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Index to VCU's Annual Architectural Symposium Abstracts

This annual conference was begun in 1993 by Dr. Charles E. Brownell, the head of VCU's Architectural History Program. In the words of Dr. Brownell, the conference was created "to air valuable work by current and recent VCU graduate students, as well as important research by other members of the VCU family circle." Over the years VCU students have addressed such themes as Jefferson's Architectural World (1993), Women and Virginia Architecture (1995), Architecture and the Decorative Arts (1997) and Classics and Classicism (2001). This event has brought national recognition to the architectural history program and the university. Dr. Brownell has lectured and published widely on his specialties, including Jefferson and Latrobe. He is co-author of the award winning Virginia Museum book The Making of Virginia Architecture. The Twelfth Annual VCU Symposium on Architectural History and The Decorative Arts will take place Friday, November 19, 2004.

For four years (1994, 1996, 1997, 1998) abstracts of the papers presented were published and are housed in Special Collections and Archives. Many of the 37 published abstracts focus on Richmond architecture. This site lists the titles of each abstract. If you have any questions, please email Special Collections and Archives.

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The Architecture of Virginia:
Abstracts of the 1994 Architectural History Symposium

Introduction by Charles Brownell, Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University

From Christ Church, Lancaster County, to the State Capitol: The Wooden Arches and Vaults of Eighteenth-Century Virginia, by Terry Canady Graham, Maymont Foundation

The Architecture of Freemasonry in Richmond, 1787-1926, by Joseph Senter White III, JSW Associates

The Cast Iron Fireplace Decoration of the McAdams House, Virginia Commonwealth University, by John Hubenthal, Virginia Commonwealth University

Col. Wilfred Emory Cutshaw (1838-1907) and Some Recently Recovered Richmond Architectural Drawings, by Selden Richardson, The Library of Virginia

"The Sense of Truth and Beauty": Harvey L. Page Builds a House for Lewis Ginter, by Dale Wheary, Maymont Foundation.

Albert Lybrock, Carl Ruehrmund, and the Influence of Nineteenth-century German Architecture in Richmond, by Janet G. Murphy, Historic Research Associates

Charles T. Russell (1875-1952): Virginia's Pioneer African-American Architect, by Thomas Tyler Potterfield, Jr., City of Richmond

Creating the Kent-Valentine House: A History of Change, 1845-1994, by Laura G. Carr, Agecroft Hall.

Joseph Bryan's Lost Laburnum, Richmond, Virginia, 1884-1906, by Anne A. Ferris, Maymont Foundation.

The Styles of Virginia Architecture:
Abstracts of the Fourth Annual Architectural History Symposium, 1996

Introduction, by Charles Brownell, Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University

Brandon and the Impact of Robert Morris on American Architecture, by Diane Conner James, Virginia Commonwealth University

Bremo: Thomas Jefferson's Reform of Virginia Architecture and the Tuscan Order, by Muriel B. Rogers, Virginia Commonwealth University

Brook Hill, 1839-1895: From Robert Mills to the Aesthetic Movement, by Janet G. Murphy, Historic Research Associates

Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the Virginia Work of Robert Cary Long (1810-1849), by Kimberly L. Rorrer, Virginia Commonwealth University

Style and Technique in the Work of D. Wiley Anderson (1864-1940), by Susan Hume Frazer, Virginia Commonwealth University

Five Nineteenth-Century African-American Churches in Richmond, Virginia, by Richard A Singletary, Virginia Commonwealth University

Japan and the Gardens of Virginia, by Michael Lawrence Murphy, Virginia Commonwealth University

The VCU President's House, 1896-1996: From the Colonial Revival to the World Wide Web, by Ray Bonis and Melissa A. Zimmerman, Virginia Commonwealth University

Charles F. Gillette at 2221 Grove Avenue, Richmond, 1923-1944, by Kerri Culhane, Virginia Commonwealth University

Architecture and the Decorative Arts:
Abstracts of the Fifth Annual Architectural History Symposium, 1997

Introduction, by Charles Brownell, Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University

Robert Mill's City Hall for Richmond, 1816-1818, by Selden Richardson, The Library of Virginia

F.C. Gravely and the Ludlam-Anderson House (ca. 1844): The Resurrection of a Virginia Architect and a Richmond Greek Revival Villa, by Karri Jurgens, Virginia Commonwealth University

M.J. Dimmock and William M. Poindexter: Two Architects of Late Nineteenth-Century Richmond, by Kerri Culhane, Gray and Pape, Inc.

Architectural Ceramics of the West Franklin Street Historic District, by Dana Cline, Virginia Commonwealth University

Art Glass on the 800 and 900 Blocks of West Franklin Street, by Lee Anne Hurt, Virginia Commonwealth University

From Gas to Electricity: Lighting Nineteenth-Century Richmond, by Melissa A. Zimmerman, Virginia Commonwealth University

Second Union Baptist Church, Hanover County, Virginia, 1885-1997: A Rural African-American Church, by Melinda D. Gales, Virginia Commonwealth University

Harvey N. Johnson, Sr. (1892-1973), Virginia Architect, by Richard A. Singletary, Virginia Commonwealth University

Cylindrical Chairs: From Antiquity to Morris, Mackintosh and Wright, by Susan Hume Frazer, Virginia Commonwealth University

Two Egyptian Chairs and Their Modern Offspring, from Christopher Dresser to Frank Lloyd Wright, by Charles Brownell, Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University

The Classical Tradition: From Andrea Palladio to John Russell Pope:
Abstracts of the Sixth Annual Architectural History Symposium, 1998

Introduction, by Charles Brownell, Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University

The Impact of Palladio's Basilican Church Designs in Britain and North America, by Karri Jurgens, Virginia Commonwealth University

Jefferson, Wren, Philadelphia, and the Portico with Lunette, by Heather A. Foster, Virginia Commonwealth University

Robert Mills and the John and Gabriella Brockenbrough House, Richmond, Virginia, 1817-1822, by Korene Wilbanks, Virginia Commonwealth University

Classical Sources for the Decoration of the Wickham House, by Christopher Gilbert, Virginia Commonwealth University

First African Baptist Church and Fourth Baptist Church, Richmond, Virginia, by Ray Bonis, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Melinda D. Gales, Virginia Commonwealth University

The Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Richmond, Virginia, 1903-1906, by Susan G. Horner, Virginia Commonwealth University

The Courthouses of Chesterfield County, by Elliott G. DeMerell, Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond's Broad Street Station by John Russell Pope, 1913-1919, by Thomas Tyler Potterfield, Jr., City of Richmond and Virginia Commonwealth University



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