CALENDAR 2024-2025
Monday, February 17, 2025
Calder Loth
“Alexandria’s Official Historic Landmarks”
The city of Alexandria is enriched with forty-seven places listed in the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places. The lists incorporate many areas of significance: architecture, engineering, religion, education, military, and ethnic history, among others. In addition to individual properties, Alexandria’s five historic districts hold an abundant and diverse assemblage of contributing structures. Architectural historian Calder Loth will offer an extensively illustrated presentation on this historic legacy with remarks on the specific attributes of each of the city’s official cultural resources.
Calder Loth is the retired Senior Architectural Historian of the Virginia Department of Historic Resources. He serves as Vice-President of the Center for Palladian Studies in America and a member of the Virginia Art and Architectural Review Board. His publications include The Virginia Landmarks Register, Virginia Landmarks of Black History, Lost Virginia, as well as numerous articles relating to historic preservation and classical architecture. In 2008 Loth was the first recipient of the Secretary of the Interior’s Preservation Award for service to state preservation programs. In 2017 he received the Virginia AIA Honor Award for significant contributions to the understanding of Virginia’s built environment.
Please join us in welcoming Calder back to the Association!
Mon. Mar 17
Lucinda Edinburg, “Hammond-Harwood House”
The Hammond-Harwood House, a National Historic Landmark, was built in 1774 and was the final work of architect William Buckland. The five part Anglo-Palladian mansion (derived from 16th century Italian architect Andrea Palladio) features some of the best woodcarving and plasterwork in America. Along with the distinctive architecture, the collection of fine and decorative arts includes portraits by Charles Willson Peale and several members of his family, an outstanding collection of 18th century furniture created by John Shaw, as well as Chinese export porcelain and elegant English and American silver. With its carved doorway entrance, formal rooms, and elegant scale, the building blends the artistry of the finest Anglo-Palladian architecture with American sensibility.
Lucinda Dukes Edinberg has served as the curator of the Hammond-Harwood House in Annapolis, Maryland, since 2022. She was formerly the art educator and collections manager for the Mitchell Gallery at St. John’s College until accepting the role of interim director. She has served as a guest curator, designer, and lecturer for the Daughters of the American Revolution, Smithsonian, Syracuse University, Princeton, Maryland Federation of Art, and other institutions. Ms. Edinberg has taught in public and private schools and universities and currently teaches art history and architectural history at Anne Arundel Community College.
Mon. April 21
Thomas Michie, “New England’s French Connection:
Yankee Entrepreneurs in Post-Revolutionary Paris
Mon. May 19
Nick Stagliano, “Hanns Weinberg and the Antique Porcelain Company”
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