Preservation Awards
The keystone event of the year and fundraiser will be the 2024 Historic Preservation Awards and 50th Anniversary Celebration at The Mark on Tuesday, November 12 th . Located on the fifth floo r of the 100 – year – old and newly revitalized building, The Mark, the resurrected ballroom boasts soaring ceiling heights, towering lead glass windows, and intricate Gothic Revival architecture. It will be an incredible celebration of the power of preservati on in Kansas City in the past 50 years that you won’t want to miss! All proceeds, including ticket sales and sponsorships, support our advocacy efforts and educational programming year – round.
TICKETS:
$15.00 – UMKC Student (with valid student ID)
$20.00 – HKC Members/Donors
$25.00 – Non HKC Members
$280.00 – Table for Eight
DATE:
Tuesday, November 12th
FESTIVITIES INCLUDE:
Social Hour 5:30 – 6:30 pm
Program 6:30 – 8:00 pm
DETAILS:
Tickets include an early evening of heavy hor d’oeuvres by Scratch Gourmet Kitchen, cash bar, plenty of time for networking, and an inspiring look at award winners.
Business Attire.
On Street Parking.
LOCATION:
The Century Ballroom at The Mark
106 West 11th Street, 5th Floor
Kansas City, MO
WHAT:
The Historic Preservation Awards program celebrates the people who make preservation happen: dedicated homeowners, insightful architects, creative developers, and visionary leaders. If you haven’t been to the ceremony before, it’s a wonderful show that will leave you feeling inspired and motivated by the display of commitment to historic restoration and preservation.
PRESERVATION AWARDS TO BE PRESENTED:
1. Best Adaptive Re-Use
2. Best Preservation Practices
3. Best Contribution to Affordable Housing
4. Contemporary Design in a Historic Context
5. Neighborhood Stabilization Award
6. Trailblazers Award
7. George Ehrlich Award
Celebrating the best in Kansas City!
Historic Kansas City began honoring individuals and groups with Historic Preservation Awards nearly fifty years ago. Our annual Historic Preservation Awards program celebrates the people who make preservation happen: dedicated homeowners, insightful architects, creative developers, visionary leaders.
Each award recipient represents a model that others can look to for meeting the challenges of preservation. As a group, the recipients represent the many and varied ways preservation is accomplished in our community. They include exciting adaptive use projects, the tireless efforts of dedicated homeowners, threatened buildings that have been saved from destruction, and the lifetime efforts of a committed preservationist. Through this awards program, Historic Kansas City congratulates our award recipients and thanks them for their contribution to preserving Kansas City’s architectural heritage.
EVENT SPONSORS:
EVENT HOST – THE MARK
The Mark Apartments, situated in Kansas City’s Library District, is a newly revitalized 222-unit apartment community that stands as a testament to historic preservation and innovative development. Originally constructed in 1923 as the Mark Twain Tower, the 22-story building has served various iconic roles that encapsulate facets of the city’s past: from the rise of athletic clubs to the impacts of the Great Depression and evolution of urban life and hotel districts.
DIAMOND SPONSOR – HEAVY CONSTRUCTORS
Since 1950, the Heavy Constructors Association of the Greater Kansas City Area has been the advocate for public works in both Kansas and Missouri. The HCA remains committed to delivering needed improvements to Kansas City’s highways, roads, bridges, airports, rivers, sanitary water and storm water systems. Our quality of life as we know it depends on these facilities which we use each and every day. The Heavy Constructors Association of Greater Kansas City is a highway-heavy utility chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) and the American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA).
DIAMOND SPONSOR – STRATA
Our firm’s core focus is to provide the most complete professional service possible to every one of our customers. Our design approach begins with careful listening of our clients’ specific goals and objectives, individual needs and wants, and their wishes that is carried out through each phase of the architectural process. With a special emphasis on contextual suitability our design solutions respond to the unique opportunities and challenges presented by each unique project. Our approach is centered on the goal of both satisfying the client and developing sound and appropriate architectural solutions; an approach that has resulted in a note-worthy history of implemented on-time and on-budget projects.
SILVER SPONSOR – KISSIK CONSTRUCTION
Celebrating its 25th year of experience, Kissick Construction is diverse in its scope of work, from initial demolition, rough grading, and site utilities to structural concrete and flatwork. The firm has grown to manage projects as large as $100 million with almost 400 employees, and has earned a strong reputation for innovatively solving construction challenges. Kissick Construction is a self-performing, heavy civil contractor with the resources to handle critically challenging projects of any size, location and complexity.
SILVER SPONSOR – HERITAGE CONSULTING GROUP
Heritage Consulting Group is a national historic preservation consulting firm that specializes in securing historic tax credit approvals and other incentives for the rehabilitation of historic properties. Heritage has completed over 2,000 projects across the country and currently has projects in most major cities coast to coast. In 2024, Heritage acquired Rosin Preservation, a premier historic preservation consulting firm based in Kansas City. This strategic acquisition unites two of the leading historic tax credit consulting firms in the United States, further solidifying Heritage’s leadership in the industry.
SILVER SPONSOR – MARVIN
Marvin has been solving historic rehabilitation challenges for decades—collaborating early on with architects, facilities managers and general contractors; reviewing products and options; navigating the National Parks Service guidelines; discussing window specifications with local historic commissions; and attending field testing.