Leicester B. Holland Prize Winners

The 2023 Leicester B. Holland Prize jury was held on October 4, 2023. The Holland Prize, an annual competition open to both students and professionals, recognizes the best single-sheet measured drawing of an historic site, structure, or landscape prepared by an individual(s) to the standards and guidelines of the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). The prize honors Leicester B. Holland (1882-1952), FAIA, who in the 1930s was chairman of the AIA's Committee on Historic Buildings, head of the Fine Arts Division of the Library of Congress (LOC), first curator of the HABS collection at the LOC, co-founder of the HABS program, and the first chair of the HABS Advisory Board. The prize is administered by the National Park Service's Heritage Documentation Programs (HABS/HAER/HALS) and the LOC's Center for Architecture, Design and Engineering, and is supported by the Paul Rudolph Trust and the American Institute of Architects.

The prize is intended to increase awareness, knowledge, and appreciation of historic resources throughout the United States while adding to the permanent HABS, HAER, and HALS collection at the LOC, and to encourage the submission of drawings among professionals and students. By requiring only a single sheet, the competition challenges the delineator to capture the essence of the site through the presentation of key features that reflect its significance.

2023

Winner

Award: Publication of the Winning Drawing in Preservation Architect (the online newsletter of the American Institute of Architects' Historic Resources Committee), $1,500 Cash Prize, and a Certificate of Recognition

Illinois Beach State Park, South Bathhouse

Survey Number: HABS IL-1285-A
Location: Zion, Illinois
Delineators: Shelbye Doyen, Chanen Hanson, Laura Hershner, Victoria Hill, and Sol Scherer-Estevez, Historic Preservation Master of Science students at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Faculty Sponsor: Charles Pipal, AIA
Historic Significance: The Illinois Beach South Bathhouse was erected in 1961, along with several other buildings in the Illinois Beach State Park. The architects, Barancik, Conte & Associates, were based in Chicago, Illinois. Its cast-in-place concrete construction is typical of Modernist structures of this period. Most significantly, the building features a prominent series of interconnected, cast-concrete barrel vaults and a prominent tower. This points to a Modernist tradition, while drawing on the local environment for inspiration, as the wave form roof speaks to its location on the beachfront and the waves on the lake. Associated extant structures include a nearly identical bathhouse and cast concrete picnic shelters to the north, and a large convention center and hotel just to the south. The ensemble, all designed by Barancik, Conte & Associates create a cohesive Mid-Century campus. Richard Barancik, before becoming a successful Chicago architect, help protect and secure thousands of priceless art pieces during World War Two and was a member of the noted "Monuments Men."

Jurors

Mari Nakahara, PhD, Curator of Architecture, Design, and Engineering, Library of Congress
Ashley Wilson, Architect, Member of the Historic Resources Committee of the American Insititute of Architects
Robert R. Arzola, HABS Architect and Holland Prize Coordinator, Heritage Documentation Programs, National Park Service

2022

Winner

Grace Methodist Episcopal Church

Survey Number: HABS VA-1553
Location: Lincoln, Virginia
Delineator: Lukas Burgher, PE
Historic Significance: The Grace Methodist Episcopal Church (Grace Church) was dedicated on July 30, 1885, under the pastorate of Reverend John Bean, a circuit rider, whose churches included those in Middleburg, Leesburg, Lincoln, and Bluemont. The congregation was formally organized in 1872 by newly emancipated and freeborn African Americans. Services were originally held in the former “Lincoln Colored School” located just across the small tributary of Goose Creek behind the church until breaking ground on the new church in 1884. The structure was built of local fieldstone and is an excellent example of regional stone architecture of good quality. The church served Lincoln’s African American community for many decades but has stood vacant since 1951. Today it is owned by the Friends of Grace Multicultural Center (Friends of Grace) who have ancestral ties to the congregation and are committed to the cultural and historical preservation of the Grace Heritage Site.

