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New Haven Preservation Trust
United States
Приєднався 6 вер 2013
The mission of New Haven Preservation Trust is to rally our diverse city to embrace and champion its historic places and spaces.
Since its founding in 1961, the Trust has played a key role in the preservation and restoration of the New Haven Free Public Library, the New Haven Post Office and Federal Building, New Haven City Hall, the John Davies Mansion, Union Station, and countless private residences and commercial buildings throughout the city. Through advocacy, distribution of information, historic research, tours, and private consultations, the Trust continues to be New Haven’s advocate for the centuries-old architectural heritage that defines our city.
The New Haven Preservation Trust is a private, 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Since its founding in 1961, the Trust has played a key role in the preservation and restoration of the New Haven Free Public Library, the New Haven Post Office and Federal Building, New Haven City Hall, the John Davies Mansion, Union Station, and countless private residences and commercial buildings throughout the city. Through advocacy, distribution of information, historic research, tours, and private consultations, the Trust continues to be New Haven’s advocate for the centuries-old architectural heritage that defines our city.
The New Haven Preservation Trust is a private, 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Annual Meeting 2024 — Long Wharf Pier: William Lanson’s 1810 Expansion & What It Meant to New Haven
New Haven Preservation Trust board member Susan Godshall discusses Long Wharf Pier (recently nominated to the National Register of Historic Places) and the remarkable achievements of self-taught engineer William Lanson.
Originally presented at the New Haven Preservation Trust’s Annual Meeting, held online on May 22, 2024.
Originally presented at the New Haven Preservation Trust’s Annual Meeting, held online on May 22, 2024.
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Annual Meeting 2024 - Lessons from a Cesspit: Uncovering the Past to Plan for the Future
Переглядів 21Місяць тому
New Haven Preservation Trust board member Oliver Gaffney leads viewers through a case for the preservation of the “profane” elements of history and architecture, and his amateur archaeology work on his own house to connect artifacts to the authentic lives of former occupants. Originally presented at the New Haven Preservation Trust’s Annual Meeting, held online on May 22, 2024.
Annual Meeting 2024 - Modernism and Beyond
Переглядів 29Місяць тому
New Haven Preservation Trust board member and past president Rona Johnston shares her thoughts on Modernism, and discusses how the Trust supports Modernism in New Haven in various ways. Originally presented at the New Haven Preservation Trust’s Annual Meeting, held online on May 22, 2024.
Architect Cesar Pelli, FAIA, RIBA, JIA
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Cesar Pelli was a long-time presence in New Haven - working here with the Saarinen office (1961), as dean of the Yale School of Architecture (1977-1984), and establishing his practice in the city (1977). In this interview he recounts moments from his remarkable career and discusses Modernism in New Haven. Mr. Pelli was interviewed on February 11, 2015, at the office of Pelli Clarke Pelli, in Ne...
What Style Is My House? A Guide to New Haven Domestic Architecture
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Architectural historian Michael Waters shares examples of Colonial, Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Arts & Crafts, Colonial Revival, and Midcentury Modern homes from across the city - and discusses how to identify the key architectural features of each style. Originally presented with MakeHaven on July 17, 2023.
The Builder Book: Carpenters, Masons and Contractors in Historic New Haven
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Susan Godshall and Jack Tripp present their book published by the New Haven Preservation Trust. This unique take on New Haven focuses on the often unknown men - and one woman - who built houses, commercial and academic buildings, monuments and other historic structures. Susan Godshall has worked at four major New Haven institutions including City Hall and Yale University. Most recently, she ret...
Architect Edward E. Cherry, FAIA
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Edward E. Cherry played a major role in the post-war architecture of New Haven. His Modernist structures were key in the development of the Dixwell neighborhood in particular. In this interview he recounts his remarkable career. He reminisces about his firm and his involvement with the Redevelopment Agency and urban renewal. And he explores the design of several of his most significant building...
Nine Squares in a “Wilderness”: The Mysteries of Early New Haven
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If the English Puritans who colonized New England in the 1630s had an enemy they could all agree on, it was Spain and Spain’s enormous New World empire. Yet the town that some of these Puritans founded near the place where the Quinnipiac River meets Long Island Sound looked nothing like the other English towns of New England. It looked like Spanish towns in the New World. This talk explores thi...
