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Every April, the Historic Charleston Foundation (HCF) celebrates individuals + organizations who have been instrumental in preserving our city’s rich heritage. This year’s Charter Day award winners include:
Stoney Craftsmanship Award
- Joe Faust’s mastery of traditional plaster and stucco work has revived properties, including 48 South Battery, 55 Society St., and 54 Tradd St.
Whitelaw Founders Award
- Old City Jail, 21 Magazine St.: This three-story Romanesque Revival structure is on the National Register of Historic Places.
- Kevin Eberle: Charleston law professor + historian who rehabilitated a threatened 19th-century freedman’s cottage.
- Taveau Church (Preservation SC): A rare surviving rural, framed antebellum church constructed in 1835.
Joseph H. (Peter) McGee Advocacy Award
- Beefield Community: This African American settlement community, circa 1865, has gained historic district status thanks to neighborhood association president George Richardson’s efforts.
- Martha Zierden: A retired archaeologist who has changed the way historians and archaeologists understand Charleston’s material culture.
Special recognition: Bob and Donna Cox of Landscapes Limited have been beautifying Charleston for 30 years, tending the Nathaniel Russell House Garden and supporting the HCF’s garden volunteers.
