In a major score for the local area, April 10-14 Buffalo will host the 66th annual conference of the Society of Architectural Historians. It will be held between the Convention Center and the Hyatt Regency Hotel, downtown Buffalo. Truthfully, many of the program topics are probably a bit esoteric for the majority of our volunteers, including myself, but if you are a serious professional architect or preservationist, or architectural historian, you may wish to attend. It is also possible to attend some of the presentations and tours on an individual fee basis
What is important to note is the number of tours and presentations with either Graycliff or Frank Lloyd Wright connections. Let me list a few of the obvious ones;
Graycliff Board members Terry Robinson and Catherine Schweitzer are both involved in panel presentations on Wednesday 4/10, the first day of the conference, and Terry will also lead a tour on Saturday 4/13 titled, Buffalo's Abolitional Heritage.
Jack Quinan, former DDM House curator and FLW author and expert will present the opening address for the conference on Wednesday 4/10.
One of the tours will be of the DDM House complex
The conference will end its program presentations on Saturday with a presentation by Ph d graduate students from the Buell Center discussing their research on the life and legacy of FLW at the Greatbatch Pavilion at the DDM Complex.
On Thursday 4/11 there will be a presentation on FLW's Taliesen.
On Friday 4/12 there will be a presentation on FLW and Plastics.
And last, but certainly not least, on Sunday 4/14 there be an FLW in Buffalo tour which will hit all the local connections to include Graycliff and will be led in part by our own Patrick Mahoney, FLW author and expert in his own right, Diane Schrenk, our President, and Reine Hauser, our Executive Director. This tour is sold out.
The fact that Graycliff connections and FLW are so prevalent and prominent in the program of a prestigious International conference such as this attest to the importance of both our architect and our estate. If you are interested in perusing the conference schedule or possibly even attending some or all of it, you can use the link below to access the information you need.
SAH conference Details
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