[MassHistPres] VAF:NE Winter Meeting 3 March 2007

[Laura B. Driemeyer]

A Sampling of 

Current Research on New England 

Architecture

 
New England Chapter of the Vernacular Architecture Forum

 

Winter Meeting
 

3 March 2007
 

Old Sturbridge Village
 

Schedule
8:45    Registration and Coffee

9:15    Welcome and Introduction, Bill Flynt

 

9:30    Finding Meaning in New England Churches: 

Researching Temples of Grace: The Material Transformation of 

Connecticut's Churches, 1790-1840

Gretchen Buggeln, Valparaiso University

 

10:30    Exhuming Old Ship: New Evidence for Original Features 

at the Hingham Meetinghouse

Brian Powell, Building Conservation Associates, Inc.

 

11:30    Forum: The Orientation of Houses in the Village of Deerfield: Archaeological and Documentary Evidence of Change 

in the Eighteenth Century

Robert Paynter, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

 

12:00   Lunch and VAF:NE Annual Meeting

 

1:30   The Building Frame Trade of Coastal New Hampshire

James L. Garvin, New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources

 

2:30     Where We Lived: An Experiment in Accessible History

Jack Larkin, Old Sturbridge Village

 

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WHAT IS THE VAF?  The Vernacular Architecture Forum was founded in 1980 to encourage the study and preservation of all aspects of vernacular architecture and landscapes, through interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary methods.  The VAF publishes a quarterly newsletter and a series, Perspectives in Vernacular Architecture (recently renamed Buildings and Landscapes: Journal of the Vernacular Architecture Forum), and awards the Abbott Lowell Cummings Award, for the best book in North American vernacular architecture; the Paul Buchanan Award, for excellence in fieldwork and interpretation, and the Henry Glassie Award, for special achievements in and contributions to the field of vernacular architecture.  Its annual meetings, which emphasize intensive tours, are among its most distinctive traditions.  The VAF has recently begun to develop regional and topical chapters, and for ten years New England's chapter has sponsored a number of field trips, workshops on building analysis, and this conference.  Membership in the New England Chapter is a free benefit of VAF membership for those in the six New England states and members receive regular notification of Chapter activities.  To join, send your name, address, and dues to Gabrielle Lanier, P.O. Box 1511, Harrisonburg, VA  22801-1511.  $45 active member, $25 student.  For more information about the VAF, visit our web site at http://www.vernaculararchitectureforum.org.   

 

Directions to Old Sturbridge Village:  Old Sturbridge Village is located in the town of Sturbridge, MA, near the intersection of Route 90 (the Massachusetts Turnpike) and Route 84.  Make your way to Route 90/Mass Pike and take Sturbridge exit 9, which will be marked for Old Sturbridge Village with the brown signs used to indicate historic sites and parks.  After paying your toll, take the first right onto Route 20 west and follow the signs.  You will need to take the jug-handle on the right to make the left turn into the Village.  Park in the Village lot.  Then follow the path from the parking lot past the new Tavern and the Bookstore on the left and the Visitors Center on the right.  The Conference Center is just past the Visitors Center on the right.  

 

Weather:  Since the Village is located on major roadways, we hope not to have to cancel, whatever the weather.  But if you are in doubt, you can call 508-347-3362 and an answering machine will let you know if we have decided the predictions are too dire. 

 

Lunch:  You may order sandwiches, drinks, etc. for an informal lunch at the Conference Center, available for $10.  A la carte options may also by available at the Bullard Tavern in the historic area of the Village.

 

Please register in advance.  We need an estimate of participants.

Send registration material to:   VAF-New England

Preservation Studies Program, Boston University, 226 Bay State Road, Boston MA  02215

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VAF member $10 _____.    Non-member $18 _____.    Student $8 ______.  Lunch $10 ______

 

VAF-New England operates primarily through donated funds and services.  

Your additional contribution will help us to continue our program 

of field trips and winter meetings.

 

Students should include a photocopy of their student ID.  

Please make check payable to VAF-NE.

 

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