Prior Award Winners – People
Harlan Griswold Award
2022, Nancy R. Savin for devoting her life to Connecticut’s culture through mediums both traditional and original
2021, New London Landmarks, for advocating for historic buildings, neighborhoods and landscapes since 1976
2020, Merritt Parkway Conservancy, for actively championing Connecticut’s historic parkway as a private partner assisting the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT)
2019, Guilford Preservation Alliance, for excellence in local preservation advocacy, education, and documentation
2017, City of New Britain, for preservation planning
2015, Hartford Courant, for reporting on and advocacy for preservation in Hartford and throughout the state
2014, Connecticut Light & Power (Thomas D. Dorsey, Manager, Government Affairs), for investment in housing tax credits and historic rehabilitation tax credits
2013, The 1772 Foundation, Pomfret, for investment in historic preservation through grants
2012, Anne Bass, South Kent, for restoration of farms, farm buildings, and landscape in South Kent
2011, State Sen. Robert Duff, Rep. Lawrence Cafero, Norwalk, for brokering deal to preserve the Grumman-Saint John house
2009, Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven and Northside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance, Hartford, for renovation for affordable housing
2008, Congressman John Larson, for advocacy for Coltsville restoration, National Historic Landmark designation, National Park status
2007, Bruce Becker, Arthur Lathrop, Dale Plummer, for rescue and restoration of the Wauregan Hotel, Norwich
2006, State Sen. Donald Williams and Sen. Andrew Roraback, for passage of the Community Investment Act
2001, Connecticut Light and Power/Northeast Utilities, for launching and supporting the Connecticut Main Street program
2000, Kathryn V. Rosa, Ridgefield, for volunteering at the local level
1999, Elizabeth Mills Brown, Guilford, for service as an architectural historian, volunteer, and board member at local and statewide levels
1998, Amistad Committee, New Haven, for commemoration of the Amistad revolt
1994, Nancy Campbell, Niantic, for service as a volunteer, and board member at the local, state, and national levels
1993, Doris Suessman, East Hartford, for service as a local activist and volunteer
1991, David F. Ransom, Hartford, for service as a historical consultant statewide
1990, Janet Jainschigg, Darien, for service as a volunteer, board member, and fundraiser at the local, statewide, and regional levels
Janet G. Jainschigg Award
2021, John Canning & Company, architectural arts restoration contractor
2020, Bruce Clouette, historian, architectural historian and industrial archaeologist
2019, Carol Leahy, staff to Westport Historic District Commission
2018, John Herzan, local activist and organization officer
2017 Janet Lindstrom, local historical society leader
2014 Nicholas Bellantoni, State Archaeologist
2013 Renée Kahn, local activist and organization director
2012 Mary Donohue, historian
2011 Jan Cunningham, historian and consultant
2010 Bruce Fraser, director, Connecticut Humanities Council
2008 Rudy Favretti, landscape architect and historian
2007 John Curtis, architectural historian
2006 Nan Heminway, historian and activist
2005 John W. Shannahan, former State Historic Preservation Officer
2003 Abbott Lowell Cummings, architectural historian
Mimi Findlay Award
2021, Nina Caruso, Hartford-based architectural firm’s Director of Historic Preservation
2019, Cameron Henry, Greenwich-based architect and volunteer
2018, Regan Miner, Norwich-based activist and preservation consultant
2017 Mandy Ranslow, public archaeologist