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SIMSBURY HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO PRESENT ILLUSTRATED TALK ON HISTORIC BARNS

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SIMSBURY, CONN. — Thomas D. Visser, associate professor of historic preservation at the University of Vermont and author of A Field Guide to New England Barns and Farm Buildings, will present an illustrated lecture on the history and preservation of barns at 7:30 pm on Thursday, January 20, at the Simsbury Historical Society’s Phelps Tavern Museum.

Professor Visser has, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts, researched and documented thousands of historic farm buildings in New England. Signed copies of his book will be available for purchase at the lecture.

The winter lecture series draws on the theme of “Barn Again! Celebrating an American Icon,” the traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian Institution coming to Connecticut in 2005. Future topics include: Connecticut farms, women quiltmakers and African American tobacco workers. All lectures take place at the Ellsworth Center of the Phelps Tavern Museum, 800 Hopmeadow Street, Route 10. Doors open at 7 pm and admission is $8. For information, www.SimsburyHistory.org or 860-658-2500.