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The ‘Western Reserve Award ‘ is given, when merited, to recognize significant achievements and outstanding contributions to the architectural history of Ohio and the Western Reserve in particular.
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In some years, as a memorial to Edmund H. Chapman, Professor of Art History, Case Western Reserve University, a topical book is presented to a local library … …On occasion, WRAH trustees may present an award of achievement.
RECIPIENTS OF THE WESTERN RESERVE AWARD
1992: Walter C. Leedy, Jr
Cleveland Builds an Art Museum:
Patronage, Politics, and Architecture, 1844 – 1916
1993: Jan Cigliano Showplace of America:
Cleveland’s Euclid Avenue, 1850 – 1910
1996: Susan P. McKiernan & Joann King
Building a Firm Foundation:
Medina County Architecture, 1811 – 1900
1997: Foster Armstrong, Richard Klein, & Cara Armstrong
A Guide to Cleveland’s Sacred Landmarks
1998: Eleven Authors in Search of a Building
Edited by Cynthia C. Davidson
1999: Elwin C. Robison
First Kirtland Temple: Design,
Construction, and Historic Context
2000: Eric Johanneson (Awarded Posthumously)
A Cleveland Legacy: the Architecture
of Walker and Weeks
2001: Ann Marie Wieland, Cleveland State University
A Century of Planning in Cleveland
2008: Bratenahl Historical Society
A Place Apart: The History of Bratenahl, Ohio
Dianna Tittle, author, Color photos by Jennie Jones
2009: Timothy Barrett, – for Research and Advocacy
towards Preservation of Significant Sacred Structures.
2012: Walter Leedy, (Awarded Posthumously)
Eric Mendelson’s Park Synagogue
Edited by Sara Jane Pearman
2014: Nina Freedlander Gibbons and James D. Gibans
Cleveland Goes Modern: Design for the Home, 1930-1970
2018: Laura DeMarco
Lost Cleveland
2021: Jeannine deNobel Love
Cleveland Architecture, 1890-1930
Building the City Beautiful
2024: Lauren Pacini
Empire Builders