Named in honor of Preserve Arkansas’s founding president, the Parker Westbrook Award for Lifetime Achievement recognizes significant achievements in historic preservation over a period of years. The award may be presented to individuals, organizations, businesses, or public agencies whose activities may be of local, statewide, or national importance. The 2025 Parker Westbrook Award for Lifetime Achievement goes to Elizabeth and the late Wendel Norton of Mount Judea.
For the past 30 years, the Nortons have contributed to the preservation of Arkansas’s historic landscape, professionally through their business, Norton Arts Fine Art Conservation, and personally through the restoration and stewardship of the May Farmstead in Newton County. Elizabeth and Wendel completed restoration projects in many of Arkansas’s notable historic places, including the Arkansas State Capitol, Historic Washington State Park, Powhatan Courthouse, Jackson County Courthouse, Methodist churches at Hot Springs and Rogers, and Van Buren’s Fairview Cemetery. From conserving works of art and architecture to educating people about conservation, their work combined technical excellence with deep personal commitment. Their legacy of preservation, education, and service makes them richly deserving of the Parker Westbrook Award.
Download a PDF of 2025 Arkansas Preservation Award Recipients.
| Ned Shank Award for Outstanding Preservation Publication | Hot Springs Heritage and Historic Preservation Plan
Published by the City of Hot Springs and MKSK, 2025 |
| Outstanding Achievement in Preservation Education | Independent Project Based Learning Historic Preservation Course
City of Russellville in partnership with Arkansas Tech University |
| Outstanding Service in Neighborhood Preservation | City of Little Rock
For the MacArthur Park Historic District Design Guidelines |
| Excellence in Preservation through Restoration – Award | John and Alice Edmiston House, 14065 College Rd., Cane Hill
Owner: Historic Cane Hill Architect: WER Architects Contractor: Wagner Construction |
| Excellence in Preservation through Restoration – Award | UA Rich Mountain Waldron Rock Buildings, Corner of 5th and Cedar, Waldron
Owner: University of Arkansas Rich Mountain Architect: AMR Architects Contractor: Turn Key Construction Management and Legacy Construction Management |
| Excellence in Preservation through Rehabilitation – Award | Bob R. Brooks, Jr. Justice Building, 101 W. Capitol Ave., Little Rock
Owner: Boyle Development, LLC Architect: District Design, PLLC Contractor: Central Construction Group |
| Excellence in Preservation through Rehabilitation – Award | The Eagle Bourbon and Wine Lounge, 116 E. Broad St., Texarkana
Owner: Chris and Melissa Fuller Window Restoration: Steve Hurd Contractor: 2 B Builders |
| Excellence in Preservation through Rehabilitation – Award | The Flats at SoMa, 231 E. 25th St., Little Rock
Owner: Pace Burt and Rick Goddard Designer & Historic Preservation Consultant: Antoinette Johnson, Ph.D. Contractor: Carlos Woods |
| Excellence in Preservation through Rehabilitation – Honorable Mention | Rathskeller 300, 300 W. Dickson St., Fayetteville
Owner: Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects Architect: Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects Contractor: Sargent Contracting |
| Outstanding Achievement in Adaptive Reuse | The Handlebar – A Spoke Easy, 115 N. Commerce Ave., Russellville
Owner: Will Wetzel Contractor: Cody Kurtzo |
| Outstanding New Construction in a Historic Setting | Residential Infill Project at 220 E. Broad St., Texarkana
Owner: George Dodson Contractor: Rogers Equipment and Construction |
| Outstanding Achievement in Preservation Advocacy | Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin, Little Rock
For his bold leadership and support for the rehabilitation of the historic Boyle Building in downtown Little Rock |
| Outstanding Work by a Craftsperson | Kendal Hern, BMR Builders, Knoxville
For the restoration of historic wood windows at the Latimore Tourist Home in Russellville |
| W. L. Cook Award for Excellence in Heritage Preservation | Jerred Price, Leachville Beautification Commission
For his work to revitalize downtown Leachville after the 2021 tornado |
Download the 2025 Awards Sponsor Packet.
Betts Enterprises
David and Patricia Blick
Gary and Ann Clements
John Gaudin and Corky Patton
Steve and Denise Hurd
Scott and Amber Jones
LMB Ventures, LLC
Bob and Mary Ann McKuin
Nixon Flower Farm
UA Cossatot
Stephanie Wade
Joseph and Amara Yancey
