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