Honorable Mention

Award: $500 Cash Prize and a Certificate of Recognition

Richard D. and Alma Brothers House

Survey Number: HABS AR-60
Location: Fayetteville, Arkansas
Delineators: Nate Cole and Devin Tabor, University of Arkansas Fay Jones School of Architecture + Design
Faculty Sponsor: Gregory Herman, Associate Professor of Architecture
Historic Significance: The Richard D. and Alma Brothers House, completed in 1957, is among the earliest built works of Euine Fay Jones, FAIA (AIA Gold Medal, 1990). Jones is distinguished as an Ozark modernist and internationally renowned architect, and former apprentice to Frank Lloyd Wright. In 1974, Jones was named the first Dean of the University of Arkansas School of Architecture – now named the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design – where several of his former students eventually became his associates, including Fayetteville-based architects David McKee and late Maurice Jennings. Many defining characteristics that became hallmarks of Jones' work for the remainder of his career – a plan-rotated square, an off-centered ridge beam, an extensive utilization of native stone, careful use of expressed wood components, a strong horizontal emphasis – are all present in the Brothers House. The House was constructed for a high-profile member of the University of Arkansas Department of Music, connecting the house to the history of the University community, and to the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design.

Jurors

Mari Nakahara, PhD, Curator of Architecture, Design, and Engineering, Library of Congress
Jennie Gwin, AIA, Principal, Beyer Blinder Belle Architects and Planners
Robert R. Arzola, HABS Architect and Holland Prize Coordinator, Heritage Documentation Programs, National Park Service

2021

Winner

Award: Publication of the Winning Drawing in Preservation Architect (the online newsletter of the American Institute of Architects' Historic Resources Committee), $1,000 Cash Prize, and a Certificate of Recognition

St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church

Survey Number: HABS IN-327
Location: Kendallville, Indiana
Delineator: Nathan Walz, architecture student at the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture
Historic Significance: As the home church of a congregation founded in 1860, St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church is an important piece of the history of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod in northern Indiana. It is an excellent example of the Gothic Revival style as utilized in a town parish church. The brass church bells are of historical interest. They were manufactured in 1892 and are still in active use today. The charred foundations of the earlier 1873 structure are also visible in the basement of the current church.

Jurors

Mari Nakahara, PhD, Curator of Architecture, Design, and Engineering, Library of Congress
James W. Shepherd, AIA, LEED, AP, Principal and Director of Historic Preservation, SmithGroup
Robert R. Arzola, HABS Architect and Holland Prize Coordinator, Heritage Documentation Programs, National Park Service

2020

Winner

Louisiana State University, Bus Stop Shelter

Survey Number: HABS LA-1207-B
Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Delineator: Guy W. Carwile, Ken Hollis Endowed Professor in the College of Liberal Arts, School of Design, Architecture Program, Louisiana Tech University
Historic Significance: The bus stop shelter was the first of only three such elegant Italian Renaissance structures built from a prototypical design by the New Orleans architectural firm of Weiss, Dreyfous, and Seiferth for the campus of Louisiana State University (LSU). The design was completed on October 28, 1936 and the first shelter was erected in early 1937 here on Highland Road at Evangeline Circle. The bus stop shelters are emblematic of the second phase of major construction on the LSU campus during the 1930s. A number of small structures such as the campus entrance gates, the mascot enclosure, small houses, and the bus stop shelters serve as small pieces of garden ornament juxtaposed to the field of larger campus buildings.

