[MassHistPres] New England Chapter of the Vernacular Architecture Forum Annual Meeting April 4

[Steinitz, Michael (SEC)]

New England Chapter of the Vernacular Architecture Forum
Annual Meeting  - Saturday, 4 April 2020
Fuller Conference Center  - Old Sturbridge Village
Sturbridge, MA

Current Research by Members of VAF-New England

Schedule
8:45-9:15 - Registration and Coffee

9:15-9:30 - Welcoming Remarks
Laura B. Driemeyer, President, VAF-NE Chapter

9:30-10:30
"Framing the Old Colony: Early Plymouth Architecture in Context"
James Kelleher, Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in American Material Culture

"The New England Squash Barn"
Sally McMurry, Penn State University

10:30-10:45 - Break

10:45-12:00
"Marblehead Land Company, A Well-Documented Residential Subdivision of the 1880s"
John D Clemson, Independent Scholar

"A Look Back at a WWI Housing Effort"
Lorna Condon, Historic New England

"Introducing the Royal Barry Wills Associates Archives"
Lorna Condon, Historic New England

12:00 to 1:30 - Lunch
Box lunches ($20) will be offered at the Oliver Wight Tavern-see choices below.  Other lunch options are also available at the Museum and in nearby Sturbridge.
Please reserve lunch by March 26!

12:00-12:20 - VAF-New England Chapter Annual Meeting (VAF members)
President's Report; Secretary's Report; Treasurer's Report; Board Nominations and Vote; Fieldtrip Committee Report; New Business

1:30-2:00
"Developing 'New England's Niagara': Capitalism, Corporate Branding, and the Trackside Architecture of the Portland & Rumford Falls Railway, 1890-1895
C. Ian Stevenson, Independent Scholar

2:00-2:15 - Break

2:15-3:15 - FORUM: Recovering Urban Vernacular Spaces in Boston and New York City

"They Persisted: Women Confront the Corporate Improvement of Boston's Waterfront, 1790-1820"
Kathryn Lasdow, Suffolk University

"Real Estate and Reimagining African American Free Space in New York City"
Alexander Manevitz, New York Historical Society

What spaces do we honor and whose stories do we tell?  How can the physical destruction of our urban vernacular landscapes teach us about our historical and present-day values?  Join Kathryn Lasdow and Alexander Manevitz as they discuss vernacular destruction and dispossession for women and African American communities in nineteenth-century Boston and New York City. Using a combination of vernacular architecture, historical geography, archaeology, and social history, they'll share what they've uncovered about the female property-owners and renters who resisted the rise of corporate development on the Boston waterfront, including the Charles Bulfinch-designed India Wharf complex.  They'll examine Seneca Village, a free black experimental political community in upper Manhattan, ultimately displaced by Central Park. Then they will open the floor for a discussion on research methods, findings, and contemporary ramifications.

TO REGISTER go to:  http://www.vafweb.org/event-3769248

VAF Member - $20.00
Non-Member - $30.00
Student -$10.00
BOX LUNCH-$20.00

                Roast Turkey, Swiss Cheese, Smoked Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato, Honey Mustard on a Soft Artisan Roll
                Roast Beef with Bleu Cheese, Spinach and Dijon Mustard on a Soft Artisan Roll
                Grilled Vegetables and Goat Cheese with Basil Oil in an Herbed Wrap

2020 VAF National Conference: The 2020 Annual VAF National Meeting-Vernacular Landscapes of San Antonio & Central Texas--will be held in San Antonio, TX from 6-9 May 2020.  For more information, please go to: http://www.vafweb.org/conference



Michael Steinitz
michael.steinitz at sec.state.ma.us

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