2010

John Stark Edwards House & Museum

National McKinley Birthplace Memorial

Realty Tower Apartments – Exterior & Lobby

2009

The Davis Building

Spring Commons Bridge

2008

Moss Ancestral Home

Wick Pollock Inn Sunken Gardens

Mill Creek MetroParks Suspension Bridge

Tod Mausoleum at The Tod Homestead Cemetery

2007

The Newport Village Allotment Historic District

Ward Thomas Museum Greenhouse, Niles

Tod Homestead Cemetery Chapel & Office

Mahoning Valley Sanitary District Head House Roof

2006

Kinsman House, and adjacent land office, Warren

Mill Creek MetroParks Kirk Road Trailhead, Austintown

Youngstown Water Works Building

Volney Rogers Memorial Statue

2005

Youngstown City Council Chambers

Jane Wooley Residence, Florencedale Ave., Youngstown

Stambaugh Auditorium Ceiling Restoration Project

Powers Auditorium Facade/Adler Building Renovation

McCrory Building Restoration, Youngstown

Forest Glen Estates

Southern Park Stables, Boardman