Honorable Mention

Award: $500 Cash Prize and a Certificate of Recognition

Casa Alonso

Survey Number: HABS PR-143
Location: Vega Baja, Puerto Rico
Delineators: Karen J. Cuadro Esteves, Diana G. Serrano Miranda, and Raquel Marrero, Marvel Architects
Historic Significance: This historic building from the mid-1800s represents the vernacular elegant house located at Puerto Rico's urban centers. It was was occupied by various bourgeois families (Soliveras, Otero, and Alonso) until the Autonomous Municipality of Vega Baja bought it in 1982. The characteristics that represent Puerto Rican architecture can be seen in elements such as the "martillo" plan, enfilade rooms, galleries that were used as both living and office spaces, enclosed patios, window arrangements, and climate control design, among others. Architect Otto Reyes Casanova designed the building's restoration, which occurred from 1984 through 1992. The restoration preserves the building's authenticity, character and historic integrity. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996 and has a statewide significance established under Criterion C, because it embodies distinctive characteristics of a building type and historic period.

Jurors

Mari Nakahara, PhD, Curator of Architecture, Design, and Engineering, Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress
Karl Stumpf, FAIA, Sector Leader, Government and Senior Principal, EYP Architecture & Engineering
Robert R. Arzola, HABS Architect and Holland Prize Coordinator, Heritage Documentation Programs (HABS/HAER/HALS), National Park Service

2019

Winner

Old Dominion Bank

Survey Number: HABS VA-428
Location: Alexandria, Virginia
Delineator: Christopher J Howard, RA, NCARB (Assistant Professor, The Catholic University of America)
Historic Significance: The Athenaeum, as it is known today, is a unique civic structure situated in the heart of Old Town Alexandria, both in location and historic presence. It was always intended to be of civic significance as indicated in the Alexandria Gazette at the time of its inception "...will be an ornament to the town, and convenient to our citizens." Along with the Lyceum, it is one of only two examples of the Greek Revival style of architecture in Alexandria. Originally built as a bank building in 1851, the Old Dominion Bank has assumed many identities throughout its history. During the Civil War, it was used as a triage hospital and later a logistical center for the Union Army. Following the war, it returned to use, as a bank. Other uses followed: In 1907 it served as an apothecary storehouse, and in 1925 as a place of worship for the Free Methodist Church of Northern Virginia. For the past 51 years, it has been the home of the Northern Virginia Fine Arts Association. The building is that of a Tetrastyle Greek temple in form. It is largely intact and has had restorations that have regained the original fluting of the columns and the "salmon"color of the stucco exterior walls. Perhaps due to its continual use in this Alexandria community, it remains cared for and available as a valuable participant of architectural heritage.

Honorable Mention

Award: $500 Cash Prize and Certificate of Recognition

U.S. Soldiers Home, Bandstand

Survey Number: HABS DC-353-N
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Delineator: Kyra Lomas (Summer Intern, National Trust for Historic Preservation)
Advisor: Ashley R. Wilson, AIA; ASID; Graham Gund Architect, National Trust for Historic Preservation
Historic Significance: This bandstand, one of two such structures at the Armed Forces Retirement Home, was constructed to serve recreational and formal purposes. The locations of the two bandstands, one on the older central grounds and one adjacent to the hospital, are suggestive of the central importance of these two areas to recreational and formal activities such as funerals, parades, dignitary visits, and public performances at the turn of the twentieth century. Classical Revival in design, the bandstand features cast-iron Corinthian columns set on paneled plinths and a monumental base created by turned balusters. The raised structure is covered by a flat roof of standing-seam metal with an ornate ogee-molded cornice and centrally placed finial. According to a map from 1903, this bandstand was originally located directly south of the Lincoln Cottage where the Scott Building is now located. The bandstand was moved sometime between 1903 and 1910 to its current location southwest of the Lincoln Cottage.

