Over 40 years of honoring Art Deco preservation at the ADSC

This year, as we celebrate 100 years of Art Deco, with the centennial anniversary of the Paris Exposition of 1925, the Art Deco Society of California is also celebrating its long commitment to preservation.

As part of the Art Deco Preservation Ball this year, the ADSC’s Preservation Committee, through the efforts of volunteer extraordinaire Heather Ripley, with help from Isabella Miller and Therese Poletti, created a slideshow to look back at the last 40 years of our Preservation Awards. Buildings, businesses, non-profits and individuals who have worked hard to preserve the beauty of the Art Deco era have been honored.

The two slideshows we have compiled do not include every single ADSC award winner, but we have included most of them. The latest slideshows can be found in the Preservation Awards section of our website, including a separate slideshow featuring the winners of 2025. A few featured winners of the past include movie palace architect S. Charles Lee, iconic Deco artist Erté, and architect Milton Pflueger, the youngest brother of Timothy Pflueger, who took over the firm after Tim’s sudden death in 1946.

Looking ahead, do you have any nominations for 2026? You will find any easy-to-use form to nominate any buildings, projects, people for next year’s Art Deco Preservation Awards, also in the Preservation Awards section of the ADSC website.