Steedman/SAH lectures for 2016 are announced

We are thrilled to announce a second year of architectural talks jointly sponsored by the Steedman Library and the local chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians.  All will be held at the Central Library of the St. Louis Public Library on Tuesday nights.  At 6:00 pm, the Steedman Room will be open for viewing, and at 6:30 pm the talks will begin.  Here is a brief schedule -- keep tuning in for more details as the date for each one draws closer.

Tuesday, February 23
Propping up the Past:  Restoring Early Midwest Structures

Jesse Francis, Museum Curator, St. Louis County Parks & Recreation with Marie Taylor, Preservation Technician with the National Archives in St. Louis

Tuesday, March 22
St. Louis Modern:  A Thematic Survey of Modern Residential Architecture, 1945 - 1975, in St. Louis City
Betsy Bradley, Director, Cultural Resources Office of the Planning & Urban Design Agency of the City of St. Louis

Tuesday, April 26
St. Louis Flounder Houses
Jan Cameron,  Preservation Administrator, Cultural Resources Office of the Planning & Urban Design Agency of the City of St. Louis

Tuesday, September 27
Historic Cemeteries:  Maintenance, Documentation, Restoration, Funding
Amanda Burke, Preservation Specialist, Missouri State Historic Preservation Office

Tuesday, October 25
The Architecture of Scotland, Part Two
Esley Hamilton, Preservation Historian, St. Louis County Parks

Tuesday, November 15
The Architecture of Norway
John Guenther, FAIA, LEED AP