A student competition of measured drawings, the Charles E. Peterson Prize is presented jointly by the Heritage Documentation Programs (Historic American Buildings Survey / Historic American Engineering Record / Historic American Landscapes Survey) of the National Park Service, the Athenaeum of Philadelphia, the American Institute of Architects, and the Association for Preservation Technology. The annual competition, currently in its 41st 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/HAER/HALS Collection of measured drawings at the Library of Congress. In addition to generating over 7,300 sheets of drawings for the collection to date, the competition presents awards totaling $20,000 to the winning student teams. Drawings must be of a site that has not been recorded by HABS, HAER, or HALS through measured drawings, or be an addendum to an existing set of HABS, HAER, or HALS drawings that makes a substantial contribution to the understanding of the significance of the building, structure, or cultural landscape.
2024
Jurors for the 2024 Charles E. Peterson Prize Competition were Kristina Wilson, Gladys Brooks Curator of Architecture at the Athenaeum of Philadelphia, representing the Athenaeum of Philadelphia; Ashley Wilson, FAIA, Ashley Wilson Architects, representing the American Institute of Architects; and Mark Schara, AIA, HABS Architect, representing the National Park Service.
NPS / HABS / Laney Lanter, Dakshata Shahi, Dane Wallace (2024)
First Place Award: $10,000
J. Irwin and Xenia Miller House
- Survey Number: HABS IN-249
- Location: Columbus, Indiana
- Program: Ball State University, Graduate Program in Historic Preservation
- Instructor: Jonathan Spodek, FAIA
- Student Team: Lilly Ebarra, Brenna Haley, Colin Herron, Laney Lanter, Morgan Marmolejo, Emily Minnett, Taylor Payne, Ryan Rufer, Dakshata Shahi, Dane Wallace
Second Place Award: $5,000
Francis J. Benda and Sylvia Valha House
- Survey Number: HABS IL-346
- Location: Riverside, Illinois
- Program: Illinois Institute of Technology, College of Architecture
- Instructor: Michelangelo Sabatino
- Student Team: Thomas Lozanovski
Third Place Award: $3,000
Taliesin West, The Kiva
- Survey Number: HABS AZ-218-H
- Location: Scottsdale, Arizona
- Program: University of Texas at San Antonio, School of Architecture & Planning
- Instructor: Sue Ann Pemberton, FAIA, FAPT
- Student Team: Christopher Cennamo, Mia Love Emley
Honorable Mentions: $1,000 each
District School No. 2
- Survey Number: HABS IN-248
- Location: Eaton, Indiana
- Program: Ball State University, Graduate Program in Historic Preservation
- Instructor: Jonathan Spodek, FAIA
- Student Team: Lilly Ebarra, Brenna Haley, Colin Herron, Morgan Marmolejo, Emily Minnett, Taylor Payne, Dane Wallace
Parsons Family Concessions Tent
- Survey Number: HABS WI-166
- Location: Baraboo, Wisconsin
- Program: Yale University, School of Architecture
- Instructor: Alan Plattus
- Student Team: Devin Jernigan, Hongyu Jiang, Aoyang Li, Jiaqi Zhu
2023
Jurors for the 2023 Charles E. Peterson Prize Competition were Bruce Laverty, Curator of Architecture at the Athenaeum of Philadelphia, representing the Athenaeum of Philadelphia; Jennie Gwin, AIA, Principal, Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners, representing the American Institute of Architects; and Mark Schara, AIA, HABS Architect, representing the National Park Service.
NPS / HABS / Amy Davis and Dakshata Shahi (2023)
First Place Award: $10,000
Jefferson Helm House
- Survey Number: HABS IN-75
- Location: Rushville vicinity, Indiana
- Program: Ball State University, Graduate Program in Historic Preservation
- Instructor: Jonathan Spodek, FAIA
- Student Team: Savannah Barnhart, Amy Davis, Zoe Lawton, Dakshata Shahi, Laurel Tobin
Second Place Award: $5,000
Taliesin West, Garden Room
- Survey Number: HABS AZ-218-G
- Location: Scottsdale, Arizona
- Program: University of Texas at San Antonio, School of Architecture
- Instructor: Sue Ann Pemberton, FAIA
- Student Team: Samual Alvarez, Tae Joo Jeon, Isaac Knott, Jazmyne Knox, Benjamin Lee, Doug Long, Arthur Longoria, Francisco Loredo, Mark Morin, Adam Perez, Erin Ramirez, Karina Rosales, Ashley Vasquez, Crystal Wright, Xu Zhao
Third Place Award (tie): $3,000 each
Coral Gables Congregational Church
- Survey Number: HABS FL-376
- Location: Coral Gables, Florida
- Program: University of Miami, School of Architecture
- Instructor: Ricardo Lopez
- Student Team: Naser Alkandari, Mohammad Alramadan, Fahad Alzaid, Gray Burke, Sacha Braggs, Andrea Camere, Zachary Cronin, Alexis Ebue, Mariana Fleites, Gianell Gonzalez, Tais Hamilton, Dominic Lanctot, Quan Le, Grace Levey, Erika Orellana, Kayla Rembold, Peiyang Sang, Yara Quteineh, Kiera Tucker, April Vasquez, Leanne Vera
St. James Protestant Episcopal Church
- Survey Number: HABS SC-79
- Location: Goose Creek, South Carolina
- Program: Clemson University, Graduate Program in Historic Preservation
- Instructor: Amalia Leifeste, AIA
- Student Team: Megan Adornetto, Caroline Byrne, Deryn Candelaria, Lyrik Castro-Bailey, Chris Cone, Claire Cox, Rachel Fore, Sarah Gaston, Winter Hein, Jacob Hockenberry, Chloe Martin, Paige Regna, Gabriella Rowsam, Brianna Schmidt, Hannah St. Onge, Jack Sutton
2022
Jurors for the 2022 Charles E. Peterson Prize Competition were Bruce Laverty, Curator of Architecture at the Athenaeum of Philadelphia, representing the Athenaeum of Philadelphia; Jim Shepherd, AIA, Principal and Director of Historic Preservation at SmithGroup, representing the American Institute of Architects; and Mark Schara, AIA, HABS Architect, representing the National Park Service.
