Documentation drawings that the MSHP class of 2015 started during their first semester have won recognition in the Peterson Prize competition. A student competition of measured drawings, the Charles E. Peterson Prize is presented jointly by the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) of the National Park Service, the Athenaeum of Philadelphia, and the American Institute of Architects. The annual competition, currently in its 33rd year, honors Charles E. Peterson, FAIA (1906-2004), a founder of the HABS program, and is intended to heighten awareness about historic buildings in the United States and to augment the HABS collection of measured drawings at the Library of Congress.
The MSHP entry for 2015 was the Charles Augustus Magwood House at 61-63 Smith Street in Harleston Village, one of Charleston’s historic boroughs. Recently purchased by a conservation-minded owner, the house is part of an important group constructed in this neighborhood in the first decades of the nineteenth century. The documentation drawings from which this winning entry were compiled are helping guide the restoration of the house.