Historic Preservation Awards
The Bergen County Historic Preservation Advisory Board is now accepting nominations for the 2026 Bergen County Historic Preservation Awards.
In honor of America’s 250th anniversary, the Bergen County Division of Cultural & Historic Affairs, and the Historic Preservation Advisory Board, will be prioritizing nominations for historic works focusing on the period surrounding the American Revolutionary War.
Since 1982, over 300 awards have been presented in honor of outstanding historic preservation achievements by individuals, students, organizations, and businesses. These awards were created to encourage preservation, restoration and adaptive use of Bergen County’s valuable and irreplaceable historic buildings, houses, schools, houses of worship, cemeteries, and other historic sites.
The seven nomination categories are:
Historic Preservation
Projects
Education
Leadership
History
Publication
Education
Leadership
Young Historian Award
CLICK HERE for the Nomination Form and for more information about the categories and applicant criteria.
Nomination Deadline: Nominations must be submitted to the Trust Fund Administrators at the Bergen County Department of Parks by 4:30 P.M. on Friday, March 20th, 2026.
Winners will be honored at the 2026 Bergen County Historic Preservation Awards, scheduled for Thursday May 7th, 2026.
For questions about the Historic Preservation Awards, please contact:
Elaine Kiernan Gold, Historic Preservation Specialist
Bergen County Historic Preservation Advisory Board
Department of Parks, Division of Cultural and Historic Affairs
County of Bergen
One Bergen County Plaza, 4th Floor
Hackensack, NJ 07601-7076
(201) 336-7294, Fax (201) 336-7262
egold@bergencountynj.gov