Annual Conference | Annual Awards

The Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission (RIHPHC) presents the Annual RI Statewide Historic Preservation Conference in different communities around the state. The daylong conference provides local preservationists to network, share ideas, present recent projects, and discuss new challenges. For more information about the recent 2012 conference and past events, click on the link below.

Heritage in America's Great Outdoors: The 27th Annual R.I. Statewide Historic Preservation Conference Saturday, April 21, 2012 Woonsocket and the Blackstone River Valley

For 16 years, the RIHPHC presented Preservation Awards at the Annual Conference to honor remarkable people, projects, and programs that preserve special places in Rhode Island. Since 2009, RIHPHC has teamed up with Preserve Rhode Island to present The Rhody Awards for Historic Preservation. The 2012 Rhody Awards will be presentedduring the Preservation Celebration on Thursday, October 18 at Rosecliff in Newport.

Rosecliff at dusk - Courtesy of The Preservation Society of Newport County

The Rhody Awards for Historic Preservation at The Preservation Celebration Thursday, October 18, 2012 Rosecliff, Newport presented by Preserve Rhode Island and RIHPHC review past recipients here