[MassHistPres] Annual Meeting, Vernacular Architecture Forum - New England Chapter, Saturday, March 24

[Steinitz, Michael (SEC)]

The VAF-New England Chapter Annual Meeting, VERNACULAR AT MID-CENTURY, 1930 - 1970, will be held
Saturday, March 24, 2018 at the Fuller Conference Center - Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, MA.
Non-members are welcome!
Registration information and on-line registration: http://www.vafweb.org/event-2832087

PROGRAM
8:30 - 9:15  - REGISTRATION, COFFEE & WELCOME

9:15 - 10:05
Vernacular Building Science at the Gropius House, David Fannon, Northeastern University (20 min)
The House was Demolished: The Role of Cultural Bias in the Loss of Modern American Residential Architecture, Anna Marcum, Tulane University (20 min)

10:05 - 11:15
The Mid-Century Modern Lexington Center Pedestrian Promenade, 1967-1970, Virginia Adams & Gretchen Pineo, Public Archaeology Lab (30 min)
Mid-Century Mormon Modern: Creating a Mormon Cultural Landscape Among the Eastern Establishment, Sam Palfreyman, Boston University (30 min)

11:15 - 12:05
Just Add Water: Midcentury Transformations of the Pondside Vernacular, David Foxe, Epstein Joslin Architects (20 min)
Suburban Design Thinking: Home Builders and House Design in the Mid-Twentieth Century, Elaine B. Stiles, Roger Williams University (20 min)

12:05 - 12:20
VAF-NE Field Trips: 2017 Review & 2018 Preview

12:20 - 12:30
ANNUAL MEETING (VAF Members): President's Report; Secretary's Report; Treasurer's Report; 2017 VAF National Meeting (Salt Lake City, UT); Board Nominations and Vote

12:30 - 1:30
LUNCH ~ Box lunches ($20) will be offered at the Oliver Wight Tavern. Other lunch options are also available at the Museum and in nearby Sturbridge.  Please reserve lunch by March 13!

1:30 - 2:45
David Fried: Mysterious Modernist of the CCC, Devin Colman, Vermont Division for Historic Preservation (30 min)
Lovett's Inn: A Jewelbox of Modern Design Tucked into Franconia Notch, Nicole Benjamin-Ma, VHB (30 min)

2:45 - 3:30
Works-in-Progress ~ Brief presentations of Works-in-Progress from the field

Michael Steinitz
Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer
Director, Preservation Planning Division
Massachusetts Historical Commission
220 Morrissey Blvd.
Boston, MA 02125
617-727-8470
617-727-5128 (fax)
michael.steinitz at state.ma.us

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