The honor recognizes the institution’s preservation activities conducted at Morgan Hall, the oldest building in the Benedict College Historic District.
Featured photo: (left to right): Karen Quinn, Architect (BOUDREAUX); Don Record, Senior Project Manager (LCK, LLC); Dr. Walletta Moore Johnson, Director of Development; Tiara Williams, Architect (BOUDREAUX); Timothy Martin, Project Manager (Hood Construction); and Dean Wilson, Vice President of Construction Management (Hood Construction).
Columbia, SC—December 20, 2024, Historic Columbia, a leader in preserving the City of Columbia’s historic and cultural heritage, awarded Benedict College the 2024 Preservation Award. The honor recognizes the institution’s preservation activities conducted at Morgan Hall, the oldest building in the Benedict College Historic District.
The recognition highlights the exemplary efforts of businesses, institutions, and individuals that maintain the City’s built heritage. The award also recognizes rehabilitation work conducted on the historic structure by Hood Construction with architectural oversight by Tiara Williams of BOUDREAUX and LCK, LLC, project managers.
The College’s preservation work stemmed from an initial $500,000 grant from the National Park Service’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities grant program. To date, the College has received more than $5 million from the agency to preserve the institution’s Historic District.
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About Benedict College (www.benedict.edu)
Founded in 1870 by a woman, Bathsheba A. Benedict, Benedict College is a private co-educational liberal arts institution offering 29 competitive baccalaureate degree programs and two master’s degree programs. The Midlands HBCU welcomes students from several counties in South Carolina, states across America, and countries around the world. The College also has a diverse faculty deeply engaged in teaching, research, and service.
Benedict College has been highly regarded and exceptionally ranked for its programs by several academic and traditional publications. Benedict College is the recipient of the 2024 UNCF Institutional Excellence Award given by UNCF’s Institute for Capacity Building Program in celebration of an HBCU that achieved next-level performance. Benedict was also named HBCU of the Year by HBCU Digest and was listed among the top half of ranked HBCUs in the 2022 edition of Best Colleges by US News and World Report.
Benedict College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award baccalaureate and master’s degrees. Five of the College’s degree programs hold national accreditation: Social Work Program, Environmental Health Science Program, Environmental Engineering, Studio Art, and the Tyrone Adam Burroughs School of Business and Entrepreneurship.