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SUMMARY:“At the Tredwells’ Table” Culinary Tour
DESCRIPTION:The Merchant’s House Museum is a restored 1832 late-Federal and Greek Revival landmark on the federal\, state\, and city level. It was the first building designated in the borough of Manhattan following the passing of the Landmarks Preservation law in 1965\, and is one of only 120 interior landmarks—of those\, the Merchant’s House is one of only six residences. The Museum’s collection is comprised of over 3\,000 items belonging to the Tredwells\, the wealthy merchant-class family who lived in the home from 1835 to 1933. \nVSNY attendees will be led by a trained docent on a private 75–90 minute tour focusing on the culinary customs of mid-19th-century New York\, including favorite foods\, cooking methods\, dining etiquette\, entertaining\, parties\, even grocery shopping. \nSunday\, April 12\n11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. (Tour begins promptly at 11:00 a.m.; please be sure to arrive a few minutes early so you can be checked-in with the group. Self-guided tours are not an option for this specific subject matter.)\nMerchant’s House Museum\n29 East Fourth Street\, New York\, NY\, 10003 (Note: Due to restoration\, please enter the museum via Manuel Plaza\, 35 East Fourth Street.) \nPurchase tickets. \nRegistration due by April 10! Space is limited. \nPhotos courtesy of the Merchant’s House Museum; below: by Denis Vaslov
URL:https://vicsocny.org/calendar/at-the-tredwells-table-culinary-tour/
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SUMMARY:Margot Gayle Benefit Tour
DESCRIPTION:Join the Victorian Society New York for our annual Margot Gayle Benefit Tour. This year we are privileged to visit the historic National Fine Art Foundry Building. \nA private residence since 1977\, the brownstone was erected in 1848 and was used for everything from a boarding house to a piano factory. It was named the National Fine Art Foundry Building for the foundry that purchased the building in 1868; the Kips Bay business soon became nationally known for their bronze and granite statues and monuments throughout the country. Sculptors Rochette & Parzini bought the building in 1909 and continued its artistic tradition operating it as an important sculptural foundry for most of the twentieth century\, decorating buildings for clients from McKim\, Mead & White to the New York Stock Exchange and the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. In 1977\, photographer Clara Aich rescued the by then run-down property and converted it to a residence using many of the remaining sculptural pieces as decoration. For a more extensive history of the building\, please see Tom Miller’s Daytonian in Manhattan blog. \nJoin us for a private tour of this remarkable piece of New York City history. Light refreshments will be served. \nFriday\, April 17\n6:30–8:30 p.m.\nThe National Fine Art Foundry Building\n218 E. 25th St. \nPurchase tickets. \nThe Margot Gayle Fund for the Preservation of Victorian Heritage was established in 2003 to honor Margot Gayle (1908–2008)\, an eminent preservationist who was one of the founders of the Victorian Society in America. VSNY regularly awards monetary grants from this fund to projects related to the preservation\, conservation\, and/or interpretation of material culture in the New York metropolitan area from c. 1837 to 1919. \n \nA 19th-century stereoscope slide highlights the metalwork—the statues\, plaques\, and decorations—of the Civil War Soldiers’ Monument in Greenwood Cemetery\, created at the National Fine Art Foundry.
URL:https://vicsocny.org/calendar/margot-gayle-benefit-tour/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260428T180000
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SUMMARY:Emerging Scholars: Session 1
DESCRIPTION:As part of our Emerging Scholars program\, the Victorian Society New York supports scholarship about every aspect of 19th-century and early 20th-century culture\, including architecture\, literature\, theater\, fine and decorative art\, immigration\, economics\, politics\, education\, gender roles\, reform movements\, music\, fashion\, and food. Topics for recent event winners have included globetrotting 19th-century cabinetmakers and early 1900s representations (and misrepresentations) of Indigenous Arizonans (find complete list of past presenters here). \nThis year\, a different group of scholars will speak in one of two sessions. Session 1 on April 28 will include Charlotte Crum on the architectural innovation of New York City’s historic amories\, Christina Hurtado-Pierson on performer Lillian Washburn’s shifting personas on the American stage; Sam Simons on Progressive-Era cinematic staging of “white slave” figures; and Kate Singh on childbirth on New York’s Lower East Side at the turn of the 20th century. Learn more about each scholar and their work. \nTuesday\, April 28\n6:00–8:00 p.m.\nMacDowell\n521 West 23rd Street\, New York \nReserve tickets. \nEmerging Scholars 2026 is generously supported by Li · Saltzman Architects\, P.C.
