Lecture: "Window - Signs of Style and Status"

Lecture: "Window - Signs of Style and Status" by Alison Hardy, "Window Woman of New England."
Windows are often a great way to date a house - from their construction to their accessories. Windows were one of the first house components to evolve from site-built to factory-built. The design was driven by sizes of glass available, usually imported from England or Germany. Differences in glass, construction, and hardware provide a "window" of understanding to how windows evolved to let in more light, and keep in more heat. The speaker is Alison Hardy, has restored and repaired windows in homes both grand and modest in Boston’s North Shore for the past 13 years. After a career in the textile industry, she gave up the clean world of fabrics and color for the dirty, but rewarding world of sawdust and putty. She is a member of Historic New England, Historic Salem, the Preservation Trades Network, and the New England Window Restoration Alliance.
6:00 p.m. Reception; Lecture to follow
Custom House Maritime Museum, 25 Water Street, Newburyport
Donation appreciated.