The Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians (SESAH) seeks nominations for the Best of the South: Preserving Southern Architecture Award. These annual awards honor projects that document, preserve, rehabilitate, restore, or educate the public about a historic property – including a building, a structure, or a complex of buildings and/or structures – in an outstanding manner and that demonstrate excellence in research, design, and execution. Projects with a public interpretation component are encouraged, but not required. Projects in the twelve-state SESAH region – Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia – that were completed in 2018, 2019, or 2020 are eligible.
Criteria for consideration:
- Quality of the project documentation, research, education, and/or design plan;
- Importance of the property type within its particular context (national, regional, state, local);
- Quality of execution;
- Anticipated benefits; and
- Degree to which the project saved a historic property from likely demolition.
Nominations should consist of no more than two pages of project description and be accompanied by illustrations and any other supporting material, including a project budget and timeline. A cover letter should identify the owner of the property, the historic and current use of the property, and the names and contact information of all the major participants of the project (including email addresses).
Email the nomination as a single PDF or as a link to a single PDF posted on Google Drive/Dropbox to the 2020 Best of the South Award Committee Chair, Jeff Rosenberg at BOTS@sesah.org.
Deadline: Wednesday, July 8, 2020.
The 2020 Best of the South Award winner will be announced at the 2020 SESAH Annual Meeting held in Natchez, Mississippi, September 30 – October 3, 2020.
For more information, visit www.sesah.org.
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