BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 13.3//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The New England Chapter of the Society of Architectural Histori ans is pleased to host Mark Wright's virtual talk "Richardson's House on S ippican Harbor\, Revisited: Notes since 2010" on \;November 12 at 7 PM EST. Please register at \;https://www.nesah.org/event-6384181 \;t o receive a Zoom link. \;In\nhis article "H. H. Richardson&rsquo\;s Ho use for Rev&rsquo\;d Browne\, Rediscovered"\n(Journal of the Society of Ar chitectural Historians\, March 2010)\, Wright\npresented one of Richardson &rsquo\;s most enigmatic and consequential works.\nHis graphic reconstruct ion of the house as it was originally built was\ngrounded in then-newly-id entified 19th- and early 20th-century\nphotographs\, archival research\, a nd close examination and measurement of\nthe surviving\, altered building. To fill the house in mind&rsquo\;s eye with\nthe family for whom it was c reated\, he explored the lives of\nRichardson&rsquo\;s clients and their n eighbors. This perspective engendered a\nlively picture of the house&rsquo \;s place in the physical and social\nlandscape\, and led to a fuller unde rstanding of how the commission's\ndesign influenced the architect&rsquo\; s rivals and followers\, and &ndash\; perhaps\nmost importantly &ndash\; t heir clients. Consideration of the house in the\ncontext of some of H. H. Richardson&rsquo\;s better-known work of the period\nbetween 1879 and 1882 showed that this tiny commission was central to\nthe architect&rsquo\;s d evelopment as a mature artist.It is a fitting time for an update. At the t ime of the article's\npublication\, the house had recently changed hands a nd its future was\nuncertain. In 2019 a hastily mounted but successful soc ial media and\nletter-writing campaign convinced the owners to withdraw th eir\napplication for a permit to demolish the house outright\, and to look \ninstead for an institutionally supportable use for the cultural asset of \nwhich they&rsquo\;d discovered themselves to be stewards. The town has b ecome\nmore engaged in an ongoing effort to assure the building&rsquo\;s p reservation. It has been\nnominated to the Preservation Massachusetts Most Endangered Historic\nResources Program. And\, over the last 15 years\, Mr . Wright has enriched\nhis own understanding both of the process of its de sign &ndash\; including\nfruitful improvisation based on input from the ow ner and contractor &ndash\;\nand of how the unique shingle detailing with which H. H. Richardson\ntreated this house (and no other) behaved in chang ing sunshine. The talk\nis based on one Wright recently delivered to a lay audience in Marion\,\nMassachusetts\, sponsored by the Sippican Historica l Society.Mark Wright is\nan architect in private practice. He was educate d at the Rice\nUniversity School of Architecture (BA '80\, BArch '82)\, th en had the good\nfortune to spend his first professional decade with Klime nt &\;\nHalsband. Since 2003\, Wright &\; Robinson Architects has wo rked to\nbring 21st century families and their 19th century houses into ha ppy\nmutual accommodation. Wright's technical understanding of the Queen A nne\nand Shingle Style architecture of the towns along the Wachtung Ridge\ nundergirds his work on Richardson's Percy Browne house and his ongoing\nr esearch into houses by Charles Follen McKim\, John Charles Olmsted\, and\n Frederick B. White. \; DTEND:20251112T190000Z DTSTAMP:20251015T180839Z DTSTART:20251112T180000Z LOCATION:United States\,Zoom (virtual) SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Richardson’s House on Sippican Harbor\, Revisited: Notes since 2010 UID:RFCALITEM638961485196113558 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The New England Chapter of the Soc iety of Architectural Historians is pleased to host Mark Wright's virtual talk "Richardson's House on Sippican Harbor\, Revisited: Notes since 2010" on \;November 12 at 7 PM EST. Please reg ister at \; \;to receive a Zoom link. \;

In\nhis article "H. H. Richardson&rsquo\;s House for Rev&rsquo\;d Browne\, Rediscovered"\n(Jo urnal of the Society of Architectural Historians\, March 2010)\, Wright\np resented one of Richardson&rsquo\;s most enigmatic and consequential works .\nHis graphic reconstruction of the house as it was originally built was\ ngrounded in then-newly-identified 19th- and early 20th-century\nphotograp hs\, archival research\, and close examination and measurement of\nthe sur viving\, altered building. To fill the house in mind&rsquo\;s eye with\nth e family for whom it was created\, he explored the lives of\nRichardson&rs quo\;s clients and their neighbors. This perspective engendered a\nlively picture of the house&rsquo\;s place in the physical and social\nlandscape\ , and led to a fuller understanding of how the commission's\ndesign influe nced the architect&rsquo\;s rivals and followers\, and &ndash\; perhaps\nm ost importantly &ndash\; their clients. Consideration of the house in the\ ncontext of some of H. H. Richardson&rsquo\;s better-known work of the per iod\nbetween 1879 and 1882 showed that this tiny commission was central to \nthe architect&rsquo\;s development as a mature artist.

It is a fitting time for an update . At the time of the article's\npublication\, the house had recently chang ed hands and its future was\nuncertain. In 2019 a hastily mounted but succ essful social media and\nletter-writing campaign convinced the owners to w ithdraw their\napplication for a permit to demolish the house outright\, a nd to look\ninstead for an institutionally supportable use for the cultura l asset of\nwhich they&rsquo\;d discovered themselves to be stewards. The town has become\nmore engaged in an ongoing effort to assure the building& rsquo\;s preservation. It has been\nnominated to the Preservation Massachu setts Most Endangered Historic\nResources Program. And\, over the last 15 years\, Mr. Wright has enriched\nhis own understanding both of the process of its design &ndash\; including\nfruitful improvisation based on input f rom the owner and contractor &ndash\;\nand of how the unique shingle detai ling with which H. H. Richardson\ntreated this house (and no other) behave d in changing sunshine. The talk\nis based on one Wright recently delivere d to a lay audience in Marion\,\nMassachusetts\, sponsored by the Sippican Historical Society.

Mark Wright is\nan architect in private practice. He was educated at the Rice\nUniversity School of Architecture (BA '80\, BArch '82)\, the n had the good\nfortune to spend his first professional decade with Klimen t &\;\nHalsband. Since 2003\, Wright &\; Robinson Architects has wor ked to\nbring 21st century families and their 19th century houses into hap py\nmutual accommodation. Wright's technical understanding of the Queen An ne\nand Shingle Style architecture of the towns along the Wachtung Ridge\n undergirds his work on Richardson's Percy Browne house and his ongoing\nre search into houses by Charles Follen McKim\, John Charles Olmsted\, and\nF rederick B. White. \;

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