Tour
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In-Person

Intentional Shaker Village Tours: Fall Outing and Reception

Date
Sat
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Oct 26
Time
8:30 am
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7:30 pm
Location
Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Pl. New York, NY 10012 United States
The Second Meetinghouse, Church Family, Mount Lebanon, NY, ca. 1871, Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon: 1960.12581.1. Photo: James Irving.

A Center for Architecture symposium co-produced with Shaker scholars Jerry Grant and Maggie Taft.

Departing from the Center for Architecture, guests will at arrive at Hancock Village in time for a guided walk through the historic grounds, tour of the Great Stone Barn, and a catered lunch. The second destination will be Mount Lebanon to experience the remarkable Shaker landscape architecture and their most significant structure: the Shaker Meeting House. Afterwards, there will be a wine and cheese reception at the home of Dennis Wedlick and Curtis DeVito in nearby Stanfordville, New York. The construction, spaces and finishes of this 21C abode were all inspired by the form-follows-function Shaker design inventions that inspired residential architecture and interiors throughout the world.

Tour Schedule:
8:30 am: Depart Center for Architecture (536 LaGuardia Pl, New York, NY 10012)
11:30 am: Hancock Tour at Hancock Shaker Village (34 Lebanon Mountain Rd., Hancock, MA 01237.)
12:00 pm: Lunch/Tour
2:00 pm: Leave for Mount Lebanon Tour at Darrow School (110 Darrow Rd, New Lebanon, NY 12125)
3:30 pm: Leave for Stanford
4:00 pm: Wine and cheese at Wedlick/DeVito Residence (43 Bowen Road, Stanfordville, NY 12581)
5:30 pm: Return to Center for Architecture

Tour Curators and Reception Hosts:
Dennis Wedlick, FAIA, Chair, AIANY Committee on Residential Architecture; Founder, Principal Emeritus, BarlisWedlick Architects LLC
Curtis DeVito