Charles E. Peterson Fellowship
Forecasted
Charles E. Peterson Fellowship supports graduate students researching American architecture and urbanism before 1860 to explain buildings and sites through publication in SAH Archipedia.
Funder: Society of Architectural Historians
Due Dates (Anticipated): December 2026 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: $2,500 fellowship; approximately 150 hours of project work
Summary: Supports graduate students researching and writing about American architecture and urbanism before 1860 for publication in SAH Archipedia.
Key Information: Applicants must be currently enrolled in a relevant graduate program; SAH membership is preferred but not required.
Description
The Charles E. Peterson Fellowship is an annual program offered jointly by the Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) and the Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Established in 2008 in honor of Charles E. Peterson, FAIA, founder of the Historic American Buildings Survey, it provides a graduate student with a research and publication opportunity in SAH Archipedia, the Society’s online architectural resource.
Supported content addresses American architecture and/or urbanism before 1860 and may include Indigenous, Spanish Colonial, and African American topics. Fellows can update or expand existing building entries, write new entries explaining individual buildings’ significance, or develop a thematic essay contextualizing existing or new entries. Building and site histories should extend to the present. One example is expanding plantation entries to analyze slave quarters and the plantation landscape.
