In honor of Thomas Jefferson, an award in his name is presented each year to outstanding Jefferson County individuals and organizations whose works have contributed significantly to the knowledge and conservation of our historic resources.


For more information,
call (205) 324-0988.



The Jefferson Award

Past recipients of the Jefferson Award


2008
 
Williams F. Edmonds
Joan McCoy Edmonds
Independent Presbyterian Church
 
Gary Richardson
Bob Friedman
Birmingham Black Radio Museum
 
Bernard & Margie Fay Crawford
Clay, Alabama
 
Troy Post
Bessemer Industrial Development Board
 
Samuel A. Rumore Jr.
Birmingham
2007

Clarke J. Stallworth Jr.

Rev. Thomas L. Wilder Jr.

Jimmy Koikos

Nicky Koikos

Mrs. John G. Cocoris

Ms. Thomas G. Hall (Pat)

2006

Marvin Y. Whiting

Carole and Rodger Smitherman

Clay Legacy Association

Wiggins Law Firm

Walter Bryant

Rosedale Community Development Corporation

2005

Michael Calvert
Operation New Birmingham

June Culbreth
Leeds Community Historian

Penny Cunningham
Patron of History and the Arts

Larry Langford
Jefferson County Commission

2004

Glenn Feldman
Helen Shores Lee
Louise Ayer Tommie
Vulcan Park Foundation

2003

Oak Hill Memorial Association
Jothan Callins, Birmingham Jazz Historial
Cathy Adams, The Redmont Park Historic District Association

2002

Valerie Abbott
Charles Parrish
John Vines
Bobby Wilson

2001

Jonathan Bass
Cathy Crenshaw
Otis Dismuke
Jane Mulkin
Pat Boyd Rumore

2000

Bernard Kincaid
Leeds Historical Society
Jimmy and Martha Taylor
James Walker
Jim Hardin Family

For a complete list of recipients, contact us: (205) 324-0988