2026 Preservation Awards
Presenting the recipients of the
2026 Preservation Awards
On May 14, 2026, Historic Columbia celebrated Preservation Month through our awards program recognizing the projects and people who have helped maintain and enhance the community’s rich historical, architectural, and cultural heritage through historic preservation.
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Preservation Leadership Traditional Building Arts Preservation, Rehabilitation, or Restoration (commercial, institutional, rental, or municipal) Revitalization (any ownership or use) Preservation, Rehabilitation, or Restoration (residential/single family) Sponsors 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.
Traditional Building Arts
In recognition of the 50th anniversary of the historic preservation awards, Historic Columbia is announcing a new award category that will recognize leaders in the field of historic trades. Historic trades are the specialized, traditional skills, tools, and techniques used to maintain, restore, and rehabilitate historic structures, landscapes, and objects. Artisans in this field such as masons, carpenters, blacksmiths, window restorers, and plasterers, focus on conserving, rather than replacing, historic fabric, often using period-appropriate materials and methods.
Conway Architectural Salvage and Heritage Project
2026 Winner | Traditional Building Arts
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.
Bob Russell Realty Building | 1931 Assembly Street
2026 Winner | Preservation, Rehabilitation, or Restoration
Lewis Rogers Properties — Property Owner
Architectural Concepts — Architect
Blackstone Construction — Contractor
Rogers Lewis Group – Preservation Consultant
Central Fire Station | 1001 Senate Street
2026 Winner | Preservation, Rehabilitation, or Restoration
Raines Company — Property Owner
Garvin Design Group — Architect
Mashburn Construction — Contractor
Rogers Lewis Group – Preservation Consultant
Horry-Guignard House | 1527 Senate Street
2026 Winner | Preservation, Rehabilitation, or Restoration
University of South Carolina — Property Owner
BOUDREAUX — Architect
Hammer Construction — Contractor
Olympia Armory | 551 Granby Street
2026 Winner | Preservation, Rehabilitation, or Restoration
South Carolina Military Department — Property Owner
Garvin Design Group — Architect
Solid Structures — Contractor
Garvin Design Group – Preservation Consultant
2200 Sumter Street
2026 Winner | Preservation, Rehabilitation, or Restoration
Yip Premier Real Estate — Property Owner
Architrave — Architect
Cohn 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.
Advent Christian Church | 1419 Anthony Avenue
2026 Winner | Revitalization
Gretchen Lambert and Stanford Gardner — Property Owners
Finlay Park | 930 Laurel Street
2026 Winner | Revitalization
City of Columbia — Property Owner
LS3P — Architect and Consultant
Mashburn Construction — Contractor
Stantec — Landscape Architect
Pickens Street Cottages | 1213–1221 Pickens Street
2026 Winner | Revitalization
1527 Gervais Phase 2, LLC — Property Owner
Brennan Works — Architect
McGuinn Homes — Contractor
Rogers Lewis Group — 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.
A.S. Salley Library & Office | 1917 College Street
2026 Winner | Preservation, Rehabilitation, or Restoration (residential/single family)
Archie and Sarah Parnell — Property Owners
Ari Renovations — Contractor
State Historic Preservation Office — Preservation Consultant
Thank you to our Presenting Sponsor
Thank You to our Sponsors
Award Ceremony Photo Gallery
Past Winners
Past Preservation Award Winners
Historic Columbia's annual Preservation Awards Ceremony celebrates historic preservation efforts in the Capital City. The awards recognize local projects that have maintained or added to the historical, architectural and cultural heritage throughout Columbia and Richland County. In addition, we often gives a Preservation Leadership Award to individuals who contribute to...