Jurors

Mari Nakahara, PhD, Curator of Architecture, Design, and Engineering, Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress
Sue Ann Pemberton, FAIA, Former Chair and Current Member of the AIA-HABS Steering Committee; President, Mainstreet Architects Inc.; Senior Lecturer, University of Texas San Antonio
Robert R. Arzola, HABS Architect and Holland Prize Coordinator, Heritage Documentation Programs (HABS/HAER/HALS), National Park Service

2018

Winner

Chesterwood, The Meadowlark

Survey Number: HABS MA-1348-A
Location: Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Delineators: Tenzin Nyandak and Grace Meloy (summer interns for the National Trust for Historic Preservation)
Advisor: Ashley R. Wilson, AIA; ASID; Graham Gund Architect, National Trust for Historic Preservation
Historic Significance: In 1896 noted American sculptor Daniel Chester French established his summer home and studio in the Berkshire Hills near Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Due to French's contribution to American art, his estate in the Berkshires, called Chesterwood, has become a significant historic site to commemorate his work and life. In his Berkshires studio, French created works such as the Lincoln statue for the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. His studio and residence were designed by Henry Bacon, the famous architect of the Lincoln Memorial.

While French mostly worked in the main studio on the estate, there is another studio at Chesterwood. As French acquired more commissions, it became increasingly difficult for him to work in the main studio due to numerous visitors, his clients, two assistants, models, a studio boy, and frequently a plaster caster. As a result, in 1905, French hired local architect Will Hawkins to build another studio on the estate to rediscover the tranquil atmosphere he needed to work. Hawkins designed a smaller studio across the road from the main house and studio, located on the crest of a hill, which overlooks the Housatonic River.

One of the features of the "lower studio," now known as Meadowlark, was a porch that jutted out over the steep hillside. By walking down the hill and looking back up towards the porch, French could assess sculptures and how they might look placed on a five-story building—an invaluable tool for preparing outdoor sculptures. Like the main studio, the main feature of Meadowlark is its large, two-story high room, in which French worked. Originally the only other room in the studio was a small casting room, but the studio has since been expanded by converting the casting room into a kitchen and adding two bedrooms, a closet, and a bathroom. Today, visitors have the opportunity to stay overnight in French's second studio.

Honorable Mention

Award: $500 Cash Prize and Certificate of Recognition

Norman and Louise DeMarco House

Survey Number: HABS AR-57
Location: Fayetteville, Arkansas
Delineators: Dylan M. Sylvester and Stephan K. Umierski (architecture students at the Fay Jones School of Architecture & Design, University of Arkansas)
Advisor: Gregory Herman, Professor of Architecture
School: Fay Jones School of Architecture & Design
Historic Significance: In 1963, Fay Jones designed this house for Norman and Louise DeMarco, sited in southwest Fayetteville, Arkansas. Mr. DeMarco was a faculty member at the University of Arkansas. Mrs. DeMarco was also an employee of the University. They both had a keen interest in art, progressive thought, and modern architecture grounded in its location. Situated on the edge of a wooded bluff deep in the Arkansas Ozarks near the University of Arkansas, the DeMarco House is notable for architect Jones's use of rotated and overlapping geometries, unusual in the architect's work. The DeMarco House was designed as a single open space, with area uses designated by position and furnishing. A mute entry elevation gives way to a glassy, south-facing open interior, anchored at the center by a massive native-stone fireplace and chimney. The architect's signature use of stone, redwood siding, and careful detailing reminiscent of the work of Frank Lloyd Wright make for a simple, yet rich demonstration of Jones's talent.

Jurors

Mari Nakahara, PhD, Curator of Architecture, Design, and Engineering, Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress
Sue Ann Pemberton, FAIA, Chair of the AIA-HABS Steering Committee; President, Mainstreet Architects Inc.; Senior Lecturer, University of Texas San Antonio
Robert R. Arzola, HABS Architect and Holland Prize Coordinator, Heritage Documentation Programs (HABS/HAER/HALS), National Park Service

