"Wild & Colorful: NH's Victorian Architecture" August 20, 7pm

The Friends of the Dover Public Library will host a fascinating program by Dr. Richard Guy Wilson entitled “Wild and Colorful: Victorian Architecture in New Hampshire” on Tuesday evening, August 20 at 7pm in the Lecture Hall at the Dover Public Library.

Richard Guy Wilson is the Commonwealth Professor of Architectural History at the University of Virginia, where he has taught since 1976. He has been a summer resident of NH since 1964. Wilson has run the Victorian Society in America’s summer school since 1978 and is considered an expert on architecture from the 18th to the 21st centuries.

His presentation will visually explore the tremendous legacy of our state’s architecture from the Victorian period (1820 - 1914). Dr. Wilson will present examples of exuberant Victorian-era buildings across NH (including some homes in Dover) in houses, hotels, mills, city halls, courthouses, and churches, with references to gardens, furniture, and other elements of the built environment. He will explore elements of visual literacy and point out how architecture can reflect the cultural and civic values of its time and place. This lecture has been made possible by a grant from New Hampshire Humanities and is free and open to the public. For more information, call the Dover Public Library at 603-516-6050.