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The Victorian Society in AmericaThe only national non-profit organization committed to historic preservation, protection, understanding, education, and enjoyment of our nineteenth century heritage.
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2013 Events
·FALL 2013 STUDY TOUR: Columbus and Mansfield, Ohio
"Ohio is the Northernmost of the South, the Southernmost of the North, the Easternmost of the West, and the Westernmost of the East."
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Columbus, the state capitol, is in the center of it all. The Fall Study Tour will explore this melting pot and its 19th and 20th century heritage, Even the Sate Capitol (1838-1858) is a blend that took no fewer than five architects to complete: Henry Walter of Cincinnati, the Painter Thomas Cole, Thomas U. Walter, Richard Upjohn, and Isaiah Rogers.
Columbus is an amalgam of its many distinctive neighborhoods. Immigrants from Germany came to Columbus in the late 19th century to work in the city's industries and breweries. The urban area they settled is still a vibrant neighborhood where tour participants will eat, drink, and wander along its brick streets lined with bookstores and pubs.
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Columbus was home to Frank Packard, the eminent architect whose late 19th and 20th century buildings and houses abound in the city. It is the 
birthplace of author and cartoonist Jameds Thurber. We will visit Thurber's restored home and several Packard houses.
birthplace of author and cartoonist Jameds Thurber. We will visit Thurber's restored home and several Packard houses.·
We will motor north to Mansfield, where we will tour the charming Carpenter Gothic Oak Hill Cottage, and Louis Bromfield's own Malabar Farm, where Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall were married. We will also view the immense, castellated Mansfield Reformatory where The Shawshank Redemption was filmed.
.The tour's base, in Columbus, will be the restored 1897 Great Southern, now a Westin Hotel.
·Full tour brochure will be mailed to all current VSA national members this summer, and available by request and on the VSA website, www.victoriansociety.org. For more information, contact the VSA office: 215-636-9872, fax 215-636-9873, email
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Photographs, top to bottom: Oak Hill, Mansfield; Ohio State Capitol Building, Columbus; the Reformatory, Mansfield. The Victorian Society in America reserves the right to make such changes to the schedule, sites to be visited, or personnel as may become necessary or desirable.
VICTORIAN SOCIETY IN AMERICA ANNUAL AWARDS
Two Preservation Awards, two Preservation Commendations and four Book Awards were presented at the Closing Banquet and Awards Ceremony held at the Casa Monica Hotel in St. Augustine, FL on April 27th.
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AWARD: WINSLOW HOMER STUDIO, Prouts neck, ME for the restoration and interpretation this 1884 National Historic Landmark, now open to the public for guided tours.
AWARD: WINSLOW HOMER STUDIO, Prouts neck, ME for the restoration and interpretation this 1884 National Historic Landmark, now open to the public for guided tours.
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AWARD: RAGDALE HOUSE, Lake Forest, IL for the restoration of this important 1898 Arts & Crafts house and its continuing use as an artists' residence.
AWARD: RAGDALE HOUSE, Lake Forest, IL for the restoration of this important 1898 Arts & Crafts house and its continuing use as an artists' residence.
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COMMENDATION: BANNER BUILDING, New York, NY for the renovation of this 1892 cast iron-front commercial building and its rehabilitation for contemporary use.
COMMENDATION: BANNER BUILDING, New York, NY for the renovation of this 1892 cast iron-front commercial building and its rehabilitation for contemporary use.
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COMMENDATION: AUSTIN HALL at Sam Houston University, Huntsville, TX for the exterior restoration of this 1852 campus landmark, one of the oldest college buildings west of the Mississippi.
COMMENDATION: AUSTIN HALL at Sam Houston University, Huntsville, TX for the exterior restoration of this 1852 campus landmark, one of the oldest college buildings west of the Mississippi.
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The HENRY-RUSSELL HITCHCOCK AWARD recognizes a book published in 2012 that makes a significant contribution to the study of architecture, decorative arts, or the aligned fields. Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts and the World's Fairs 1851-1939, by lead authors Jason Busch and Catherine Futter demonstrates that the idea of the "modern" was indeed invented by the Victorians, and put on display at the great expositions of the 19th century.
The HENRY-RUSSELL HITCHCOCK AWARD recognizes a book published in 2012 that makes a significant contribution to the study of architecture, decorative arts, or the aligned fields. Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts and the World's Fairs 1851-1939, by lead authors Jason Busch and Catherine Futter demonstrates that the idea of the "modern" was indeed invented by the Victorians, and put on display at the great expositions of the 19th century.
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The WILLIAM E. FISCHELIS AWARD recognizes a book pubished in 2012 that makes a significant contribution to the study of 19th century American art and artists. Angels and Tomboys: Girlhood in 19th Century America, by lead author Holly Pyne Conner contributes to our understanding of the portrayal of girls in America by letting us discover angels, tomboys, miniature mothers and carefree sprites, and girls who combined all these traits, through insightful essays and excellent illustrations.
The WILLIAM E. FISCHELIS AWARD recognizes a book pubished in 2012 that makes a significant contribution to the study of 19th century American art and artists. Angels and Tomboys: Girlhood in 19th Century America, by lead author Holly Pyne Conner contributes to our understanding of the portrayal of girls in America by letting us discover angels, tomboys, miniature mothers and carefree sprites, and girls who combined all these traits, through insightful essays and excellent illustrations.
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The RUTH EMERY AWARD recognizes a book published in 2012 that makes a significant contribution to the study of regional history. Sanctified Landscapes: Writers, Artists and the Hudson River Valley 1820-1909, by David Schuyler lets us experience the Valley through the work of seminal figures like painter Thomas Cole, author Washingtom Irving, architect A. J. Downing, and lesser-known but critical people like historian Benson John Lossing and artist Jervis McEntee, and learn that the Hudson River Valley is a place in the American imagination, as much myth as reality.
The RUTH EMERY AWARD recognizes a book published in 2012 that makes a significant contribution to the study of regional history. Sanctified Landscapes: Writers, Artists and the Hudson River Valley 1820-1909, by David Schuyler lets us experience the Valley through the work of seminal figures like painter Thomas Cole, author Washingtom Irving, architect A. J. Downing, and lesser-known but critical people like historian Benson John Lossing and artist Jervis McEntee, and learn that the Hudson River Valley is a place in the American imagination, as much myth as reality.
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A SPECIAL CITATION for EXCELLENCE was awarded to Capricious Fancy: Curtaining and Draping the Historic Interior 1800-1930 by Gail Caskey Winkler to recognize the significant contribution to design history that his book makes by exploiting the Society's own Samuel J. Dornsife Collection. We learn - by reading AND poring over the sumptuous illustrations - that the Victorian accomplishments in window drapery are a lost art. We believe that this book will become instrumental in reviving interest in the documents Dornsife collected, and perhaps even in the draperies themselves.
A SPECIAL CITATION for EXCELLENCE was awarded to Capricious Fancy: Curtaining and Draping the Historic Interior 1800-1930 by Gail Caskey Winkler to recognize the significant contribution to design history that his book makes by exploiting the Society's own Samuel J. Dornsife Collection. We learn - by reading AND poring over the sumptuous illustrations - that the Victorian accomplishments in window drapery are a lost art. We believe that this book will become instrumental in reviving interest in the documents Dornsife collected, and perhaps even in the draperies themselves.