| | You are cordially invited to a reception and dinner in honor of Richard C. Nylander upon his retirement Saturday, the twenty-ninth of March, 2008 at six o'clock in the evening Join us as we celebrate forty years of memories and accomplishments Participate in the inauguration of the Richard C. Nylander Fund in support of the important collection and preservation work of Historic New England Omni Parker House Hotel Rooftop Ballroom 60 School Street Boston, Massachusetts Tickets are $100. To reply and for more information, please call 617-227-3957, ext. 237, or contact Carol Bruce by March 21. | | Codman Estate in the news Historic New England recently received an e-mail from Brian Ide, who purchased a copy of the Boston Gazette, dated July 17, 1806. The newspaper contained an advertisement for the Codman House. It contains 443 acres of excellent land. The Mansion House is three floors high, large, and commodious, five rooms on a floor - it is finished in the most modern and substantial manner, by one of the best workmen in Boston... 
John Codman, the Boston merchant who transformed the house into a country estate, died in 1803. By 1806, the Codman family no longer owned the property. John's grandson, Ogden Codman, Sr., re-purchased the estate in 1862, and it remained in the Codman family until acquired by Historic New England in 1968. The Codman Estate is open for tours on the first and third Saturdays, June through October. Stay tuned for information on the Antique Vehicle Meet on July 20, and the Festival of Fine Arts and Crafts on September 6. The grounds and carriage house are also available for function rentals. Visit online for information on hosting your next special event at this very special location. | | Happy birthday, Henry  March 27 marks Henry Davis Sleeper's 130th birthday. We think Sleeper, the creator of Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House, would be very happy with the treatment and attention given to the property under Historic New England's care. Beauport was recently awarded a prestigious $500,000 Save America's Treasures grant to support preservation work. A project to restore the landscape begins this spring, funded in part by the Winfield Foundation. In addition, this year marks the fifth since Beauport was designated a National Historic Landmark, and the house will be on the cover of a forthcoming book, Great Houses of New England, by Geoffrey Gross and Roderick H. Blackburn and published by Rizzoli. The book will be available in late April.
| | Plant of the month Strawberry Begonia, Saxifraga stolonifer, is this month's special purchase at the Lyman Estate Greenhouses.  This fuzzy, colorful plant is neither a begonia nor a strawberry. It is more closely related to the garden plant Heuchera, or Coralbells, and is native to the mountains of Western Europe.
This is a good house plant and easy to grow. It prefers bright but not direct sun and should be kept evenly moist at average room temperatures. It develops many runners with baby plants at the ends, similar to strawberry plants. The plant flowers during the winter bearing unusual small white clusters of blossoms. You can find this very decorative house plant at the Lyman Estate Greenhouses. Our six-inch pots sell for $7.50. The greenhouses are open Monday through Saturday, 9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (7:00 p.m. on Thursdays). For more information call 781-891-4882, ext. 244. Historic New England members receive a 10% discount, and Garden and Landscape members receive a 15% discount. For Garden and Landscape membership information click here . | | The survey says Thanks to all who completed our recent survey on potential topics for our next traveling exhibition. One hundred sixteen people weighed in on which exhibition topic should be considered next - the social and design history of chairs, the history of jewelry in America, or hooked rugs. Eighty percent of you responded that you would find a jewelry exhibition "interesting" or "very interesting." And 75% indicated that they would be "likely" or "most likely" to go see it. With the largest collections of New England material culture in the nation, exhibition possibilities for Historic New England are wide ranging. The results of the survey will be used by the exhibitions committee in planning the next regional traveling show. | | Annual fund wrap up Please consider supporting Historic New England's educational programs with a matching gift toward our $150,000 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).  Historic New England's educational programs earn nationwide attention by demonstrating that museums are exciting places where interactivity and discovery are the norm, and that history and the arts are essential activities to include in children's lives. These initiatives are designed for both school and youth programs, either in-school or after-school, and often in conjunction with classroom curricula. Your contribution is vital to our education efforts, and provides many more children with the opportunity to experience the rich history of New England in a unique way. Click here to access the secure online form and make a gift in support of helping children discover the entertaining side of history.
| | Learn all about it Click here to learn about the Program in New England Studies, an intensive study of New England decorative arts, architecture, and social history. Join Historic New England curators and other experts for a series of lectures, workshops, and tours to historic sites in Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Essex County and Lincoln, Massachusetts; and Woodstock, Connecticut. | | Program Highlights Saturday, March 8, 7:30 - 9:00 p.m.; Phillips House, Salem, Mass.; 978-744-0440; Free to Historic New England members. A members-only special tour that presents the Phillips House from the perspective of the many women who shaped its history over two hundred years. From the elegant Federal interiors influenced by Elizabeth Derby West in 1800, to the 1911 Colonial Revival restoration under Anna Phillips's ownership, the house reflects the changing tastes of fashionable Salem. Please join us for this unique look at the Phillips House. Traditional Building Conference March 13 - 15, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Mass. Historic New England members receive complimentary admission to the exhibit hall at the Traditional Building Exhibition and Conference. Click here for your coupon and present it with your membership card.  The conference offers lectures, seminars, and workshops on old house care as well as an exhibition hall filled with hundreds of products and services tailored to traditional building needs and home restoration, and daily presentations in the exhibit hall. Stop by Booth #323 and visit the Historic New England staff.
Your Old House Paint and Maintain to Conserve its Historic Character Wednesday, March 19, 8:00 p.m.; Latham Chester Store, Noank, Conn.; 860-460-4244. Free. All older homes, from the simplest to the most elegant, have distinctive features that give them their historic character. Learn how to retain, reveal, recapture, or enhance the historic character of your house with appropriate renovations and paint color. Join Sally Zimmerman, preservation specialist at Historic New England, for illustrated lecture at the Noank Historical Society. | | | Sincerely, Historic New England 617-227-3956 | | |
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