its mission is to preserve, enhance, and promote St. Louis' architectural heritage and to encourage sound planning and good contemporary design. Landmarks is the primary advocate for the historic built environment of St. Louis. Each May, during Historic Preservation Week, Landmarks recognizes some of the champions of the preservation movement by honoring winners of the city’s Eleven Most Enhanced Awards. In evaluating the honorees, the jury looks first at the quality of the renovation and then they select the best city-wide examples of projects that featuring buildings of differing ages, styles and uses.

DeSales Housing Corporation’s Golden Brick Award
DeSales Housing Corporation bestows their Golden Brick Award to acknowledge projects that preserve and beautify buildings in the historic Tower Grove East and Fox Park neighborhoods. These honors are awarded each year with nominations coming primarily from the local community. The final ten recipients are selected by DeSales board and staff members.