WBBJ TV
May 13, 2021
NASHVILLE, Tenn. A local company is receiving an award for historical preservation.
The Tennessee Historical Commission says the John H. Allen Company was among the winners for 2021’s Certificate of Merit competition.
The commission says the company was selected for the award for its work in rehabilitating the Art Moderne Greyhound Bus Station in downtown Jackson.
Other winners of this year’s program includes:
Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park in Elizabethton.
Claiborne County Historical Society in Tazewell.
Dunbar Rosenwald School Foundation in Loudon.
Kemmons Wilson Companies, Bologna Consultants, Bounds and Gillespie Architects, and LRK Architects in Memphis.
Steven Smith Awarded Tennessee Historical Commission Special Commendation For His Books Thursday, May 13, 2021
The Tennessee Historical Commission has announced winners of this year’s annual Certificate of Merit competition. These awards are presented each May during National Preservation Month. The Commissioners’ Special Commendation category went to Steven Smith in Soddy Daisy, for authoring four books.
Since 1975, THC’s Certificate of Merit Program has recognized exemplary work by individuals, groups, organizations, corporations, or governmental entities to further promote historic preservation or the study of history in Tennessee. Nominations are solicited from the public in December of the preceding year and judged by category.