Conference Announcement:

The 12th Annual Conference on Cultural and Historic Preservation:
Creating and Preserving the American Home

Salve Regina University

October 23-25, 2008

Throughout the nineteenth century, designers, tastemakers, owners and
occupants began to explore the definition of the American home. During
this period, new house forms, innovative methods of construction and
improvements in technology provided alternative ways of conceptualizing
and expressing what was distinctly "American" about the home. Early
definitions of the American home stretched previous boundaries in
various ways. Writers and architects like Andrew Jackson Downing and
Alexander Jackson Davis turned to the American landscape as the antidote
to urban and rural conditions. Catherine Beecher and others projected
new models of household organization. Immigrants and newcomers
established their own understanding of the American home, often by
blending Old World and New World values. By the end of the nineteenth
century, early preservation efforts had embarked on a process of
selection in an effort to codify the image of the American home. The
resulting American house thus represented a wide spectrum of ideas that
had meaning to various groups and classes of individuals. Salve
Regina's 12th Annual Conference on Cultural and Historic Preservation
will examine all aspects of the American home, its construction, its
meaning and its preservation.

For registration and further information, please visit
http://www.salve.edu/heritage/annualconferences/2008/

or email chpconferencesalve.edu

Catherine W. Zipf
Assistant Professor and Conference Coordinator
Cultural and Historic Preservation Department
Salve Regina University
Catherine.Zipfsalve.edu