Local News - Preservation award nominations being accepted

Press release

Nominations for the 20th Annual Havre/Hill County Historic Preservation Award are being accepted March 1-31.

The award, created in 1999, is meant to recognize and appreciate the efforts of people who have worked hard to restore, rehabilitate and preserve our precious, irreplaceable Hill County history and heritage through its buildings and historic sites.

The Havre/Hill County Historic Preservation Award is for buildings and sites located within the borders of Hill County. Listing on the National Register of Historic Places is not required. Criteria for the award can be obtained by contacting High Line Heritage Resources. An additional criterion was added in 2009 to allow the award to be bestowed upon buildings less than 50 years old and dating prior to 1970. Buildings and sites that have received the award in the past are ineligible.

Those nominated for the award will be contacted for acceptance.

The Havre/Hill County Historic Preservation Award will be presented in May during National Historic Preservation Month. Among the activities scheduled for National Historic Preservation Month are North Side and East End History Gathering Sessions, posting photographs of old and historic buildings on High Line Heritage Resources Facebook page, the 2018 Season Opening of the High Line Heritage House Museum, Havre Historic Strolls and History Among the Headstones, with the celebration ending with the community-wide Living History Day June 2.

Signed nominations are to be mailed to High Line Heritage Resources, 124 Third Street, Havre, MT 59501.

For more information about the award events planned for the Hill County Courthouse centennial, please contact Emily Mayer at 399-5225.

The Havre/Hill County Historic Preservation Award is a registered trademark of High Line Heritage Resources, and all rights are reserved.