2017

Winner

Wallace Libbey Hardison House, Stable

Survey Number: HABS CA-2921-A
Location: Santa Paula, California
Delineator: Jean-Guy Tanner Dubé
Firm: Appleton & Associates, Inc.
Historic Significance: Completed in 1884, this was the home of Wallace L. Hardison and his family. Mr. Hardison is remembered primarily for being a co-founder of both the Union Oil and the Limoneira Companies. The stable was completed in 1885. The first floor housed horses, carriages, wagons, tack, and other equipment. The second floor a large open hay loft with grain feed bins. The exterior siding is a mix of rustic shiplap siding, vertical trim, and corner boards. On December 5, 1977, Hardison House was designated Ventura County Landmark No. 35. The Hardison farm was purchased by real estate developer in 2013. Concerned community members reached a preservation agreement with the developer in 2017 to reduce the number of homes to be built on the site and to restore the exterior of the historic Hardison Home. Additionally, the stable, a 1910 residence, and a 1920 garage, would also be preserved in place within a heritage park easement in the new development.
Submission Information: This is the third year that Mr. Dubé has entered the Holland Prize competition. In 2014, his drawing of the Streetcar Depot at the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Pacific Branch (HABS CA-336-A) in Los Angeles, California, was awarded an Honorable Mention.

Honorable Mention

Award: $500 Cash Prize and Certificate of Recognition

José Celso Barbosa House

Survey Number: HABS PR-141
Location: Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Delineators: Jean G. Cortéz, Miguel Grau, Lysanne Guerrios, Gabriel Khoury, Natalie Medina, Laurie Modesto, Félix Osorio, Armando Pérez, Karla Rodríguez, Enrique Soto, Kevin Vega, and Ginelis Vergara
Faculty Sponsors: Prof. Claudia Rosa-López and Prof. José Lorenzo-Torres
School: Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico
Submission Information: This year, two teams of students submitted entries to the Holland Prize competition from the Escuela de Arquitectura at the Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico. In 2016, a student team from the same architecture program was awarded the Holland Prize for their documentation of the Lazareto Isla de Cabras (HABS PR-140) in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico.
Historic Significance: The José Celso Barbosa House Museum is a nineteenth-century building located on Barbosa Street #16 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. The construction shows a symmetry in its façade which has three doors with lattices in wood and a balcony with a series of balustrades of the same material. Both inside and outside, the building contains transoms with fretwork for ventilation that, next to the "medio punto" located in the interior, is considered and identified as an example of the Puerto Rican architecture of the time. The structure is a museum since 1960 as a remainder of Dr. Barbosa's birthplace and where he cared for his patients. Later in 1984 it was listed in the U.S. National Register of Historic Places under the name Casa Natal Dr. José Celso Barbosa. Furniture, photos, documents, and other articles are there to preserve part of what he was in life a doctor, politician, and equality defender of Puerto Ricans.

Jurors

Mari Nakahara, PhD, Curator of Architecture, Design, and Engineering, Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress
Sue Ann Pemberton, FAIA, Chair of the AIA-HABS Steering Committee; President, Mainstreet Architects Inc.; Senior Lecturer, University of Texas San Antonio
Robert R. Arzola, HABS Architect and Holland Prize Coordinator, Heritage Documentation Programs (HABS/HAER/HALS), National Park Service

2016

Winner

Lazareto Isla de Cabras

Survey Number: HABS PR-14
Location: Toa Baja, Puerto Rico
Delineators: Anexyulianne Thillet, Alneris Lugo, Monica Ortiz, Angel Marrero, Jessica Martinez, Fabian Rivera, Natalie Santa, Emmanuel De La Paz
Faculty Sponsors: Prof. Claudia Rosa-López and Prof. José Lorenzo-Torres (Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico)
Historic Significance: The lazaretto's original purpose was to house yellow fever and cholera patients, but few remember such noble commitment today. Instead, for over a century today—and in spite for being a ruin—the lazaretto has been an emblematic landscape component in San Juan's Bay with a distinctive profile that has been appreciated by many generations of residents and visitors to the old city. It represents the only example of its kind ever built in Puerto Rico, simultaneously underlining how Spanish Colonial building codes required health related facilities to be built outside the walled enclave. Its construction methods highlight building practices imposed on the Island (and Cuba) by Madrid's School of Engineers, Roads and Port Facilities. The project's dossier (narrative) became the precedent for detailing succeeding comparative building initiatives in terms of scope, tectonics, and contents.
Submission Information: This is the first year that a team of students have entered the Holland Prize Competition from the Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico.

