Apply for the 2022 DeMuro Awards

Preservation

Honoring communities, organizations, and individuals around the state who preserve and restore historic places.

Reuse

Existing homes and buildings are among Oregon’s greatest renewable resources. As such, their restoration and reuse should be promoted as an effective strategy for meeting carbon reduction goals statewide.

Revitalization

Uplifting communities with reimagined, rescued, and revived meaningful places.

Community

People saving remarkable historic places snatched from the wrecking ball or rescued from decades of neglect.

What is a DeMuro Award?

The DeMuro Awards: Excellence in Historic Preservation.

Each year, Restore Oregon honors projects demonstrating a commitment to excellence in historic preservation with the annual DeMuro Awards program.

Now in its 10th year, the purpose of the DeMuro Award is to promote historic preservation and reuse in Oregon by spotlighting and celebrating outstanding rehabilitation projects, and sharing the lessons learned from those case studies.  It honors the legacy of our friend and Board member, Art DeMuro, whose career embodied vision, persistence, creativity, excellence, and sound economics. The recipients are publicly honored at the Restoration Celebration ceremony each November. The winners are also exclusively acknowledged on the Restore Oregon website and the case studies are published in our quarterly magazine Field Notes.  

The purpose of the DeMuro award is to:

  • Inspire more historic preservation in Oregon
  • Recognize significant leaders in the field
  • Promote excellence in the practice of historic preservation
  • Build partnerships between Oregon preservation professional and advocacy communities

View previous award winners:

Projects are judge by a jury of preservation professionals based on the following criteria:

  • Rehabilitation/redevelopment of a structure, public space or cultural landscape at least 50 years old.
  • Compatible addition to a historic building or infill development within a historic district.
  • Completed in Oregon within the last five years (2016-Present).
  • Self nominations are welcome.
  • Previous applicants (that haven’t been awarded) from 2016-present may re-apply.
  • Creative or unique approach to design, adaptive reuse, and problem solving in the field of historic preservation.
  • Exceptional quality of engineering, craftsmanship, materials, standards and degree of difficulty of the project.
  • Positive impact of the project on the community (cultural, economic or environmental).

To apply: 

Step 1: First Pay the application fee to gain access to the application

Not sure if you should apply or not, preview the application questions

Step 2: Answer Application Questions 

After you pay the application fee, you will receive an email with the link to the application. The application includes a question section, a PowerPoint, and a spreadsheet.

Step 3: Complete the PowerPoint - Illustrate all that hard work

Create a PowerPoint that conveys the project scope and how it meets the award criteria (use the provided PowerPoint template, found in the application). Include photos (please include photo captions and photo credit/copyright information) with your application that illustrate the unique nature of the project that include “Before,” “In Process” and “After” images and historic photo(s) if available. Detailed instructions included in the application.

Step 3: Complete the Project Teams spreadsheet - Give credit to the entire project team

Provide complete information for the project team including company name, contact person, email and mailing information and the role served (use the provided spreadsheet template, found in the application). Detailed instructions included in the application.

Step 4: Once you have all three ready, then start your application. It will go quickly and easily!

Please note that if your project is selected, you will be required to submit high-res photos and additional information by August 29, 2022.

Application tips:

Winners of the 2021 DeMuro Award will receive:

  • Recognition at the Restoration Celebration Gala in October.
  • A one-of-a-kind award valued at over $150; and an opportunity to purchase additional awards.
  • Option to order printed award certificate for each project team member.
  • Statewide public relations announcement.
  • Promotion on restoreoregon.org, all Restore Oregon social media platforms, and in FieldNotes Magazine.

DeMuro Awards Timeline

  • March 10, 2022: Applications open
  • June 22, 2022 at 5:00pm PST: Applications close
  • Early August 2022: Award Winners Notified
  • Early September 2022: Award Winners Publicly Announced
  • Fall 2022: DeMuro Awards Presented at the Restoration Celebration Gala