Join the Preservation Alliance of West Virginia in celebrating the people making positive changes to their communities through historic preservation!

This year's West Virginia Historic Preservation Awards Banquet will be held at the Senator's Mansion, a Queen Anne Victorian Home nestled on 2.5 acres of beautiful creekside land in Mannington, West Virginia on Saturday, April 27, 2024.

Interior of the Senator's Mansion

Whether you are a preservationist, an aspiring preservationist, or a supporter - all are invited to attend this annual event to celebrate this year's best preservation stories and successes in the Mountain State.

All proceeds from this event, including raffle and silent auction, support PAWV's Hands-on Historic Trades Camps - dynamic educational programs to introduce young people to lucrative and rewarding careers in historic preservation trades.

Schedule of Events:

9:00 am - 12:00 pm: Cemetery Preservation & Documentation Workshop - Learn how to identify, document, clean, and repair gravestones at this optional workshop (Free)

Two Tour Options:

Option 1, 1:00 - 4:00 pm: Shuttle Tour to the West Augusta Historical Society - Begin at the Senator's Mansion and shuttle to the West Augusta Historical Society Museum complex, which is comprised of a beautifully restored round barn, museum (located in a historic school), 1850s log cabin, 1912 railroad caboose, and more. The shuttle will bring guests back to the Senator's Mansion. Maximum tour limit is 30 individuals. (Suggested donation of $5 benefiting the West Augusta Historical Society on the day of the tour.)

Option 2, 2:00 - 4:00 pm: Architectural Walking Tour - Join local preservationists and historians for a walking tour of the Mannington National Historic District and delight in viewing some of Mannington's most architecturally unique homes and buildings. Guests will begin and end at the Senator's Mansion. (Free)

This portion of the banquet events is entirely optional, but we wouldn't want to miss it!

4:00-9:00 pm: Silent auction begins, along with hors d'oeuvres, tour of the Senator's Mansion, and cocktail hour (cash bar), followed by dinner, awards program, and raffle.

Dinner includes:

• Salad course: Tossed greens and vegetable salad
• Mains: Choice of salmon fillet over orzo dressed in cilantro vinaigrette and green beans; chicken fillet gently poached in butter sauce over rice with lemon butter sauce and green beans; and tender slices of herb roasted pork loin on a bed of lemon couscous with spring peas and lemon balsamic glaze
• Dessert: Freshly dipped chocolate berries, French macarons, strawberry rhubarb cobbler cups with fresh whipped cream, lemon blueberry bites, and other treats!

PAWV member rates are $100/ticket. Contact info@pawv.org to verify your PAWV membership and for a promo code.

Students, volunteers, and those who would like to attend but could not otherwise pay the full ticket price are invited to email info@pawv.org for a promo code.

Would you like to pay by check? Please contact us at info@pawv.org.