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Preservation Austin helps you find, save, and keep the historic places and culture that make our city feel like home.

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66th Annual Preservation Merit Awards

Our Preservation Merit Awards honor visionary approaches to preserving our city’s unique architectural, cultural, and environmental heritage. By recognizing outstanding individuals, businesses, organizations, and institutions, we hope to inspire others to carry on this important work.

Projects must be located within the City of Austin and completed between January 1, 2022 and the application due date of August 14, 2026.

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"Rather than look to the past and lament what has been lost, we're looking to the present, at the incredible places we still have, and are working to protect them for the future."

— Lindsey Derrington, Executive Director

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Catching Up with Sue Spears-Martin
Catching Up with Sue Spears-Martin

Sue Spears-Martin is a native Austinite and veteran community organizer. Sue has been involved with Bethany Cemetery, the city’s first cemetery exclusively for African Americans, since the 1990s. Since then she has been dedicated to safeguarding the site’s rich heritage through preservation and community engagement.

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Call for Nominations: 2026 Preservation Merit Awards
Call for Nominations: 2026 Preservation Merit Awards

Preservation Austin’s 66th Annual Preservation Merit Awards honor visionary approaches to preserving our city’s unique architectural, cultural, and environmental heritage. By recognizing outstanding individuals, businesses, organizations, and institutions, we hope to inspire others to carry on this important work.

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Preserving the Legacy of Lorraine “Grandma” Camacho
Preserving the Legacy of Lorraine “Grandma” Camacho

Women have played a pivotal role in shaping the vibrant Austin we know today. These remarkable advocates, often working behind the scenes, laid the foundation for the city’s growth and cultural diversity through their dedication to education, community service, and social justice. One such woman was “Grandma” Camacho.

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🎶 Join us on March 24 for our next Preservation Austin Talk, "Austin Revolutions per Minute: Music History Sites in the Live Music Capital" with Jason Mellard, Director of the Center for Texas Music History and Associate Professor of Pract
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Thank You to Our Supporters

McBee Family Foundation
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David West and Will Klemm

Five Foundations

Herndon Interior Design

Hutson Gallagher, LLC

Peter Maxson and John Taylor III

Shepherd 5 Points Family Foundation

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Suzanne and John Rosato

The Summerfield G. Roberts Foundation

The League Family