Heritage Ohio’s 2022 Preservation Month Photo Contest: vote for your favorite!
The entries have come in and our finalists have moved on to the online voting round of our Preservation Month Photo Contest. Check out our finalists below and vote for your favorite. Voting closes Monday, May 30, so don’t sleep on casting your vote for your favorite. We’ll announce the winner Tuesday, May 31. Good luck to our finalists, and thanks to everyone who submitted an entry.
Remember, the stakes are high: the winning image will be featured on the cover of an upcoming issue of Revitalize Ohio! Good luck!
Learn more about how each image conveys the spirit of preservation, in the photographer’s own words.
1. For the Love of Liberty: Our Powell Liberty and Delaware County Historical Societies, as well as our Liberty Township Trustees have been instrumental in ensuring the preservation of this, our 1876 farmhouse and home to generations of Bartholomews and Cases. We are so grateful to live in a community that protects its history while embracing its future.
2. Preserving Ohio’s Past for the Future: The white stone exterior of the Ohio Judicial Center captures the pride felt in Ohio’s history. On the front are 14 carved stone panels showing the important industries when the building was completed in 1933. The large art deco statues on either end of the building were proud statement of Ohio’s booming economy. The pride in preserving this historic building is the pride we have in the state of Ohio.
3. Walk Through: Often, I walk through buildings for many reasons including: evaluating conditions, showing property, checking construction progress, etc. When I captured this image, I was really focused on the door frame and how it invited me to walk through. Beyond the door frame, the stairs drew my eyes upward toward a future of possibilities for this space. Then there’s the light. The way in streamed in. It’s like the past was right there and so was the future.
4. Kaleidoscope Carnivore Cafe: The Toledo Zoo’s Carnivore Cafe is one of the most creative adaptive uses in NW Ohio, having been converted from the Carnivora House to the Carnivore Cafe. Now the Toledo Zoo’s most popular eatery, during the famous “Lights Before Christmas” display the cafe literally glows.
5. A Moment Frozen In Time: Taken in Cambridge’s Underground store front this image showcases a prop used during the few tours given to the community to help preserve this rare space.
Like someone stood up out of the chair and was gone leaving memories behind
great picture
This photo captures a glimpse of days gone by and raises the question of what of our past do we choose to preserve?
Historic underground
Love number 1, close behind is number 5.
Cambridge was the town Where I grew up. The Wheeling Avge downtown was the pulse of the city Now it is a memory
Beautiful
All great preservations!
Grew up in Cambridge. It is part of my history..
The underground in Cambridge is amazing. Hard to believe Wheeling Avenue as we know it today, is above this preserved space.
This space has the potential to become a tourist attraction in my hometown. It’s a hidden gem that only recently has been revealed.
The tour of this place is fascinating.
What for…number five
Always loved going to Cambridge when growing up. The people who raised my dad owned a small grocery store. Always loved their penny candy. Their property was purchased by a church.
I vote # 5
I love the old memories and history. We’re right in the middle of making some more!
Love the underground in Cambridge. It’s so hard to keep much of the history alive – even if you are around it daily. I love #2 1933 Art Deco style 💓 and still available to be seen today!!
We need to honor the past and preserve the memories for our younger generation so that they may appreciate the history of our land.
I was just able to get tickets and take my family on the underground tour of Cambridge last week. It’s a fascinating space and hard to imagine life 150 years ago.