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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Alana Coons, Education & Communications Director
Save Our Heritage Organisation • SOHOsandiego@aol.com
Photos and contacts available by request
Celebrating Excellence: SOHO Announces the
2026 People In Preservation Award Winners
SAN DIEGO, CA - September 16, 2026 - Save Our Heritage Organisation (SOHO) is proud to announce the 2026 People In Preservation (PIP) Awards.
Now in their forty-fourth year, the PIP Awards recognize people who make preservation happen in San Diego. This year’s honorees represent an extraordinary breadth of the field, from the restoration of distinguished homes and landmark public buildings to the reawakening of historic places, the stewardship of architectural legacies, and the preservation of stories passed from one generation to the next.
An exceptional group of advocates, historians, architects and restorers, chroniclers, descendants, civic leaders, and longtime stewards. Together, the 2026 award recipients demonstrate the many ways preservation takes shape and carries forward the places and stories that define us.
“At its heart, preservation is an act of care, an insistence that the places and histories we value will endure,” said Bruce Coons, executive director of SOHO. “Each of these awardees has helped make San Diego a richer, more authentic place. The PIP Awards reflect SOHO's belief that preservation is a living endeavor. Historic places survive because people choose to care for them, defend them, learn from them, and pass their stories forward.”
Meet the 2026 People In Preservation Award Winners
Click each winner's name for additional information and a photo.
About the People In Preservation Awards
Since their inception in 1983, SOHO’s People In Preservation Awards have honored more than 700 individuals and entities with more than 450 unique awards throughout San Diego County. The awards recognize the wide-ranging ways people preserve and interpret the region’s heritage, from historic homes and public buildings to cultural landscapes, archives, museums, advocacy, scholarship, and community history.
For media inquiries, photographs, interviews, or additional information about the 2026 honorees, please contact SOHOsandiego@aol.com. SOHO can provide high-resolution photographs and contact information for individual award recipients.
About SOHO
Founded in 1969, Save Our Heritage Organisation (SOHO) is San Diego County’s only countywide historic preservation nonprofit. Through advocacy, education, and stewardship, SOHO works to preserve, promote, and support the architectural, cultural, and historical links and landmarks that contribute to the collective identity, depth, and character of the region.
SOHO’s work encompasses historic buildings, neighborhoods, landscapes, museums, cultural resources, and the stories of the people who shaped San Diego. For more than five decades, the organization has worked to ensure that the region’s heritage remains a vital part of its future.
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