WHALE, in partnership with our colleagues at the Rotch-Jones-Duff House Museum & Gardens are thrilled to bring back “Living the Old House Dream” speaker series for a second season. Join us for three evenings with amazing speakers from January through March.
Lee McColgan, author of A House Restored: Tuesday, 1/28 at 5:30 pm
Historic homes can be unique, charming, beautiful, and intimidating maintenance and restoration projects. In this series, hear from experts about best practices, processes, and resources and gain insight into preserving an older home. Trading the corporate ladder for a stepladder, Lee McColgan committed to preserving the ramshackle Loring House, built in 1702, using period materials and methods and on a holiday deadline. But his enchantment withered as he discovered the massive repairs it needed. Attend this talk to find out if he met his deadline before family and friends arrived. McColgan’s book about his process expertly examines our relationship to history through the homes we inhabit
Tickets: $10 WHALE/RJD member, $13 public; Series Ticket: $25 members, $35 public. To purchase tickets visit www.rjdmuseum.org/calendar
Next up: February 25, Patricia Miller, Chief Conservator, Preservation Society of Newport County; March 25, Laura Parrish-Lavin, Historic Home Champion and restorer of New Bedford’s “Whalehouse” and the 18th century Crowell Farm in Sagamore
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