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Bristol, Virginia seeks nominations for 2018 Historic District Preservation Award

March 06, 2018

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2018 Historic District Preservation Award in the City of Bristol, Virginia. Residential and commercial properties within the city’s five historic districts whose owners/developers have engaged in high-quality preservation or maintenance projects are eligible to be nominated.

The Historic District Preservation Award Committee plans to award one property in each of the five historic districts: Euclid Avenue Historic District, Solar Hill Historic District, Virginia Hill Historic District, Bristol Warehouse Historic District, and Bristol Downtown Commercial Historic District.

The 2018 award recipients will be recognized at a ceremony on May 10, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum in Bristol, Virginia, coinciding with National Historic Preservation Month. Nomination forms and submission guidelines are available online at the City’s website, www.bristolva.org. For ease of nomination, the public is encouraged to use the convenient online nomination form. However, an interactive version of the form may also be completed online, then printed, and mailed or hand-delivered.

The deadline for nominations is March 31, 2018. For additional information, contact Catherine Brillhart, Chair of the Historic District Preservation Award Committee, at cbrillhart100@yahoo.com or (276) 591-6952.