Country Houses of Morris County Lecture to Benefit Historic Preservation Projects
Preservation architect and award-winning author Mark Alan Hewitt will speak on “Glen Alpin and the Country Houses of Morris County” on Sunday, October 23, at 3 p.m. in Lenfell Hall, the Mansion, College at Florham. The event is co-sponsored by the Friends of Florham and the Glen Alpin Conservancy. The lecture will be followed by a wine-and-cheese reception in the Great Hall.
Hewitt, a nationally-recognized preservation architect who teaches historic preservation in the art history department of Rutgers University, is a principal of Mark Alan Hewitt Architects in Bernardsville, N.J., and has taught at leading schools of architecture, including Rice University, Houston, Texas; Columbia University, N.Y.C.; and the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Historic Glen Alpin residence in Harding Township, N.J. |
He is the author of the award-winning book The Architect & the American Country House. Famous architect Robert A.M. Stern calls Hewitt’s book “thoroughly researched and cogently argued.” Stern notes that “this book brings together for the first time the aesthetics and sociology of the American Country house … and promises to become the foundation for all future research.”
Hewitt’s numerous publications on architecture and historic preservation include Gustav Stickley’s Craftsman Farms: The Quest for an Arts and Crafts Utopia and the forthcoming Carrère & Hastings: Architecture & Urbanism.
He has received a Graham Foundation Fellowship and an NEH/Winterthur Advance Fellowship. He also won first prize in the 1995 Great American Home Awards sponsored by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Hewitt’s firm specializes in creating, restoring, refurbishing, remodeling and enhancing vintage homes.
The lecture benefits the historic preservation projects of the Friends of Florham and the Glen Alpin Conservancy. Tickets for this tax-deductible event are $25. Seating is limited and, although there will be a number of tickets available at the door, advance purchase is encouraged. Checks, made out to Friends of Florham, should be mailed to Linda Meister, P.O. Box 601, New Vernon, N.J.
The Friends of Florham is a University organization of committed and enthusiastic area residents whose goal is to assist the University in preserving and restoring the historically important buildings and grounds of the College at Florham.
For more information on the October 23 event, call (973) 443-8861.
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October 2005
| · | President Outlines Priorities in University Address |
| · | Academic Convocation 2005 |
| · | Middle States First Draft Released |
| · | Faculty Status Report 2005–2006 |
| · | Global Issues Discussed |
| · | Technical Enrichment and Outreach Program Begins |
| · | Family Weekend and Homecoming |
| · | Division I Hall of Fame Induction |
| · | Country Houses of Morris County Lecture to Benefit Historic Preservation Projects |
| · | Writer Chang-rae Lee to Speak |
| · | Faculty/Staff — Update, In Memoriam, Announcing, Welcome |
| · | College Happenings |
| · | Spotlight — Anderle, Doyle, Nguyen, Orejarena |
| · | This & That |
| · | Photo Stories — Constitution Celebrated, Wellness Fair. |
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