Honorable Mentions

Award: $500 Cash Prize and Certificate of Recognition

Mission San Juan Bautista, Plaza

Survey Number: HALS CA-84-A
Location: San Juan Bautista, California
Delineator: Cate Bainton
Historic Significance: Franciscan missionaries founded twenty-one missions on the Pacific coast of the Spanish colony of Alta California between 1769 and 1823. Control of Alta California shifted to Mexico in the 1820s and to the United States in the 1840s. Some of the communities that grew around the missions became major cities; some missions were abandoned and later reconstructed. Portions of El Camino Real, the road connecting the missions, became interstate or state highways. Mission San Juan Bautista was the fifteenth mission to be established, in 1797. Despite repeated damage from earthquakes on the adjacent San Andreas Fault, Mission San Juan Bautista was never moved from its original location and has been in continuous use as a church since its establishment. Its environs are still largely agricultural, its plaza has been restored to the spirit of its 1870 state, and its adjacent portion of El Camino Real is still unpaved. Noted architect Irving Morrow, landscape architect Emerson Knight, and mission restoration specialist Harry Downie played a part in the restoration of the buildings and landscape. Current and former mission sites are of archeological interest.
Submission Information: This is the third Honorable Mention awarded to Cate Bainton for her entries to the Holland Prize Competition.

Chess Pavilion

Survey Number: HABS IL-1238
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Delineators: Joyce Ramos with Melanie Bishop, Brenda Bohen, and Meredith Stewart
Faculty Sponsor: Prof. Charles Pipal, AIA (School of the Art Institute of Chicago)
Historic Significance: The Chess Pavilion is an open-air structure that was built in 1957 out of concrete and Indiana limestone. The site where the pavilion is located has been a popular gathering place for chess players since the 1930s. The Chess Pavilion received a Citation of Merit from the Chicago Chapter of the American Institute of Architects at its Civic Pride Luncheon in 1957.
Submission Information: This is the first time a student team from the School of Art Institute has placed in the Holland Prize Competition.

Jurors

Mari Nakahara, PhD, Curator of Architecture, Design, and Engineering, Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress
Michael J. Mills, FAIA, Partner, Mills + Schnoering Architects, LLC; Member, AIA-HABS Coordinating Committee
Richard O'Connor, PhD, Chief, Heritage Documentation Programs (HABS/HAER/HALS), National Park Service
Robert R. Arzola, HABS Architect and Holland Prize Coordinator, Heritage Documentation Programs (HABS/HAER/HALS), National Park Service
Christopher M. Stevens, HALS Landscape Architect, Heritage Documentation Programs (HABS/HAER/HALS), National Park Service

2015

In 2015, no Prize was awarded, as the jury acknowledged that none of the entries fully met the recording standards of HABS/HAER/HALS. However, two Honorable Mention citations were given.

Honorable Mentions

Saint James' House

Survey Number: HABS VA-1508
Location: Fredericksburg, Virginia
Delineator: Teresa Boegler
School: University of Mary Washington
Significance: Saint James' House was built around 1768-1769. Early records associate the construction of the building with James Mercer, a local lawyer, who purchased the property from Fielding Lewis and George Washington. Although some modifications have altered its interior appearance, the original dwelling house retains much of its integrity, making it unique among Fredericksburg dwellings.

Pon Pon Chapel of Ease

Survey Number: HABS SC-883
Location: Jacksonboro vicinity, South Carolina
Delineators: Amber Anderson, Sara Sanders
School: Graduate Program in Historic Preservation – Clemson University/College of Charleston
Significance: Though in partial ruins, this chapel and graveyard serve as a reminder of early eighteenth-century Anglican beginnings and particularly the proliferation of chapels of ease throughout the Lowcountry to address the religious needs of remote plantation inhabitants.

