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During the spring 2013 quarter, students in the HIPR 202 Recording and Interpretation course are documenting the historic Savannah Powder Magazine. Constructed in 1898 by prominent Savannah architects Hyman W. Witcover and Alfred S. Eichberg, it is designed in the Gothic Revival style. Gothic architectural features on the building include crenellations, corbelling, a frontis piece [...]

Historic preservation M.F.A. candidate, Shannon Schaefer, recently took large-format photographs at Whitefield Chapel for the department’s Peterson Prize submission. HABS suggests providing photographs as part of the documentation process, because they provide context, spatial relationships and existing conditions. These elements are harder to convey through two-dimensional drawings. The Peterson Prize doesn’t require large-format photos. However, [...]

Students have begun working on their submission for the 2013 Peterson Prize.  The Peterson Prize is an award sponsored by the National Park Service, which recognizes the best set of student created HABS drawings.  This year, SCAD historic preservation students are recording Whitefield Chapel, located at the Bethesda Home for the Boys.  Whitefield Chapel’s namesake [...]

Shannon Schaefer, photography and historic preservation student, had her opening photography reception on Saturday, February 9. In her series, The Modern Story of Drayton Tower, Shannon explores the transitional state of this modern building in the heart of historic Savannah from a state of disrepair and neglect to a revitalized one. Shannon’s thesis show is [...]

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