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The 2025 Design Awards Event
We're celebrating 22 award winning projects, as well as the Trustee's Awards for Excellence and the President's Awards at the California Museum in Sacramento, near the State Capitol. This special celebration is followed by a ticketed reception with food and drinks in the outdoor courtyard of the museum.
African Americans in California Multiple Property Documentation Form
Project Lead: Katie Horak, Principal, Architectural Resources Group, Los Angeles
Client: William Burg, State of California Office of Historic Preservation, Sacramento
Lead Architect, Engineer, or Designer: Elysha Paluszek, Architectural Resources Group, Los Angeles
Project Affiliates:
Historic Preservation Consultants:
- Katie Horak, Principal, Architectural Resources Group, Los Angeles
- Elysha Paluszek, Associate Architectural Historian and Preservation Planner/ Project Manager, Architectural Resources Group, Los Angeles
- Andrew Goodrich, AICP, Senior Associate and Architectural Historian & Preservation Planner, Architectural Resources Group, Los Angeles
- Mary Ringhoff, Senior Associate and Architectural Historian & Preservation Planner, Architectural Resources Group, Los Angeles
- Stacy Farr, Associate and Architectural Historian & Preservation Planner, Architectural Resources Group, San Francisco
- Morgan Quirk, Associate and Architectural Historian & GIS Specialist, Architectural Resources Group, Portland
- Caitlyn Ewers, Architectural Historian & Preservation Planner, formerly with Architectural Resources Group,
- Christine Lazzaretto, Managing Principal, Historic Resources Group, Pasadena
- Alexandra Perlman, Senior Architectural Historian, Historic Resources Group, Pasadena
- Sian Winship, Consultant, N/A,
- Teresa Grimes, Consultant, N/A, Pasadena
African Americans in California Multiple Property Documentation Form
African Americans in California Multiple Property Documentation Form is a winner for the 2025 Preservation Design Award for Cultural Heritage, Intangible Assets. Award recipients are selected by a jury of top professionals in the fields of architecture, engineering, planning, and history, as well as renowned architecture critics and journalists. Tickets and sponsorship options are available at californiapreservation.org/programs/awards/.
About CPF and the Awards
The California Preservation Awards are a statewide hallmark, showcasing the best in historic preservation. The awards ceremony includes the presentation of the Preservation Design Awards and the President’s Awards, bringing together hundreds of people each year to share and celebrate excellence in preservation.
The California Preservation Foundation (CPF), a 501c3 nonprofit, was incorporated in 1978. We now support a national network of more than 36,000 members and supporters. Click here to learn how you can become a member.