Georgian Group Lecture June 19

Menokin: a Classical Ruin
American Friends of the Georgian Group
Lecture and Reception
Thursday, June 19, 2008 at 6:00 pm
The Collectors Club, 22 East 35th Street, New York City

Speakers: Calder Loth, TIm Macfarlane and John Lee

Francis Lightfoot Lee, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and his wife, Rebecca Tayloe Lee, of Mount Airy, lived at Menokin, a Georgian house built in 1769 in the Rappahannock River Valley of Virginia. Sarah Pope, executive director of the Menokin Foundation, describes the house as "in partial ruin," although she also says it is more of a "collapsed house" than a ruin. The American Friends of the Georgian Group have contributed to the restoration fund. Calder Loth is senior architectural historian at the Virginia Department of Historic Resources and honorary trustee of the Menokin Foundation. TIm Macfarlane specializes in structural glass and worked on the new planetarium at the Natural History Museum. John Lee is an architectural conservation expert whose firm focuses on saving historic buildings. These distinguished experts will describe the ongoing conservation of this remarkable house, which will be preserved through a specially designed glass structure.

For tickets ($45 per person), contact:
The American Friends of the Georgian Group
212-991-9191
office@americangeorgians.org