2022 Cantey Awards

As a Fort Worth visionary, businessman, collector of art and leader of the Fort Worth Art Association, (now the Modern Art Museum), Samuel Benton Cantey III (1914-1973) understood that great architecture is irreplaceable.  In the 1950’s Mr. Cantey invited Bror Utter (1913-1993) to paint architecturally significant buildings in downtown Fort Worth as they were being prepared for demolition. Mr. Utter, a talented studio artist and teacher, was a member of the Fort Worth Circle, the legendary group of artists who traveled abroad and painted together. His paintings document both demolished and standing downtown buildings and are part of the permanent collection of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. The annual Cantey Lecture is paired with HFW’s preservation awards.

HFW Members Attend for Free | Non-Member Admission $50

Each year, Historic Fort Worth recognizes and honors the preservation efforts of others in our community with our annual Presentation Awards ceremony in conjunction with the Cantey Lecture series.

Thank you for your entries!

Awards were presented on October 20, 2022 at 5:30 pm at the Everly Plaza Gallery located at 1801 8th Avenue.


2022 HFW Preservation Award Winners:

Cantey Award Winner 2022

 

Residential Rehabilitation Award

is presented to

Jennifer & James Campbell

For the restoration of their endangered 1916 home at

2260 6th Avenue

October 20, 2022

Cantey Award Winner 2022

 

Preservation Project Award

is presented to

Gail Landreth’s WW1 Project

For the transformation of the 1917,

former WW1 hospital building at

4370 Pershing Avenue

October 20, 2022

Cantey Award Winner 2022

 

Preservation Project Award

is presented to

League Real Estate

For the adaptation of the 1893

Arthur Albert Messer House at

5220 Locke Avenue

into offices for their company.

October 20, 2022

Cantey Award Winner 2022

Preservation Achievement Award

is presented to

Justin Newhart

Fort Worth’s City Preservation Officer

who persisted with a department

that was short-staffed and

underfunded, and still

made preservation progress.

October 20, 2022

Cantey Award Winner 2022

 

Preservation Project Award

is presented to

City of Fort Worth

For the restoration and new lighting

of the 1934-36 Pioneer Tower at

3301 West Lancaster Avenue

October 20, 2022

Cantey Award Winner 2022

Preservation Project Award

is presented to

Saigebrook Development’s Cielo Place

For their creativity that adapted the former

Riverside Baptist Church (1924) at

3111 Race Street

into affordable housing.

October 20, 2022

Cantey Award Winner 2022

Preservation Project Award

is presented to

Sinclair Autograph Collection

Farukh Aslam, project manager, led the adaptation of the

1930 Sinclair Building at

512 Main Street

into a Sinclair Autograph Collection Hotel

October 20, 2022

Cantey Award Winner 2022

 

Preservation Project Award

is presented to

Jeffrey Smith and Debbie Garrett-Smith

For their rehabilitation of the 1936 New Isis Theater at

2401 North Main Street

October 20, 2022

Cantey Award Winner 2022

 

Preservation Achievement Award

is presented to

Heather Todd

The leader and energy behind the establishment of the

Wedgwood Historical Association

Cantey Award Winner 2022

Preservation Achievement Award

is presented to

Caroline Wright

The Texas Historical Commission’s

lead tax credit staff who has

assisted numerous developers

of local historic buildings in

Fort Worth and throughout the state.

October 20, 2022

All nominations were evaluated based on the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties. (See nps.gov/history/standards.htm for details.) Criteria include, but are not limited to: sensitivity to the historic integrity of the property, historic features, and craftsmanship. Award nominees and winners were notified prior to the public presentation of the Preservation Awards, held this year on Thursday, October 20, 2022 at 5:30 pm at the Everly Plaza Apartments Gallery located at 1801 8th Avenue.

Some of the guests enjoying the festivities

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