2023 Preservation Awards
Each year Historic Columbia celebrates Preservation Month through an awards program recognizing notable examples of preservation, rehabilitation, and restoration projects that have maintained or added to Columbia and Richland County’s historical, architectural, and cultural heritage. When merited, persons or entities whose contributions have advanced local preservation efforts are championed through the distinguished Preservation Leadership Award. Congratulations to our 2023 Preservation Awards recipients!
Preservation, Rehabilitation, or Restoration
(commercial, institutional, rental, or municipal)
This award celebrates commercial, institutional, rental, or municipal projects that follow the National Park Service's definitions of preservation, rehabilitation, or restoration.
2023 Winner
W. B. Smith Whaley House
1527 Gervais Street
1527 Gervais Owner, LLC — Property Owner
Mashburn Construction Company — Contractor
Brennan Design, LLC — Architect
Rogers Lewis — Preservation Consultant
2023 Winner
The Hair Building
734 Harden Street
Clint & Jenna Wallace — Property Owners
McCrory Construction Company — Contractor
Dewey Ervin Architecture, LLC — Architect
Rogers Lewis — Preservation Consultant
2023 Winner
The Klondike Building
1813 Main Street
Harris Cohn & Frank Cason — Property Owners
Cohn Corporation — Contractor
Davis Architecture — Architect
Rogers Lewis — Preservation Consultant
2023 Winner
1215 Shop Road
Hood Construction Company, Inc. — Property Owner
Garvin Design Group — Architect & Preservation Consultant
Preservation, Rehabilitation, or Restoration
(residential/single family)
Historic Columbia’s Preservation, Rehabilitation or Restoration (residential/single family) award recognizes projects that follow the same, previously listed definitions, but applied to single-family homes.
2023 Winner
3804 Palmetto Avenue
Ebonn Twilley — Property Owner
Hamre Construction — Contractor
Revitalization
(any ownership or use)
Recipients of the award Revitalization (any ownership or use) may include renovations to historic properties that are not academically correct, or new construction in a historic district that is of exceptional quality or sparks new investment. This award also includes projects or work that make special contributions to the community and/or a pioneering investment in historic districts in need of revitalization.
2023 Winner
2901 Rosewood Drive
Cason Development Group — Property Owner
Boyer Commercial Construction — Contractor
Garvin Design Group — Architect & Preservation Consultant
Preservation Leadership
Nominations in this category recognize an individual, corporation, governmental agency, community, or neighborhood association that has significantly contributed to the advancement of historic preservation in the community.
Thank you to our Corporate Sponsors
Past Winners
Past Preservation Award Winners
We hold an annual Preservation Awards soiree each year to celebrate the accomplishments of local architectural, construction and rehabilitation projects and leaders. The awards recognize local projects that have maintained or added to the historical, architectural and cultural heritage throughout Columbia and Richland County in the following categories. In addition...