2024 Orchids & Onions Archive
On July 22, 2024 we celebrated the 47th annual Orchids & Onions Preservation Awards.
The 2024 awards presentation took place at:
Purpose Center, Pocatello
Saturday, August 10, 2024
12 PM - 3 PM
Tours/Awards Ceremony/Reception
Since 1977, Preservation Idaho has hosted the annual Orchids & Onions Awards, a ceremony designed to celebrate those individuals and organizations that have made a positive contribution to historic preservation, and in turn, to bring awareness to those projects which have shown an insensitivity to historic preservation.
Excellence in Historic Preservation
The Avery Hotel – Boise
Longfellow Elementary School Renovation and Addition - Boise
Schick-Ostolasa Farmstead Barn Restoration by Frank Eld – Boise
Washington County Courthouse New Security Entrance – Weiser
Contribution to Historic Preservation
St. James Hotel Building / Belwood Building Renovation - Sandpoint
Cultural Heritage Preservation
Hummel Architects / Donation of the Hummel Collection to the Idaho State Archives - Boise
Distinguished Preservationist
Richa Wilson – US Forest Service, Intermountain Region
Friend of Preservation
Tony Edmondson – Weiser
Hamilton House / Music Conservatory of Coeur d’Alene – Coeur d’Alene
Heritage Stewardship
Melba Historical Society / Odd Fellows Lodge - Melba