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Thursday, September 14, 2023, 6:00–8:00pm
Autumn Garden Gathering

Tickets:
$35 Members
$50 Non-Members

Tuesday, September 19, 6:00pm
Book Talk: Newport Cottages 1835-1890
The Arsenal

Join us for a talk by Michael C. Kathrens about his new book, 'Newport Cottages 1835-1890, The Summer Villas Before the Vanderbilt Era.'

The book is a long-overdue account of the incredibly rich period of Newport’s luxurious nineteenth-century summer “cottages.” Kathrens gives house enthusiasts a superbly visual and informative book on Newport’s early resort architecture. Between 1835, when the first private house was built exclusively for seasonal use, and 1890, scores of magnificent homes were commissioned by a burgeoning summer colony whose members were among America’s wealthiest and most prominent families, including the Schermerhorns, Lorillards, Goelets, and Joneses. The luxury and splendor of their homes, many designed on a grand scale, often rivaled the sumptuousness of Newport’s later “Gilded Age” mansions. Stunning archival and newly commissioned photography, architectural renderings, and floor plans supplement the text to fully convey this remarkable architectural legacy

Kathrens is an independent scholar specializing in American residential architecture of the mid-nineteenth through the early twentieth centuries. His previous publications include American Splendor: The Residential Architecture of Horace Trumbauer, The Great Houses of New York: 1880–1930, Newport Villas: 1885–1935, The Revival Styles, and Kansas City Houses 1885–1938.

Tickets:
$35 Members
$50 Non-Members