iron work.
In 2019 the founding Dean Simeon A. Warren was awarded the Elizabeth O'Neill Verner Governor's award in recognition of outstanding contributions to the arts in South Carolina in the category of Art's Education. In 2020 the board formally recognized Warren as Dean Emeritus.
== Media ==
ACBA has been featured on This Old House, Forbes, Garden & Gun, Voice of America, Worth, Wolverine Boots, White House Chronicle, and PBS NewsHour
== Campus history ==
American College of the Building Arts first classes were offered at several locations in and around the city of Charleston, including the Old Charleston District Jail, which became the college's primary location for 17 years. Carpentry and forged architectural iron programs were housed at a separate site. The Jail was originally constructed in 1802 and expanded in 1855 to include living quarters for the warden and jailers on the street side and an octagonal rear wing. Many infamous inmates were housed in the prison, including high seas pirates, the female …
