Update: Extended deadlines for the 2020 Leicester B. Holland Prize Competition
The Leicester B. Holland Prize is an annual competition, open to both students and professionals, that recognizes the BEST SINGLE-SHEET MEASURED DRAWING of an historic building, site, or structure prepared to Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS) standards for inclusion in the HABS/HAER/HALS Collection at The Library of Congress.PRIZESThe winner of the 2020 Holland Prize will receive a $1,000 cash prize, a certificate of recognition, and publication of the winning drawing in "Preservation Architect", the online newsletter of The American Institute of Architects Historic Resources Committee. Merit awards may also be given.COSTThere is no cost to enter the competition.SCHEDULE1 September: Email deadline for submission of entry forms15 September: Final date that HABS/HAER/HALS staff will review drawings and historical reports1 October: Postmark deadline for completed entriesAutumn: Prize winners announcedLEARN MOREInformation on how to participate, rules and recommendations, submission guidelines, judging and rating scale and the previous winning drawings of the competition, are available on the Heritage Documentation Programs, NPS website at https://www.nps.gov/hdp/competitions/holland.htmABOUT LEICESTER B. HOLLAND The prize honors Leicester B. Holland (1882-1952), FAIA, chairman of The American Institute of Architects' Committee on Historic Buildings, head of the Fine Arts Division of The Library of Congress and first curator of the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) collection, a co-founder of the HABS program in the 1930s, and the first chair of the HABS Advisory Board.------------------------------
Robert Arzola
HABS Architect and Holland Prize Coordinator Heritage Documentation Programs
HABS, National Park Service
Washington DC
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