Jurors

C. Ford Peatross, FSAH; FHABS; Honorary AIA and ASLA; Founding Director of the Center for Architecture, Design, and Engineering, Library of Congress
Sue Ann Pemberton, FAIA: Chair of the AIA-HABS Steering Committee; President, Mainstreet Architects Inc.; Senior Lecturer, University of Texas San Antonio
Robert R. Arzola, HABS Architect and Holland Prize Coordinator, Heritage Documentation Programs (HABS/HAER/HALS), National Park Service

2014

Winner

Broadview Park Pavilion

Survey Number: HABS TX-3610
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Delineator: Paul M. Dennehy, AIA
Firm: Dennehy Architects, Inc.
Significance: In 1935, the Civilian Conservation Corps designed and constructed a series of park structures at the western confluence of the Trinity River as it enters Lake Worth. Sited within the native landscape on an east facing bluff, this pavilion has a commanding view of the lake, park lands, and the city of Fort Worth beyond.

Honorable Mentions

Award: $500 Cash Prize and a Certificate of Recognition

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Pacific Branch, Streetcar Depot

Survey Number: HABS CA-336-A
Location: Los Angeles, California
Delineator: Jean-Guy Tanner Dubé
Firm: Appleton & Associates, Inc.
Significance: Built in 1893, this Passenger Depot is the sole surviving example of sixteen post passenger shelters built by the Southern Pacific Railroad.

Allegheny College, Bentley Hall

Survey Number: HABS PA-5955
Location: Meadville, Pennsylvania
Delineator: Steven Utz
School: Allegheny College
Significance: Bentley Hall is the first building constructed on the Allegheny College campus, and was designed to hold one of the country's most impressive library collections, located in a region that at the time was at the edge of the western frontier.

Jurors

C. Ford Peatross, FSAH; FHABS; Honorary AIA; Founding Director of the Center for Architecture, Design, and Engineering, Library of Congress
Anne E. Webber, FAIA; Partner, Mills + Schnoering Architects, LLC
Robert R. Arzola, HABS Architect and Holland Prize Coordinator, HDP Program, National Park Service

2013

Winner

Award: Publication of Drawing in Architectural Record, a $1,000 Cash Prize, and a Certificate of Recognition

Turn-of-River Bridge

Survey Number: HAER CT-192
Location: Stamford, Connecticut
Delineator: Morgen Fleisig
School or Firm: Morgen Fleisig Architect

Honorable Mention

Award: $500 Cash Prize and a Certificate of Recognition

Main Gate and Auburn Oaks at Toomer's Corner

Survey Number: HALS AL-3
Location: Auburn, Alabama
Delineator: Nathaniel "Doug" Bacon and Ivan Vanchev
School or Firm: College of Architecture Design & Construction, Auburn University

Jurors

C. Ford Peatross, FSAH; FHABS;, Honorary AIA; Founding Director of the Center for Architecture, Design, and Engineering, Library of Congress
Ashley R. Wilson, AIA; ASID; Graham Gund Architect, AIA Historic Resources Committee
Robert R. Arzola, HABS Architect and Holland Prize Coordinator, HDP Program, National Park Service
Christopher H. Marston, HAER Architect, HDP Program, National Park Service
Christopher M. Stevens, HALS Landscape Architect, HDP Program, National Park Service

2012

Winner

Award: Publication of Drawing in Architectural Record, a $1,000 Cash Prize, and a Certificate of Recognition

White Rock Lookout Tower

Survey Number: HABS TN-262
Location: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee
Delineator: Laura Beth Ingle
School or Firm: Clemson University / College of Charleston

Honorable Mentions

Award: $500 Cash Prize and a Certificate of Recognition

San Francisco National Cemetery

Survey Number: HALS CA-1
Location: San Francisco, California
Delineator: Cate Bainton
School or Firm: Self-employed