Annual Meeting 2022 - Personal Reflection: Preservation and Meaning of Place
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In an illustrated talk, Board President Rona Johnston discusses the New Haven Preservation Trust’s new strategic plan and future directions for preservation in New Haven. In a personal reflection she asks herself what kind of organization the Trust is and what kind of organization the Trust wants to be. That question got her thinking and she shares some of those thoughts in this presentation. O...
Celebration of Preservation 2021 - “One Emergency After Another”: Reflections on the Early Decades
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To mark the Trust’s Sixtieth Anniversary, we asked five Trust supporters to reflect on preservation in New Haven over the last six decades. In this video, Marianne Mazan, Advisor to the Trust and Recipient (along with her husband, Richard) of the Trust’s Margaret Flint Award in 1991, discusses what drove the Trust’s first decades. Originally presented at a New Haven Preservation Trust online ev...
Celebration of Preservation 2021 - Park Your Preconceptions: Urban Renewal that Works
Переглядів 42Рік тому
To mark the Trust’s Sixtieth Anniversary, we asked five Trust supporters to reflect on preservation in New Haven over the last six decades. In this video, Susan Godshall, Assistant Treasurer and Board Member, discusses why preservation can embrace urban renewal. Originally presented at a New Haven Preservation Trust online event on September 29, 2021.
Celebration of Preservation 2021 - Carriages and Clocks Revisited
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To mark the Trust’s Sixtieth Anniversary, we asked five Trust supporters to reflect on preservation in New Haven over the last six decades. In this video, Preston Maynard, Advisor and former Executive Director of the Trust, discusses when the city’s industrial heritage appeared in print. Originally presented at a New Haven Preservation Trust online event on September 29, 2021.
Celebration of Preservation 2021 - The Modernism Project
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To mark the Trust’s Sixtieth Anniversary, we asked five Trust supporters to reflect on preservation in New Haven over the last six decades. In this video, Christopher Wigren, Advisor to the Trust and Deputy Director of Preservation Connecticut, discusses how New Haven Preservation Trust came to champion Modernism. Originally presented at a New Haven Preservation Trust online event on September ...
Celebration of Preservation 2021 - Partners in Preservation: NHPT and SHPO
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To mark the Trust’s Sixtieth Anniversary, we asked five Trust supporters to reflect on preservation in New Haven over the last six decades. In this video, Jenny Scofield, AICP, National Register and Architectural Survey Coordinator in Connecticut’s State Historic Preservation Office, discusses what inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places can mean in New Haven. Originally presented...
NHPT Preservation Awards 2022
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CELEBRATING FAIR HAVEN, A VIBRANT STORY OF COMMUNITY RENEWAL Multiple generations from diverse origins have been drawn to the scenic setting of Fair Haven with successive chapters of building, renewal and rediscovery. Surrounded by water on three sides, the handcrafted buildings and engineered bridges have defined a special place for native Americans, oystermen and shipbuilders, merchants and m...
NHPT Preservation Awards and Annual Meeting 2021
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NHPT Preservation Awards and Annual Meeting 2021
The Goffe Street Armory - Putting History in Historic Preservation
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The Goffe Street Armory - Putting History in Historic Preservation
Cass Gilbert and “The Plan for New Haven”
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Cass Gilbert and “The Plan for New Haven”
New Haven Stations, Past and Present
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New Haven Stations, Past and Present
Mid-Century Modernism: The Harvard Five
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Mid-Century Modernism: The Harvard Five
Lost New Haven: Traveling Through Time
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Lost New Haven: Traveling Through Time
Preserving & Celebrating African American Historic Places
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Preserving & Celebrating African American Historic Places
Kevin Roche: Morse and Ezra Stiles Colleges (1960-1962)
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Kevin Roche: Morse and Ezra Stiles Colleges (1960-1962)
Kevin Roche: The Knights of Columbus Headquarters Building (1967)
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Kevin Roche: The Knights of Columbus Headquarters Building (1967)