November Meeting:
Wodenethe!
Sargent’s Wodenethe, once called “the most beautiful 20 acres in America"
“Quaint and Grotesque”
Library Furniture from Wodenethe in the Renaissance Style
Little is left of Beacon’s Wodenethe, conceived by its owner Henry Winthrop Sargent as one of the finest American gardens and estates of the nineteenth century.
In this presentation, Steven Baltsas, Lois F. McNeil Fellow at the Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, explores the meaning of carved oak seating furniture and bookcases made for the library at Wodenethe in the 1840s. Baltsas reveals the origins of this furniture in “le style Renaissance” and explores how it relates to Sargent’s fascination with his Massachusetts ancestry, high culture, and landscape gardening.
Join us on November 26 at 7 p.m. at the Elks Lodge (900 Wolcott Avenue). And as always, we thank B.P.O.E. #1493, celebrating its centennial this year, for warmly welcoming us into its beautiful lodge for our monthly meetings.
Historic Property Plaques
Want to celebrate the history of your home or business? Every structure within the Beacon City School District is eligible to purchase one of our new Historic Property Plaques, providing the building is 100 years or older. The oval plaques are 6x8 inches and come in:
Aluminum ($250+$20.94 sales tax = $270.94); or
Bronze ($395+$33.08 sales tax = $428.08).
If you are a tax-exempt non-profit, please provide your EIN/Tax ID number. The property owner is responsible for installing the plaque (with provided hardware). Delivery takes about eight weeks once the order is placed.
Participants need to submit a simple, easy-to-complete, one-page application form and provide information regarding the history of the building, including photos if available, with their check. Email BeaconHistorical@gmail.com for more information and a copy of the application form.
Can’t make it in person to our meetings? No problem! We make every effort to stream them live via our ZOOM link here: