Historic Summit Avenue Lecture Series: Horace Cleveland and Summit Avenue's Green Space
Thursday, March 28
Social Hour/GAI Tours: 6:00PM
Lecture: 7:00
Germanic American Institute
301 Summit Avenue | St. Paul
Please join us for a FREE evening lecture and social hour presented jointly by Ramsey Hill Association (RHA) and Summit Avenue Residential Preservation Association (SARPA) on Thursday, March 28 at the Germanic American Institute (GAI) This will be the seventh in a series of lectures on Summit Avenue by Professor Anderson. All of the previous lectures have been very interesting and informative and this will be also.
Topic: Horace W. S. Cleveland was one of America's most important late nineteenth century landscape architects. Often a visionary, he advised local leaders on parks and green space, and he designed numerous public and pri551vate places around the Twin Cities. In this presentation, we will look at Cleveland's impact on Summit Avenue.
About Dr. Anderson: Dr. Kristen Anderson is a Professor of Art History at Augsburg University. She has taught courses on the history of Summit Avenue. She is the past chair of the Minnesota State Review Board for National Register of Historic Places designations and has served as the president of the state chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians (MNSAH). She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. Kristin is an excellent teacher.
Note: Professor Anderson will not speak about the proposed Regional Trail on Summit. Her talk will be an opportunity for SARPA and RHA members and guests to learn more about the Avenue we all love, from an engaging and expert speaker!
If you are not current members of Ramsey Hill Association or SARPA but are interested in joining, click the respective links below to learn more:
Click here for Ramey Hill Association Membership
Click here for SARPA Membership
***IMPORTANT FINAL NOTES***
The talk will be held in the third-floor ballroom (there is no elevator to the ballroom) at the Germanic-American Institute.
Although admission is FREE, due to limited capacity, pre-registration for this event is REQUIRED if you would like to attend. If we reach the maximum limit, a waiting list will be generated, so if you register and find that you are no longer able to attend, please cancel your registration to allow someone on the waiting list to fill your space.
