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John Sherrer

Director of Preservation
Karen Quinn

2023 Preservation Award | Karen Quinn

By: John Sherrer, Director of Preservation

Friday, May 12th 2023

Charles Lesser

2023 Preservation Award | Dr. Charles H. Lesser

By: John Sherrer, Director of Preservation

Friday, May 12th 2023

Exterior of 2901 Rosewood Drive

2023 Preservation Award | 2901 Rosewood Drive

By: John Sherrer, Director of Preservation

Friday, May 12th 2023

Exterior of 3804 Palmetto Avenue

2023 Preservation Award | 3804 Palmetto Avenue

By: John Sherrer, Director of Preservation

Friday, May 12th 2023

Exterior of 734 Harden Street

2023 Preservation Award | 734 Harden Street

By: John Sherrer, Director of Preservation

Friday, May 12th 2023

Exterior of 1813 Main Street

2023 Preservation Award | 1813 Main Street

By: John Sherrer, Director of Preservation

Friday, May 12th 2023

Exterior of 1215 Shop Road

2023 Preservation Award | 1215 Shop Road

By: John Sherrer, Director of Preservation

Friday, May 12th 2023

Exterior of 1527 Gervais Street

2023 Preservation Award | 1527 Gervais Street

By: John Sherrer, Director of Preservation

Friday, May 12th 2023

Two-story Craftsman style home with steeply pitched roof, prominent fireplace, and a covered front porch.

The Impact of Craftsman Architecture in Columbia, South Carolina 1900-1930

By: John Sherrer, Director of Preservation

Thursday, March 2nd 2023

Proponents of the Arts & Crafts movement—a 19th-century English aesthetic born out of disdain for the socially detrimental aspects of the Industrial Revolution and the excessive ornamentation of the later Victorian Age—today, if they were on Instagram, would be considered among the most successful of social influencers. Their philosophy celebrated...

John Sherrer Fieldwork

Worth the Weight: Surveying Columbia’s 19th-Century Cast & Wrought Iron Heritage

By: John Sherrer, Director of Preservation

Wednesday, August 31st 2022

What’s Going On As a steward of historic sites and an advocate and resource for preservation, Historic Columbia consistently yields research findings about Columbia and Richland County’s past. Most recently, fieldwork resulted in the discovery of a commonality between cast iron stairs, which historically embellished the front porch of the...