Dr. Stiefel taught a Historic Building Survey Class preservation elective course this fall as a preservation elective course in which students completed a survey of communal structures for the Charleston World Heritage Coalition. The CWHO is currently working on an application for Charleston’s inclusion on the UNESCO list of World Heritage sites, one of the most prestigious national designations for historic and natural sites. Ashley Davis, Allison Deyo, Craig Garrison, Madisen Gelner, Rebecca Hudson, William Joseph, Zachary Liollio, Kieran Marshall, Jessica Russo, and Elliot Slovis worked together under Stiefel’s guidance to create a historic resources survey identifying and evaluating communal sites, including governmental buildings, religious institutions, and places of public education that were built on the Charleston peninsula prior to 1900.The class filled out a Statewide Survey of Historic Properties form for the SHPO, and their research will be invaluable to the CWHO as the continue with the World Heritage nomination.

Here are some images of the students presenting their findings to Tom Aspinwall, director of the Charleston World Heritage Coalition.