Awards are given in recognition of significant contributions toward the preservation of Stafford County's cultural heritage. The Historical Commission established its award program in May of 2004 as a component of National Historic Preservation Month.

Stafford County Organizations that Nominate for the Awards:

• Architectural Review Board (ARB)

• Cemetery Committee (SCCC)
• Historical Commission (SCHC)
• Planning Commission (SCPC)
• Patawomeck Indians of Virginia
• Stafford Historical Society
• Fredericksburg Area Builders Association (FABA)
• Cultural resource management firms

HISTORIC PRESERVATION AWARD RECIPIENTS

2015
Barbara Decatur	Preservation Award	Stafford County History
HH Hunt	Preservation Award	Cultural Resource Preservation   at Abberly
Miller and Smith	Preservation Award	Cultural Resource Preservation   at Courthouse Manor
Walton Development & Management	Preservation Award	Cultural Resource Preservation at Sherwood Farm
2014
Art Hart	Volunteer	Stafford County Oral History Project
350th Committee - Sponsors - Partners	Preservation	350th Anniversary Celebration
2013
USMC Lt Gen Ron Christmas (Ret)	Volunteer - Chairman	350th Community Fund Raising
Falmouth Cemetery Trustees	Landscape - Preservation - Maintenance	Falmouth Cemetery
James Schwartz DDS Bernadette Schwartz	Homeowner Preservation	Little Whim
The Silver Family	Preservation	Silver Ridge Farm A Virginia Century Farm
2012
Barbara Flack	Volunteer - Over 30 Years Work	Historical Society
Frank White	National Register of Historic Places Virginia Landmarks Register	Stafford Training School - Rowser Building
NAACP	National Register of Historic Places Virginia Landmarks Register	Stafford Training School - Rowser Building
Norman Schools	National Register of Historic Places Virginia Landmarks Register	Stafford Training School - Rowser Building
Colonel Glenn Trimmer USAF (ret)	Preservation	Civil War Resources - Civil War Park
2011
276th Engineer Battalion	Built Road in Civil War Park	Combat First Virginia Regiment
Alex McCallister	Homeowner Preservation	Eastern VA Land Co Inc President
Homer Musselman	Preservation
2010
Boy Scouts Troop 1425	Cemetery Landscape
Al Conner	Historical Research	Historical Society
Barbara Flack	Volunteer
Beate Jensen	Preservation	Cemetery Committee
Jim Padgett	Volunteer
Bill Shelton III	Homeowner Preservation
2008
Gary Cooke	Cultural Heritage Preservation	Patawomeck Indians of VA
Becky Guy	Language Preservation	Patawomeck Indians of VA
Debbi Shelton	Cemetery Preservation	Cemetery Committee
2007
Linda Belles	Cemetery Preservation	Cemetery Committee
Cessie Howell	Preservation	Historical Commission
2006
Anita Dodd	Preservation Advocate
Richard Knight	Cemetery Preservation
2005
Thomas Mountz PsyD	Volunteer	Fort With No Name
2004
Norman Schools	Homeowner Preservation	Moncure Conway House