Kvisvik-Martindale Farm, Chicken House

Survey Number: HABS WA-271
Location: Vashon, Washington
Delineator(s): Coby Vardy
School or Firm: University of Washington / School of Built Environment

Jurors

C. Ford Peatross, FSAH; FHABS; Honorary AIA; Founding Director of the Center for Architecture, Design, and Engineering, Library of Congress
Raymond P. Rhinehart, PhD; Hon. American Institute of Architects; Senior Director, Special Projects at the AIA
Ashley R. Wilson, AIA; ASID; Graham Gund Architect; National Trust for Historic Preservation
Christopher M. Stevens, HALS Landscape Architect, HDP Program, National Park Service
Robert R. Arzola, HABS Architect and Holland Prize Coordinator, HDP Program, National Park Service

2011

Winner

Award:Publication of Drawing in Architectural Record, a $1,000 Cash Prize, and a Certificate of Recognition

Richard Buckminster Fuller & Anne Hewlett Fuller Dome Home

Survey Number: HABS IL-1234
Location: Carbondale, Illinois
Delineator: Thad Heckman, Architect
School or Firm: Design Works

Honorable Mentions

Award: $500 Cash Prize and a Certificate of Recognition

Grace Episcopal Church

Survey Number: HABS NY-6393
Location: Utica, New York
Delineator(s): Architects Akanksha Rao (Niki) & Mark Thaler AIA
School or Firm: EYP / Architecture & Engineering, Albany, New York

Fleming Garden

Survey Number: HALS CA-43
Location: Berkeley, California
Delineator: Cate Bainton
School or Firm: Self-employed

Jurors

Robert Ivy, Executive Vice President and CEO of the National American Institute of Architects
Jean Carroon FAIA; LEED; Principal - Design, Sustainability, Preservation, Goody Clancy
C. Ford Peatross, FSAH; FHABS; Honorary AIA; Founding Director of the Center for Architecture, Design, and Engineering, Library of Congress
Christopher M. Stevens, HALS Landscape Architect, HDP Program, National Park Service
Robert R. Arzola, HABS Architect and Holland Prize Coordinator, HDP Program, National Park Service

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Leicester B. Holland Prize Winners

2023

Winner

Illinois Beach State Park, South Bathhouse

Jurors

2022

Winner

Grace Methodist Episcopal Church

Honorable Mention

Richard D. and Alma Brothers House

Jurors

2021

Winner

St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church

Jurors

2020

Winner

Louisiana State University, Bus Stop Shelter

Honorable Mention

Casa Alonso

Jurors

2019

Winner

Old Dominion Bank

Honorable Mention

U.S. Soldiers Home, Bandstand

Jurors

2018

Winner

Chesterwood, The Meadowlark

Honorable Mention

Norman and Louise DeMarco House

Jurors

2017

Winner

Wallace Libbey Hardison House, Stable

Honorable Mention

José Celso Barbosa House

Jurors

2016

Winner

Lazareto Isla de Cabras

Honorable Mentions

Mission San Juan Bautista, Plaza

Chess Pavilion

Jurors

2015

Honorable Mentions

Saint James' House

Pon Pon Chapel of Ease

Jurors

2014

Winner

Broadview Park Pavilion

Honorable Mentions

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Pacific Branch, Streetcar Depot

Allegheny College, Bentley Hall

Jurors

2013

Winner

Turn-of-River Bridge

Honorable Mention

Main Gate and Auburn Oaks at Toomer's Corner

Jurors

2012

Winner

White Rock Lookout Tower

Honorable Mentions

San Francisco National Cemetery

Kvisvik-Martindale Farm, Chicken House

Jurors

2011

Winner

Richard Buckminster Fuller & Anne Hewlett Fuller Dome Home

Honorable Mentions

Grace Episcopal Church

Fleming Garden

Jurors

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