We will begin our evening at 5:30 pm with a reception and an exciting announcement about our new historic house grants shared by Executive Director, Dawn Hayward. Followed by a presentation by architectural historian, Molly Lester.

Molly will share the story of the architect of Cranaleith’s main house, Minerva Parker Nichols (1862–1949) based on over a decade of (ongoing) research, which culminated in a major exhibition at the University of Pennsylvania in 2023 and a new book. She will give a talk about Minerva’s life and work, and then lead a tour through the main house, which Minerva designed in 1890 for Rachel Foster Avery, the corresponding secretary of the National Women’s Suffrage Association.