5-23-2017, Another Fellowship from the Architect of the Capitol and the U.S.C.H.S.!

I'm very honored to receive my third research fellowship from the Honorable Stephen Ayers FAIA, Architect of the Capitol, and Ronald Sarasin, Director of the U.S.C.H.S. for two months of research, analysis, and digital creation of a great chamber designed by B. Henry Latrobe. This would be his design (never built) for an Egyptian Revival Library of Congress Reading Room, a magnificent project that would have infilled a large portion of the North Wing of the Capitol. If it had been built, it would have been the first such example of the Egyptian style in the U.S. What did it look like? Come back here sometime in the fall and you'll start seeing progress reports and wireframes... more later...

4-28-2017, Atlanta Preservation Center's architectural visit to Tennessee

Join me, Clopper Almon, and the APC's party of preservationists on a guided architectural tour of the southeastern Cumberland Plateau. We will visit Sewanee, Monteagle, and Beersheba Springs. Clopper and I will do the tour of Beersheba, telling the story of this mid-19th century resort development that seems to be frozen in amber, its fascinating vernacular architecture, and the families that frequented the springs over the past 160 years. Find out more.

1-26-2017, Atlanta Preservation Center

I'll give a talk on my reconstructions of the small resort community Beersheba Springs, Tennessee, including the grand hotel, twenty original cottages, and other structures. This stage of the community was developed between 1855 and 1860 and many of the cottages are unique combinations and hybrids of log pen construction, dogtrot and creole types, and either carpenter-classical detailing or gothic Victorian detailing.

9-20-2016

My second article published for The Capitol Dome. This is a long discussion about the early American struggle to create a monumental Statue of Liberty. Success in 1807.

7-9-2016, Beersheba Springs Historical Society

Another progress talk to the Beersheba Springs (TN) Historical Society on the design of the classical log cottages and the site plan of the original 1855 community. I've finished a giant 30 inch x 60 inch gang sheet of architectural elevations of the grand hotel, springhouse, and the twenty original cottages, many of which I reconstructed based on physical and photographic evidence.

7-11-2015, Beersheba Springs Historical Society

Another talk to the Beersheba Springs (TN) Historical Society on the design of the classical log cottages and the site plan of the original 1855 community.

12-26-2014

My fifteen page article for The Capitol Dome has been published by the U.S.C.H.S. and includes several full page recreation images of the lost 1814 Capitol created by Latrobe and Jefferson.

8-31-2014, CBS Sunday Morning with Mo Rocca

Six of my digital recreation images were used in today's CBS Sunday Morning segment on the burning of Washington, which happened 200 years ago on 24 August. I'm very excited to be a part of this first-class production which includes Architectural Historian Emeritus William C. Allen.

7-19-2014, Beersheba Springs Historical Society

I'll give a talk to the Beersheba Springs (TN) Historical Society on the design of the classical log cottages and the site plan of the original 1855 community.

3-26-2014, Evergreen Museum & Library, Johns Hopkins Univ.

I gave a lecture on the lost architecture of the Jefferson-era Capitol, as designed by B. Henry Latrobe. Most of the building's interiors were gutted by fire in 1814. My recreations and lighting studies bring the chambers back to life. Many thanks to the Evergreen House and Curator James Abbott for inviting me to speak. By the way, go visit this fabulous house museum in Baltimore.

2-19-2014, U.S. Capitol Historical Society, Washington, DC

I lectured on the lost architecture of the Jefferson-era Capitol, as designed by B. Henry Latrobe. Most of the building's interiors were gutted by fire in 1814. My recreations and lighting studies bring the chambers back to life. This talk was taped and is available on C-Span3.

2-23-2013

I wrote a Guest Blog about depiction of the Capitol in Spielberg's movie "Lincoln" for castingarchitecture.com. It was disappointing that Spielberg was so diligent in getting certain details perfect, like the ticking of Lincoln's watch, but made the Capitol so terribly wrong.

6-1-2012

My article about America's first Statue of Liberty (1807-1814) in a research journal at the Ecole Polytechnique (page 67). Le Libellio d'Aegis.

5-8-2012

My Kickstarter Launch! Go now and help make this movie a reality! It's a major contribution to architectural history and to the American experience. Go to Kickstarter.

4-5-2012

My drawing of the Capitol under construction won an Award of Excellence from ASAI.

4-22-2011

Profile of Richard Chenoweth in Vanderbilt Magazine.

4-1-2011

My reconstruction of the Paris grain market from 1786 won an Award of Excellence from ASAI.

11-16-2011

Lecture at the Jewish Center of Princeton.

5-13-2010

The U.S. Capitol Historical Society awarded me another fellowship for my research on the Capitol.