The 48th Annual Preservation Honor Awards Ceremony and Reception will be held on Thursday, October 20, 2022 from 5:00pm at the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Ho‘okupu Center located in Kewalo Basin Park, Honolulu.

The Historic Preservation Honor Awards are Hawai‘i’s highest recognition of projects, organizations, publications and individuals active in the preservation, rehabilitation, restoration, and interpretation of the State’s archaeological, architectural, and cultural sites.

Preservation projects completed within the past two years are eligible to be nominated.  The Award categories are:

  • Achievements in Interpretive Media
  • Individual Achievement (Lifetime and Young Professional)
  • Programmatic Award
  • Achievements in New Construction
  • Preservation Project Award

See the list of Previous Preservation Award Winners from 1975-2021.

Anniversary Recognitions

The 100th, 125th, 150th, 175th, and 200th year anniversaries of kama‘āina businesses, organizations and places in Hawai‘i will also be recognized for their longevity and contributions to Hawai‘i’s people and way of life.

This year’s significant milestones include:

Bicentennial (1822)

  • Hawaiian Mission Houses Printing Press
  • Arrival of Tahitian Missionaries to Hawai‘i

Dodransbicentennial – 175th (1847) 

  • Parker Ranch. Waimea, Hawai‘i Island
  • Washington Place, Honolulu, O‘ahu

Sesquicentennial – 150th (1872) 

  • Ali‘iōlani Hale, Honolulu, O‘ahu

Quasquicentennial – 125th (1897)

  • Bank of Hawai‘i, Statewide
  • Dillingham Ranch, Waialua, O‘ahu
  • Hawaiian Humane Society, O‘ahu
  • Irwin Block (Nippu Jiji Building), Honolulu, O‘ahu
  • Pali Road, Honolulu, O‘ahu

Centennial – 100th (1922)

  • Cades Schutte LLP, O‘ahu and Maui
  • Central Union Church, Honolulu, O‘ahu
  • Hawai‘i Education Association, Statewide
  • Hawai‘i Library Association, Statewide
  • Hawai‘i Theatre Center, Honolulu, O‘ahu
  • Honolulu Board of REALTORS, O‘ahu
  • Honolulu Shade Tree Commission, O‘ahu
  • Ka Leo O Hawai‘i, O‘ahu
  • King David Kalākaua Building, Honolulu, O‘ahu
  • Konowaena High School, Kealakekua, Hawai‘i Island
  • La Pietra, Dillingham Residence, Honolulu, O‘ahu
  • Mānoa Valley Church, Honolulu, O‘ahu
  • Pacific Building, Hilo, Hawai‘i Island
  • Pu‘unēnē School, Pu‘unēnē, Maui
  • Waiʻoli Tea Room, Honolulu, O‘ahu
  • St. Rita Catholic Church, Haiku, Maui
  • Wheeler Army Airfield, Honolulu, O‘ahu