The Peterson Prize annually recognizes the best set of measured drawings prepared by students. The drawings follow HABS (Historic American Buildings Survey) Standards and are donated to the HABS collection housed within the Library of Con
gress after the competition.
HABS is the nation’s first preservation program, it was established in 1933 to document America’s heritage. The HABS collection includes monuments and architect designed buildings as well as vernacular structures. Its goal is to preserve American building traditions by documenting architecture.
UTSA students have participated in the competition for many years, and have won first prize in 1999 with the drawings for the Maverick-Carter House, first prize in 2003 for the Old Oakville Jail in Oakville, TX, third place in 2007 for the Magazine Building in Fort Sam Houston, and tied in fourth place in 2009 with the Spanish Governor’s Palace drawings.
UTSA students taking the Survey and Measured Drawings course taught by Professor Sue Ann Pemberton have submitted drawings for the 2010 competition. They documented and drafted measured drawings for the Heermann General Store established in 1892 in Somerset, TX. Congratulations and good luck to this year’s participants!
