The Origins of Our Architecture Part II

Jeffrey Gabel will present “The Origins of Our Architecture, Part 2 - More Kit Homes and Catalog House Designs of the Keuka Lake Region.”
A discussion illustrating catalog and kit homes with examples from c.1878-1940 in and around Yates County. The architects include catalog homes sold by D.S. Hopkins, R.W. Shoppell, George F. Barber, with kit home examples after 1906 by Aladdin, Sears, Montgomery Ward, Bennett, Gordon-Van Tine, Harris Bros., Lewis, Sterling, and others.We will review regional home examples against their published illustrations, discuss the process for ordering a kit home, as well as examining the original sources of home designs that were copied by kit home manufacturers.
In the basement of the Penn Yan United Methodist Church, 166 Main Street. $10 members, $15 non-members. Free parking at Yates County History Center or at the church.