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Leicester B. Holland Prize Open!

  • 1.  Leicester B. Holland Prize Open!

    Posted 07-30-2025 11:23 AM

    The Leicester B. Holland Prize is an annual competition that recognizes the best single-sheet measured drawing of a historic building, structure or site prepared to the standards of the National Park Service's Heritage Documentation Programs (HDP). The drawing sheet may be prepared for the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS).

    The prize is supported by the Paul Rudolph Trust, the American Institute of Architects, and the Library of Congress's Center for Architecture, Design, and Engineering.

    The prize honors Leicester B. Holland (1882-1952), FAIA, chairman of the AIA's Committee on Historic Buildings, head of the Fine Arts Division of the Library of Congress, first curator of the HABS collection, co-founder of the HABS program in the 1930s, and the first chair of the HABS Advisory Board.

    Deadlines:

    1 August: Email deadline for submission of entry forms

    1 September: Final date that HABS/HAER/HALS staff will review draft drawings and historical reports

    1 August to 1 October: Completed entries accepted (postmark date)

    October: Jury meets

    Winter: Prize winner announced

    For additional information, please visit:

    Holland Prize - Heritage Documentation Programs (U.S. National Park Service)

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    The Leicester B. Holland Prize is an annual competition that recognizes the best single-sheet measured drawing of a historic building, structure or site prepared to the standards of the National Park Service's Heritage Documentation Programs (HDP). The sheet may be prepared for the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS).
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    Robert Burns, AIA
    2025 Chair
    Historic Resources Committee Advisory Group
    Richmond, VA
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