Meet the Architects Behind New York City’s Jefferson Market Library!
Calvert Vaux & Frederick Clarke Withers
Learn about the celebrated Gilded Age careers of architect Frederick Clarke Withers and architect/landscape designer Calvert Vaux, co-designer of Central Park. Also find out about restoration efforts underway at The Point, the landmark Hudson River estate in Staatsburg, NY, designed by Vaux for the Hoyt family in 1855.
When: September 27, 2 p.m.–3 p.m. EST. Reception to follow.
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Title:“Architecture and Nature in New York’s Gilded Age: The Careers of Calvert Vaux and Frederick Clarke Withers”
Presenter: Francis Kowsky is SUNY Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Fellow of the Society of Architectural Historians. For many years, he taught the history of art at Buffalo State College. He has written books and articles on 19th-century American architects, including Frederick Withers, Jacob Wrey Mould, and Calvert Vaux. His newest book, Calvert Vaux, Landscape Architect, was published earlier this year by the Library of American Landscape History.