(COLUMBIA, SC) - Historic Columbia Foundation recently recognized local preservation projects that epitomize efforts to maintain and add to the historically, architecturally and culturally significant buildings, neighborhoods and landscapes within the city and Richland County.

Given annually during Preservation Month, awards were presented on Tuesday, May 3. Recipients included the following:

New Construction in an Historic Context
Township Auditorium
Richland County and the Township Auditorium Board
Stevens & Wilkinson, Architect
Contract Construction, Contractor

Ernest F. Hollings Special Collections Library
University of South Carolina, Owner
Watson Tate Savory Liollio, Architect
Gilbane Building Company, Contractor

Adaptive Use
601 Gervais Street and 1218 Pulaski Street
Greg Conde, Property Representative
Studio 2LR, Architect
Hood Construction & Mashburn Construction, Contractors

Preservation/Restoration
Goodwill Plantation
Larry Faulkenberry, Property Owner

Pine Grove Rosenwald School
Richland County Recreation Commission
John Clayton, Architect
Ronnie Kinnett & Bryan Crider, Contractors

Trinity Cathedral
Trinity Foundation & Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
Wilson Farrell, Owner’s Representative

Wesley United Methodist Church
Walter Grant, Property Representative
The Boudreaux Group, Architect
Shenandoah Restoration & Watertight Systems, Contractors

Preservation Leadership Award
Trinity Cathedral

Photos and more information about each of these projects can be found on HCF's Facebook page here: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150240551786515.365284.39473626514.

In keeping with the month-long celebration of Preservation Month and National Trust for Historic Preservation’s theme of Celebrating America’s Treasures, Historic Columbia Foundation is offering $1 off on its historic house museums from May 1-31. For more information on this year’s Preservation Awards recipients and Historic Columbia Foundation tours, visit www.HistoricColumbia.org or call 803.252.1770.

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