2024 Preservation Awards | Janie Campbell
Thursday, May 16th 2024
WINNER | Preservation Leadership
Janie Campbell
Preservation Consultant with Rogers Lewis
According to City of Columbia Historic Preservation Planner Amy Moore, “If you look around downtown, it would be challenging to find a block with a building(s) that Janie hasn’t touched!” Projects for which Janie has served as preservation consultant represent more than $38 million of rehabilitation investments and include such beloved local landmarks as the W.B. Smith Whaley house, Claussen’s Bakery, Lula Drake, Hotel Trundle and its Flutter Wing, the Wade Campbell House (FemmeX), the Curtiss-Wright Hangar, McCants School, the Equitable Arcade Mall, the Ehrlich Building (Smoked), and the Hair Building (All Good Books).
Janie’s professional accomplishments are impressive, especially in light of her eight short years in the field. She has steered more than 85 successful federal historic tax credit projects in South Carolina alone, 34 of them in Columbia and West Columbia. Her professional accomplishments earned Janie the National Council on Public History’s Excellence in Consulting Award in 2020 and a place on The State newspaper’s 20 Under 40 list in 2021. Janie’s preservation projects are frequent award winners: three were recognized with the Governor’s South Carolina Historic Preservation Awards.
Janie is a well-recognized ambassador for historic preservation even beyond her professional role. She served on the executive committee of Historic Columbia’s Palladium Society for several years, supporting the organization by securing sponsorships and hosting key community events. She played a crucial role in the success of the 2022 Palladium Tour tour of Midcentury Modern homes in the area and helped ensure that event’s continuation.
Janie’s leadership style makes preservation fun and accessible without sacrificing the high caliber of research for which her work is known. The South Carolina State Historic Preservation Office’s Director of Historical Services Elizabeth Johnson describes Janie’s work as “well-researched and engagingly presented.” Main Street South Carolina Manager Jenny Boulware emphasizes Janie’s leadership in coaching communities in the value of historic preservation as “critical to preservation education and action statewide.” All Good Books owner and local preservationist Clint Wallace categorizes Janie’s preservation work and leadership as “indispensable.”
Janie has no doubt risen to the top of the field and is poised to further impact Columbia and South Carolina with her commitment to leading from the front.
Congratulations, Janie!
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