Dana Crawford & State Honor Awards for Excellence in Historic Preservation
Colorado Preservation, Inc.’s (CPI) annual Dana Crawford & Alpine Bank State Honor Awards is Colorado’s premier statewide preservation awards event, honoring significant contributions toward preserving Colorado’s built and archaeological history as well as saving working landscapes. The evening’s namesake is Dana Crawford, a preservation pioneer who proved that saving historic buildings makes economic sense. She embodied the dedication to preservation that CPI celebrates each year at this event. CPI is grateful to Dana for her leadership and her work saving important landmarks statewide.
The Dana Crawford & State Honor Awards recognize individuals, organizations, public agencies, and businesses from across the state, whose work demonstrates excellence in historic preservation. Accomplishments are recognized in the areas of preservation, rehabilitation, stewardship, leadership, and philanthropy.
THE 34th ANNUAL DANA CRAWFORD AND ALPINE BANK STATE HONOR AWARDS
Colorado Preservation, Inc. celebrated the 2024 Dana Crawford & Alpine Bank State Honor Awards on Monday May 20, 2024 at the Denver Botanic Gardens. The Dana Crawford and Alpine Bank State Honor Awards annually recognizes individuals, organizations, public agencies, and businesses from across the state, whose work demonstrates excellence in historic preservation. Accomplishments are recognized in the areas of preservation, rehabilitation, stewardship, leadership, and philanthropy. Please see the list of honorees below.

Dana Crawford Award Recipient
The 34th annual Dana Crawford Award was presented to Steve Turner, an individual who has significantly impacted preservation, past, present and future in Colorado. Over his career Steve has worked with the National Park Service, Historic Denver and History Colorado where he served as the Colorado State Historic Preservation Officer appointed by Governor Hickenlooper and Governor Polis. Today, Steve inspires and leads the next generation of preservationists as the Director of Historic Preservation & Classical Studies at the University of Colorado Denver’s Dana Crawford Preservation Program.
Alpine Bank State Honor Award Recipients

Recognizing the partnership between History Colorado, the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes (Denver County)
Watertower Place (Pueblo County)
Wheeler Opera House (Pitkin County)