We’ll close out our Winter Speaker Series with a talk from our good friend, architectural historian Walter Wheeler. He’ll delve into the differences between Dutch and English vernacular architecture in Schenectady County. What inspired the homes and barns of these two European cultures, and why and how do they differ?

This is a virtual program hosted on Zoom. SCHS members will receive a link via email the day of the program.

Winter Speaker Series:

07 JAN Marie Danielle Annette Williams “Loyalists in the Adirondacks”
14 JAN Laurie Lawlor “Many Voices: Erie, the Canal that Changed America”
21 JAN Chuck Henry “First Draft of History: NY State Historic Newspapers”
28 JAN Ellen Ledoux “Laboring Mothers: Reproducing Women and Work in the 18th Century”

04 FEB Sarah Wassberg Johnson “Apples in America: A History”
06 FEB James Taub, Associate Curator, Museum of the American Revolution “Threads of Liberty”
11 FEB Mary Liz Stewart “Underground Railroad”
18 FEB Dr. Elisabeth Paling Funk “The Dutch World of Washington Irving”
21 FEB Chris Conto “The Daring Life of Arent Van Curler”
25 FEB Nancy Newman “Songs and Sounds of the Anti-Rent Movement in Upstate New York”

04 MAR Kevin Bronner “Albany During The American Revolution: Victory In Upstate New York”
11 MAR Prof. LaGarrett King “The African Americans’ Revolution”
14 MAR. Jaap Jacobs “Trade, Theft, and Excessive Expenses: A Year in New Netherland”
18 MAR Craig Siulinski “The Early 20th Century Experience of Polish Immigrants in Schenectady”
21 MAR Multiple Speakers: “Ten Things You Didn’t Know About the American Revolution”
25 MAR Wally Wheeler, “Early Vernacular Architecture in Schenectady County”