In this webinar hosted by the DC Preservation League, Kim Williams and Steve Callcott of the DC Historic Preservation Office will provide an illustrated historical overview of the early 20th century emergence of 14th Street as the District’s premiere location for buildings related to the automobile sales and service industry. This event will discuss the unique challenges in preserving these historic buildings, and provide a detailed look at several projects where they have been adapted to new commercial and residential uses. This program is free and open to the public.

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Kimberly Prothro Williams is an architectural historian for the HPO specializing in the evaluation of historic resources for designation eligibility.  Her work includes conducting historic context and resources studies, preparing National Register nominations (both new nominations and amendments to existing ones), and writing and editing print and web-based publications on the city’s historic resources and neighborhood historic districts. Kim has over 15 years of experience in historic preservation in Washington and the surrounding area. She has an MA in Architectural History from the University of Virginia (1988) with a Certificate in Historic Preservation.

Steve Callcott is the Deputy Historic Preservation Officer (Deputy SHPO) for the District of Columbia.  With more than 30 years of project review experience, he oversees the daily operations of the HPO project review staff, develops design guidelines and preservation design review policies, and serves as the primary staff liaison to the Historic Preservation Review Board.  Mr. Callcott is responsible for the review of many of the larger rehabilitation and new construction projects in the downtown and mid-city neighborhoods.  Prior to joining the HPO in 1992, he served for four years as associate director of the DC Preservation League.  Mr. Callcott has a BA in Architectural History from the University of North Carolina (1986) and an MA in Historic Preservation planning from Cornell University (1989).