Awards Recipients:

The following is a list of recipients of NPLC awards, given at the Annual Members Meeting, held each year.

Awards Definitions:

CHARLES F. CUMMINGS AWARD:

The late Charles Cummings was the official historian of the City of Newark and was the Associatiate Director of Special Collections at the Newark Public Library and supervised the library's New Jersey Information Center, which is now named in his memory.  He passed away at age 68 in 2005.

This award was created to honor an individual or organization, noted as a History Advocate and/or Preservationist for the City of Newark.

DONALD T. DUST AWARD:

Donald T. Dust was a former newspaper reporter and editor of the Greater Newark Chamber of Commerce magazine.   Moreover, he was the first chairman of the board of the Newark Preservation and Landmarks Committee when it was first established in the early 1970s.

This award recognizes a firm and/or particular building that demonstrates outstanding preservation and adaptive reuse.  Nominations are gather by the board of trustees and voted upon each year.

For a complete list of Awardees, please scroll down.


CHARLES CUMMINGS

AWARDEES:

DONALD T. DUST

AWARDEES:

  • 2023 - Nancy Zak & Arnold Cohen
  • 2021 - Rutgers University - Newark
  • 2017 - Linda B. Forgosh
  • 2016 - Mark W. Gordon
  • 2015 - Damon Rich
  • 2014 - Douglas Eldridge (40 years Distinguished Service and Leadership)
  • 2013 - Robert Cascella
  • 2012 - Newark History Society
  • 2011 - Anthony Schuman
  • 2010 - Dr. Stanley Winters 
  • 2009 - Philip Roth
  • 2008 - Dr. Clement A. Price
  • 2007 - John T. Cunningham 
  • 2023 - Avi Telyes for Krueger-Scott Mansion
  • 2021 - Francisco Javier Meleiro, F.M. Renaissance, LLC & Studio    for Urban Architecture and Design for Murphey Varnish Company
  • 2019 - 30 Van Velsor Place
  • 2018 - First Peddie Baptist Memorial Church
  • 2017 - First Baptist Peddie Memorial Church
  • 2016 - Military Park Partnership
  • 2015 - Branch Brook Park Alliance; RPM Development Group (Ballantine Manor)
  • 2014 - Hanini Group (First National State Bank Building)
  • 2013 - St. Lucy's Church
  • 2012 - The Button Factory
  • 2011 - Greater Newark Conservancy (Oheb Shalom Synagogue)
  • 2010 - Grad Associates
  • 2009 - Broadway House
  • 2008 - Crawford Street Partners (59 Lincoln Park)
  • 2007 - Francis Crespo/Lance Dronkers (Sydenham House)
  • 2006 - NJ Institue of Technology (Eberhardt Hall) 
  • 2005 - Essex County Courthouse; St. Benedict's Prep School 
  • 2004 - Port Authority (Newark Airport Building 1); Glenn Geisheimer 
  • 2003 - Integrity Inc; Assemblywoman Connie Myers 
  • 2002 - St. James A.M.E. Church; William Gordon 
  • 2001 - Cogswell Realty Group (744 Broad St);Weequahic Park Association 
  • 2000 - St. Casimir's R.C. Church; Victoria J. Snoy 
  • 1999 - NJ Historical Society; Michael Immerso; Jean-Rae Turner 
  • 1998 - Save the Park at Riverbank; Veterans Building (Washington Place); Donald Karp; Dr. E. Alma Flagg 
  • 1997 - James Lecky; St. James Community Dev. Corp 
  • 1996 - Maureen Ogden; Mount Pleasant Cemetery 
  • 1995 - The Newark Museum (Ballantine House) 
  • 1994 - St Rocco's R.C. Church: Richard Grossklaus 
  • 1993 - Robert Morgan/William Doherty (214 Ballantine Parkway) 
  • 1992 - St. Vincent Academy: Newark Abbey 
  • 1991 - William Chappel: 10 Park Place (Firemen's Insurance Building 
  • 1990 - Sacred Heart Catherdral: Probert Van Fossan 
  • 1889 - NJ Bell Telephone Co: Stephen Pellegrino 
  • 1988 - Newark Public Library (Centennial Hall) 
  • 1987 - New Jersey Transit; Frederick Byrd, Barbara Kukia 
  • 1986 - New Community Corp (St. Joseph's Plaza) 
  • 1985 - Troy West 
  • 1984 - Dr. Samuel Berg: Donald Dust; National State Bank (810 Broad St) 
  • 1983 - Essex Plaza Association 
  • 1982 - Rutgers University (Newhouse Center, 15 Washington St) 
  • 1981 - Mirabella Family; Emilio Serio/Jack Sheehan/Richard Rozewski 
  • 1980 - Lincoln Park Association 
  • 1979 - William Clark Mansion; Charles Cummings 
  • 1978 - Newark Symphony Hall; Elizabeth Del Tufo 
  • 1977 - Samuel Miller 
  • 1976 - Newark CTT Center; Douglas Eldridge 
  • 1975 - DJ/Betty Henderson; Donald W. Geyer.
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