First Place Award: $5,000
Taliesin West, Dining Room
- Survey Number: HABS AZ-218-E
- Location: Scottsdale, Arizona
- Program: University of Texas at San Antonio, School of Architecture
- Instructor: Sue Ann Pemberton, FAIA, FAPT
- Student Team: Nathan Flores, Leah Garrison, Cristina Garza, Tae Joo Jeon, Austen Keithly, Jose Lizcano Medina, Lori Martinez, Kurt Megerle, Cyrus Melendez, Mark Morin, Samuel Pena, Adam Perez, Jennifer Uria, Wenxi Zhu
Second Place Award: $3,000
Oldfields, Interurban Bridge
- Survey Number: HABS IN-320-C
- Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
- Program: Ball State University, Graduate Program in Historic Preservation
- Instructor: Jonathan Spodek, FAIA
- Student Team: Kyle Anthony-Petter, Grace Goedecker, Trisha Martin, Brianna Minnich, Abigail Rosenow
Third Place Award: $2,000
Episcopal Church of the Redeemer
- Survey Number: HABS GA-303
- Location: Greensboro, Georgia
- Program: Georgia State University, Heritage Preservation Program
- Instructor: Chad Keller
- Student Team: Michelle Bard, Hannah Brecker, Alicia Guzman, Ieshia Hall, Sandra Hall, Brendan Harris, Darlene Hawksley, Joachim Hillier, Paige Jennings, Madelyn Livingston, David Moore, Katherine Rambler, Rachel Staley, Jamye Warren
Honorable Mention: $500
Taliesin West, William Wesley Peters Conference Room
- Survey Number: HABS AZ-218-F
- Location: Scottsdale, Arizona
- Program: University of Texas at San Antonio, School of Architecture
- Instructor: Sue Ann Pemberton, FAIA, FAPT
- Student Team: Maricela Casanova, Porter Hehr, Tae Joo Jeon, Arthur Longoria, Francisco Loredo, Hector Martinez, Mark Morin, Adam Perez, Andi Poore, Jessica Puentes, Vanessa Sotelo, Ashley Vasquez, Austin Villejo
2021
Jurors for the 2021 Charles E. Peterson Prize Competition were Bruce Laverty, Curator of Architecture at the Athenaeum of Philadelphia, representing the Athenaeum of Philadelphia; Anne Weber, FAIA, Project Manager, John G. Waite Associates Architects, representing the American Institute of Architects; and Mark Schara, AIA, HABS Architect, representing the National Park Service. We are pleased to note that Anne Weber, FAIA, was the winner of the first Charles E. Peterson Prize competition, held in 1983.
First Place Award: $5,000
The Rock House
- Survey Number: HABS ID-99
- Location: Wendell, Idaho
- Program: Savannah College of Art and Design, Preservation Design
- Instructor: Sabrinna Cox and Ryan Madson
- Student Team: Melanie Schuster
Second Place Award: $3,000
Oldfields, Canal Pump House
- Survey Number: HABS IN-320-B
- Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
- Program: Ball State University, Graduate Program in Historic Preservation
- Instructor: Jonathan Spodek, FAIA
- Student Team: Grace Bartko, Caitlin Lehman, Bei Liu, Abby Marshall, Jade Moore, Lawrence Neumann, J. Haley Swindle
Third Place Award: $2,000
Samara House
- Survey Number: HABS IN-247
- Location: West Lafayette, Indiana
- Program: Washington University in Saint Louis, Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts
- Instructor: Hongxi Yin
- Student Team: Raquele Cardozo, Xiaofei Feng, Wenfei Gu, Yuanwan Huang, Huzefa Jawadwala, Junhao Li, Patrick Murray, Rubo Sun, Naitian Tian, Yixuan Wang, Xinrui Zhang, Bing Zhao
Honorable Mention
Taliesin West, Cabaret
- Survey Number: HABS AZ-218-B
- Location: Scottsdale, Arizona
- Program: University of Texas at San Antonio, School of Architecture
- Instructor: Sue Ann Pemberton, FAIA
- Student Team: Christelle Arreola, Sergio Duran, Nadeesha Gammampila, Esther Garza, John Mikel Gonzalez, Laura Hernandez, Gayla Hillin, Isabel Howard, Nina Lazaro, Anthony Leblanc, Phuoc Luu, Hanna Mathew, Lauren McCormick, Jaime Perez, Mariana Ramirez, Ryan Rodriguez, Veronica Rodriguez, Maria Trevino, Sarah Trevino, Isaiah Williams, Kelsey Brown Williamson, Sydney Wolfrum
2020
Due to disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic, HDP suspended the Peterson Prize Competition in 2020. The entries received were included in the 2021 competition.
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Last updated: August 19, 2024