Join us at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, December 17 at the library to hear about resources available for historic preservation.  [Note: A Workshop focused on these topics will be co-hosted by us, the city’s Historic Preservation Commission, and the State Historic Preservation Office on February 8.]

Andrew Dial will start the evening with an introduction to resources available through the State Historic Preservation Office at the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Dial is the Grants Manager and Preservation Planner at the Missouri State Historic Preservation office. His responsibilities include Certified Local Governments, Historic Preservation Fund grants, historic preservation easements, and Missouri’s Statewide Preservation Plan. He holds a PhD in History from McGill University.

Elizabeth Hornbeck will give us an overview of the Federal and State Historic Tax Credit Program available for property owners for qualified rehabilitation projects of certified historic buildings. Hornbeck is an SOI (secretary of the interior)-qualified architectural historian. She taught architectural history at the University of Missouri in Columbia for 18 years before joining the State Historic Preservation Office in February 2023 as a tax credit reviewer. She is currently the Unit Coordinator for the Architectural Preservation Services unit. She holds a PhD in the History of Architecture from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

We will hear from Tanner Ott about these programs have been used on some local projects. Ott is the general manager of Ott Historic Rehab/Alley A Realty, a firm that has renovated buildings ranging from an old funeral home to a meat packing plant. Tanner’s parents, John and Vicki Ott began rehabbing buildings in 2004 and branded their firm Alley A Realty in 2007. Prior to returning to Columbia in 2014 to join Alley A, Tanner worked in Ely, Minnesota completing nine different historic preservation projects there.  Alley A’s newest project was bringing Columbia’s old City Hall/Jail on Ninth Street into a new incarnation as Endwell Taverna.

Andrew Dial is the Grants Manager and Preservation Planner at the Missouri State Historic Preservation office. His responsibilities include Certified Local Governments, Historic Preservation Fund grants, historic preservation easements, and Missouri’s Statewide Preservation Plan. He holds a PhD in History from McGill University. andrew.dial@dnr.mo.gov

Elizabeth Hornbeck is an SOI (secretary of the interior)-qualified architectural historian. She taught architectural history at the University of Missouri in Columbia for 18 years before joining the State Historic Preservation Office in February 2023 as a tax credit reviewer. She is currently the Unit Coordinator for the Architectural Preservation Services unit. She holds a PhD in the History of Architecture from the University of California, Santa Barbara. elizabeth.hornbeck@dnr.mo.gov

Tanner Ott is the general manager of Ott Historic Rehab/Alley A Realty, a firm that has renovated buildings ranging from an old funeral home to a meat packing plant. Tanner’s parents, John and Vicki Ott began rehabbing buildings in 2004 and branded their firm Alley A Realty in 2007. Prior to returning to Columbia in 2014 to join Alley A, Tanner worked in Ely, Minnesota completing nine different historic preservation projects there. 

The company’s renovations were instrumental in the North Village Arts District and other areas of downtown Columbia. Alley A’s recent projects have included the Atrium on Tenth, the former Koonse Glass that now houses Acola Coffee and Le Bao in the North Village Arts District, the Diggs Meat Packing building that houses Ozark Mountain Biscuit at 1204 Hinkson Ave., and Pasta La Fata, Party Perfectly and Nail Couture at 1207 Rogers. 

Alley A’s newest project is bringing back Columbia’s old City Hall/Jail on Ninth Street. If you have been to Endwell Taverna you have enjoyed the benefits of their work.

All CoMo Preservation’s monthly meetings feature a guest speaker on historic preservation and/or historic properties in Columbia, Missouri, and are open to the public and held in the Friends Room at the Columbia Public Library.