Sandi Servaas Memorial Award Past Winners

At her untimely death in 1975, Sandi Servaas worked for Indiana Landmarks, generating public awareness and support for preservation. To remember Sandi’s contributions and dynamic spirit, Indiana Landmarks and the Servaas family established the annual Sandi Servaas Memorial Award in 1976. Following is a list of all winners.

1976
Lake Court House Foundation, Inc., Crown Point

1977
The Hoosier Village: A New Identity?, Bristol

1978
Auburn Improvement Association, Inc., Auburn

1979
Bloomington Restorations, Inc., Bloomington

1980
Kokomo‐Howard County Chamber of Commerce, Kokomo
Russell G. Lloyd, Evansville

1981
Operation Preservation, Fort Wayne

1982
Huntington Alert, Huntington

1983
Historic Knightstown, Inc., Knightstown
Indianapolis Monthly, Indianapolis

1984
South Bend Heritage Foundation, South Bend
Bill and Gayle Cook, Bloomington

1985
Greenfield Historic Landmarks, Inc., Greenfield
Shaffer‐Parrish House Museum, Idaville

1986
Franklin Heritage, Inc., Franklin
Boys and Girls Clubs of Porter County, Inc., Valparaiso

1987
Rush County Heritage, Inc., Rushville

1988
Ninth Street Hill Historic Neighborhood Association, Lafayette

1989
Noblesville Preservation Alliance, Noblesville
Southhold Restorations, Inc., South Bend

1990
Union County Historical Society, Liberty
Historic Landmarks Foundation of Fountain County, Inc., Attica
The Journal, Delphi

1991
Fulton County Historical Society, Inc., Rochester

1992
Historic Fall Creek, Pendleton Settlement, Inc., Pendleton
Richard R. Hofstetter, Indianapolis

1993
Booker T. Washington School Association, Rushville

1994
A.K. Smith Area Career Center Vocational Building Trades, Michigan City
Michael O. Hunt, Lafayette

1995
Jennings County Preservation Association, Vernon
Joan C. Marchand, Evansville

1996
Paramount Heritage Foundation, Inc., Anderson
Jim Morrow, Chesterton

1997
Preservation Association of Clay County, Inc., Brazil
Patricia Gruse Harris and Betty Moore Rinehart, Michigan City

1998
ARCH, Inc., Fort Wayne

1999
Carroll County Historic Bridge Coalition, Delphi
Ann Steinbrecher Windle, Madison

2000
Preservation Society of Union City, Indiana‐Ohio
Jean Spears, Indianapolis

2001
Muncie Partnership to Save the Historic Wilson School, Muncie
Ben Ross, Lafayette

2002
Historic New Carlisle, New Carlisle
Harry Davis, Indianapolis

2003
Wabash Valley Trust for Historic Preservation, Lafayette
Dane Miller and Brent Wilcoxson, Winona Lake

2004
Franklin Heritage, Inc., Franklin
Madelane Elston, Fort Wayne
Ribeyre Gymnasium Restoration Group, New Harmony

2005
Historic Farmland USA, Farmland
McCutcheon High School Geography Club, Lafayette
Joanne Stuttgen, Martinsville

2006
Leora Brown School, Inc., Corydon
James L. Cooper, Greencastle

2007
Montpelier Historic Preservation Association, Inc., Montpelier
Patsy Powell, Gosport
Angie’s List, Indianapolis

2008
Sheridan Historical Society, Sheridan
Leah Orr, Indianapolis
Lawrence Central High School, Indianapolis

2009
Cornerstone Society, Madison
Joy Sacopulos, Terre Haute

2010
Bloomington Restorations, Inc., Bloomington

2011
Larry Stout, Rushville
Cathedral High School Latin III Language Support Program
Delphi Preservation Society, Inc.

2012
St. Margaret’s Hospital Guild, Indianapolis
Ronald V. Morris, Centerville
Daniel Linley, Elkhart

2013
Heritage Preservation Society of Putnam County, Greencastle
Camille Fife, Madison

2014
Historic Woodruff Place Foundation, Indianapolis
Gary Rubendall, Dublin
Randy Marsh, Morgan County

2015
James & Norma Bertsch, Cambridge City
Preservation Society of Union City IN‐OH, Union City,

2016
Columbus Area Visitors Center
Historic Madison, Inc.

2017
Hamilton County Area Neighborhood Development, Noblesville
Fountain County Landmarks, Attica

2018
Wabash Marketplace
Porter County Building Trades Corporation

2019
Richmond Columbian Properties
Friends of the Peters‐Margedant House

2020
Reece Thompson, Lebanon
Jon Carl, Evansville

2021
Musée de Venoge, Inc., Vevay
Community Foundation of Randolph County and Randolph County United, Winchester

2022
Lew Wallace Study Preservation Society, Crawfordsville
Saint Mary‐of‐the‐Woods College, Vigo County

2023
Flora Community Club
Montpelier History Club

2024
Fox Lake Preservation Foundation
Time Travelers program by Ball State CAP Center for Historic Preservation, Muncie

2025
Fountain County Art Council, Covington
Union City Junior Historical Society, Union City