2023 DeMuro Awards: Excellence in Preservation

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

Since 2013, the DeMuro Award has promoted 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 former 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 Fall. The winners are also exclusively acknowledged on the Restore Oregon website and the case studies are published in FieldNotes, our quarterly magazine.

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 professionals and advocacy communities

Projects are judged by a jury of preservation professionals and community members 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 (2017-Present).
• Self-nominations are welcome.
• Previous applicants (that haven’t been awarded) from 2017-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).

Applications are closed.

Winners of the 2023 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 certificates for each project team member.
• Statewide public relations announcement.
• Promotion on restoreoregon.org, Restore Oregon social media platforms, featured in the DeMuro Digest and FieldNotes Magazine.