2024 Preservation Awards
Congratulations to our
2024 Preservation Awards recipients!
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.
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Preservation Leadership Preservation, Rehabilitation, or Restoration (commercial, institutional, rental, or municipal) Revitalization (any ownership or use) Preservation, Rehabilitation, or Restoration (residential/single family) Award Ceremony Photo Gallery
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.
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.
The Babcock Building
2024 Winner | Preservation, Rehabilitation, or Restoration (rental)
2110 Pickens Street
Clachan Properties — Property Owner
Walter Parks Architects — Architect
Rehab Builders, Inc. — Contractor
Fearnbach History Services, Inc. — Preservation Consultant
Eurytania & Brown Buildings
2024 Winner | Preservation, Rehabilitation, or Restoration (commercial)
1728-1730 Main Street
GMS Revive Tenant, LLC — Property Owner
Mashburn Construction — Contractor
Lambert Architecture + Construction Services — Architect & Preservation Consultant
Good Samaritan-Waverly Hospital
2024 Winner | Preservation, Rehabilitation, or Restoration (institutional)
2204 Hampton Street
Allen University — Property Owner
GMK Associates Architectural Division, Inc. — Architect
GMK Associates Design - Build Division, Inc. — Contractor
Crescent Growth Capital, LLC — Preservation Consultant
Longstreet Theatre
2024 Winner | Preservation, Rehabilitation, or Restoration (institutional)
1300 Greene Street
University of South Carolina — Property Owner
Midwest Maintenance Inc. — Contractor
Meadors, Inc. — Architect & Preservation Consultant
1544 Main Street
2024 Winner | Preservation, Rehabilitation, or Restoration (commercial)
Daniel Boan & Matthew Bridges — Property Owners
Architectural Concepts — Architect
Blackstone Construction — Contractor
Rogers Lewis — Preservation Consultant
Marcus Munse & Rita Patel — Proprietors
Maxcy Gregg House
2024 Winner | Preservation, Rehabilitation, or Restoration (commercial)
1518 Richland Street
Avant & McLeod - Richlands, LLC — Property Owner
Avant Holdings — Project Manager
Studio 2LR — Architect
Historic Columbia — Preservation Consultant
Morgan Hall
2024 Winner | Preservation, Rehabilitation, or Restoration (institutional)
1600 Harden Street
Benedict College — Property Owner
BOUDREAUX — Architect
Hood Construction — Contractor
LCK — Project Manager
1214-1216/1218-1220 Taylor Street
2024 Winner | Preservation, Rehabilitation, or Restoration (commercial)
GSM Taylor, LLC — Property Owner
LTC Associates — Architect
Pyramid Contracting — Contractor
Rogers Lewis — Preservation Consultant
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.
Campus Village
2024 Winner | Revitalization
1531 Whaley Street
University of South Carolina — Property Owner
BOUDREAUX — Architect
Juneau Construction — Contractor
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.
1407 Gladden Street
2024 Winner | Preservation, Rehabilitation, or Restoration (residential/single family)
Kandie Wright / She Shed LLC — Property Owner
Firehouse Renovations — Contractor
Palmetto Home Designs — Architectural Planner
203 Wateree Avenue
2024 Winner | Preservation, Rehabilitation, or Restoration (residential/single family)
Jeff & Emily Walker — Property Owners
Thank you to our Corporate Sponsors
Award Ceremony Photo Gallery
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...