The rustic blacksmith shop and cottage where legendary artisan Philip Simmons worked and lived until his death in 2009 will become a classroom for historic preservation students at a local college he inspired. Students in a preservation research methods class at the American College of the Building Arts (ACBA) took on a new history assignment Jan. 13 to write a report on the Simmons property at 30½ Blake St., said the college’s provost Christina Rae Butler. The post Building arts college collaborating with Simmons site appeared first on Charleston City Paper.