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Renovation Rodeo | Wales Garden
Friday, June 14th 2024
Palladium presented Renovation Rodeo | Wales Garden on Thursday, June 13, 2024, from 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Over 40 guests toured this circa-1931 property while enjoying beer from Peak Drift Brewing Company, wine courtesy of Republic National Distributing Company, and delicious food from Something Small Catering. This event was proudly sponsored by Courtney Miller with Coldwell Banker and Mark Tibshrany with Guild Mortgage.
Historic Columbia Announces Entertainment Lineup for the 46th Annual Jubilee: Festival of Black History and Culture
Wednesday, June 19th 2024
Historic Columbia is thrilled to announce that R&B and soul singer Sunshine Anderson will headline the entertainment lineup for the 46th annual Jubilee: Festival of Black History and Culture on Saturday, September 21, 2024, from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Mann-Simons Site at 1403 Richland Street. Jubilee 2024 is presented by Ambetter from Absolute Total Care.
Jeffrey Richardson Named Acting Executive Director of Historic Columbia
Tuesday, June 11th 2024
As President of Historic Columbia's Board of Trustees, it is my pleasure to announce the appointment of Jeffrey Richardson as Acting Executive Director of the organization, effective Friday, June 28, 2024. Jeffrey brings a wealth of museum experience, passion for historic preservation, and a deep commitment to the mission of Historic Columbia to this interim role as the organization continues its search for a permanent Executive Director.
2024 Preservation Awards | 203 Wateree Avenue
Thursday, May 16th 2024
Good preservation projects often belie the truly outstanding care and attention an owner may put into a project. This certainly holds true for this Wales Garden property, where Bailey Bill-quality investment included restoration
2024 Preservation Awards | 1407 Gladden Street
Thursday, May 16th 2024
Virginia native and long-time Melrose Heights resident Kandie Wright is no stranger to sensitive rehabilitations of historic properties. Previous efforts at two other neighborhood properties, including a rare Airplane Bungalow and the Prairie Style residence originally owned by the Powell family, have garnered accolades and been a source of community pride.
2024 Preservation Awards | Campus Village
Thursday, May 16th 2024
As part of its master plan, the University of South Carolina embraces design guidelines in its ongoing efforts to meet the housing needs of an ever-increasing student body while replacing obselete facilities within its urban campus. Opened in August 2023 as the initial step in a multi-phased initiative to transform an area of South Campus into a vibrant, community-oriented housing complex, Campus Village ranks as the largest state capital project completed to date.
2024 Preservation Awards | 1214-1216/1218-1220 Taylor Street
Thursday, May 16th 2024
Historically known as the Hillman’s Sporting Goods and Community Finance Company buildings, respectively, these ca.-1915 commercial destinations experienced more than a century of use by various owners that modified elements of their original appearance. Current sibling owners Greg Middleton and Sara Middleton Styles teamed up with Rogers Lewis, LTC Architects, and Pyramid Construction to design and implement a rehabilitation that would benefit from Bailey Bill tax abatement and historic tax credits by following the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties. In doing so, the historic character of these mixed-use buildings was retained and restored, while stimulating further economic vitality within the National Register of Historic Places-listed commercial district.
2024 Preservation Awards | Morgan Hall
Thursday, May 16th 2024
Listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1987 as a contributing building within the Benedict College Historic District, Morgan Hall bears the distinction of being the HBCU campus’s first separate facility intended as the president’s residence. Erected in 1895, the Queen Anne style, three-story building marked a notable achievement in the development of Benedict 25 years after the institution’s founding as one of the earliest Black colleges in the South during Reconstruction.
2024 Preservation Awards | Maxcy Gregg House
Thursday, May 16th 2024
Appreciating the value that historic buildings provide as unique work environments, owners Todd Avant and Mullins McLeod acquired this ca.-1841 former residence, which had fallen into disrepair following years of commercial use. One of Columbia’s oldest former residences, the antebellum property required extensive exterior, interior, and site work—rehabilitation guided by the State Historic Preservation Office and the National Park Service to qualify for historic tax credits and the Bailey Bill tax abatement.
2024 Preservation Awards | 1544 Main Street
Thursday, May 16th 2024
2024 Preservation Awards | 1544 Main Street