Our first lecture, “What is it like to live in a house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright?” held on March 1, 2012, was a smashing success.

Please save the date to join us for the second talk in the series, featuring Mary Roberts and Patrick Mahoney, on Thursday, September 20, 2012.

The Lyceum

201 South Washington Street

Alexandria, VA 

 

Mary Roberts is the Executive Director of the Martin House Restoration Corporation in Buffalo, NY. In this capacity, Roberts was involved with the many stage, multi-year effort to raise funds for and oversee a complete restoration of the Martin House complex and the realization of the 2009 Toshiko Mori-designed Eleanor and Wilson Greatbatch Pavilion, a new visitor welcome and interpretive center. Restoration efforts at the Martin House, which was named a National Historic Landmark in 1996, are still ongoing today.

 

Patrick Mahoney, AIA, is an architect and associate in the firm of Lauer-Manguso & Associates in Amherst, NY. A founding member of the Graycliff Conservancy, he spearheaded efforts to acquire and restore the 1926 Wright-designed estate in Amherst. Mahoney has extensively photographed 99% of extant Wright buildings, and frequently writes and lectures on Wright subjects. He has been involved with initiatives to find alternative uses for the once-residential Walter V. Davidson House in Buffalo, NY. He currently serves on the board of the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy.

 

These lectures are sponsored by Woodlawn/Pope-Leighey, historic sites of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

 

Jane King Hession, former president of the Frank Lloyd Wright Conservancy, will moderate the session and a question and answer period will follow.

Stay tuned for more details.

 

This lecture series is made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Interpretation and Education Fund of The National Trust for Historic Preservation