Awards will honor efforts to preserve historic sites

Publications and educational programs are also eligible for awards.
COLUMBUS -- Nominations are being accepted through July 1 for the Ohio Historic Preservation Office Awards, which recognize outstanding achievements in preservation, rehabilitation and adaptive use of historic properties.
The awards also recognize publications and educational programs that promote the preservation of historic places in Ohio. The awards are presented in two categories: Preservation Merit and Public Education and Awareness.
Activities eligible for the Preservation Merit Award include longtime care of a historic property; preservation, rehabilitation, restoration or adaptive use of an important building or site; and leadership, support or service to historic preservation.
The Public Education and Awareness Award is for advocacy, educational programs, publications, film and video, special events and similar efforts which have helped to increase understanding and awareness of historic preservation at the local, regional or state level.
To get forms
For a nomination form with full details, contact the Ohio Historic Preservation Office, 567 E. Hudson St., Columbus, OH 43211-2497, (614) 298-2000 or fax (614) 298-2037, or visit www.ohiohistory.org/resource/histpres/programs/awardscoverpage.html.
The awards will be presented at Building Connections: Ohio's 2004 Conference on History, Preservation & amp; Revitalization, Nov. 4-6 in Columbus.
The Ohio Historic Preservation Office is Ohio's official historic preservation agency. A part of the Ohio Historical Society, it identifies historic places in Ohio, nominates properties to the National Register of Historic Places, reviews federally-assisted projects for effects on Ohio's historic, architectural, and archaeological resources, consults on the conservation of older buildings and sites, and offers educational programs and publications.