URL:https://vicsocny.org/calendar/emerging-scholars-session-1/
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SUMMARY:Emerging Scholars: Session 2
DESCRIPTION:As part of our Emerging Scholars program\, the Victorian Society New York supports scholarship about every aspect of 19th-century and early 20th-century culture\, including architecture\, literature\, theater\, fine and decorative art\, immigration\, economics\, politics\, education\, gender roles\, reform movements\, music\, fashion\, and food. Topics for recent event winners have included globetrotting 19th-century cabinetmakers and early 1900s representations (and misrepresentations) of Indigenous Arizonans (find complete list of past presenters here). \nThis year\, a different group of scholars will speak in one of two sessions. Session 2 on May 5 will include Qizhen Chen (Chi- jen Chen) on funerary architecture on the Lower East Side in the 19th century\, Jacob Kayen on the architectural and social evolution of Greek Revival row Houses on Henry Street\, Bethany Laskin on the work of architects Mary Gannon and Alice Hands\, and Deborah Wolfson on immigrant New York and safety infrastructure. Learn more about each scholar and their work. \nTuesday\, May 5\n6:00–8:00 p.m.\nMacDowell\n521 West 23rd Street\, New York \nReserve tickets. \nEmerging Scholars 2026 is generously supported by Li · Saltzman Architects\, P.C.
URL:https://vicsocny.org/calendar/emerging-scholars-session-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260507T180000
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SUMMARY:The Colonial Revival: The American Architectural Style
DESCRIPTION:A special evening lecture and reception with Professor Richard Guy Wilson\, Director Emeritus of the VSA’s Newport Summer School \nThe Victorian Society in America and The Alumni Association of the Victorian Society Summer Schools are delighted to invite you to attend a lecture by Professor Richard Guy Wilson\, whose topic\, “The Colonial Revival: The American Architectural Style\,” will consider the diversity of the Colonial Revival in America\, ranging from red brick Georgian to the Mission of the West\, and will emphasize the period 1870–1920\, drawing attention to the roots of modern design. \nProceeds will benefit The Victorian Society Scholarship Fund and The Alumni Association Scholarship Fund. A reception honoring Wilson will be held immediately after the lecture. \nThursday\, May 7\, 2026\n6:00–8:00 p.m.\nNew York School of Interior Design\n170 East 70th Street\, New York City \nPlease note that this lecture is in-person only; it will not be streamed live or recorded for future viewing.\n \nFor details\, please click on this weblink https://www.vsaalumni.org/rgw20260507/ to learn more about the program and also to register.
URL:https://vicsocny.org/calendar/the-colonial-revival-the-american-architectural-style/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260610T180000
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SUMMARY:Lightning Beneath the Sea: The Thrilling Race to Wire the World
DESCRIPTION:In this program\, based on his book\, Lightning Beneath the Sea\, author James M. Tabor will tell the thrilling story of the 19th century’s Apollo moonshot: an Atlantic-spanning telegraph cable that changed the world. In 1854\, the American entrepreneur Cyrus Field set out to lay a 2\,000-mile telegraph cable across the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. Nothing like it had ever been attempted. Field knew nothing about telegraphy\, electricity\, ships\, or oceans. But he believed that wiring the world for near-instantaneous communication would bring about peace on Earth. As Mr. Tabor will describe in enthralling detail\, how in 1866\, after enduring over a decade of catastrophic failures and staggering losses\, Field would finally lay his great cable\, ushering in the global information age. \nThis event is co-sponsored with the General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen. Tabor’s book will be available for purchase at the in-person event. \nWednesday\, June 10\n6:00–7:00 p.m.\nThe General Society Library\n20 West 44th Street\, New York City \nPurchase tickets (in-person). \nPurchase tickets (streaming). \nJames M. Tabor is the author of six books\, including the award-winning Forever on the Mountain and best-selling Blind Descent. A creator of the History Channel’s Journey to the Center of the World\, he has written for Time\, Smithsonian\, The Wall Street Journal\, The Washington Post\, and others. He lives in Waitsfield\, Vermont.
URL:https://vicsocny.org/calendar/lightning-beneath-the-sea-the-thrilling-race-to-wire-the-world/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260611T190000
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SUMMARY:Victorian Society New York Annual Meeting & Awards Ceremony 2026
DESCRIPTION:Join the Victorian Society New York at the 60th Anniversary Annual Meeting & Awards Ceremony! All members and their guests are invited to join us at our Annual Meeting & Awards Ceremony\, where we will vote in new board members\, showcase this year’s award winners\, and hear our reports for 2025–26. \nWe will meet at the House of the Redeemer\, an Italian palazzo-style mansion\, formerly a private house built for Edith Shepard Fabbri\, a great-granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt\, and now an Episcopalian oasis on the Upper East Side. The Annual Meeting will take place in the sumptuous rooms on the first floor with a cocktail reception to be held al fresco in the courtyard. \nMembers are invited free of charge while non-members will receive a complimentary membership with admission. Become a member today and join us at this special celebration! \nThursday\, June 11\, 2026\n7:00–9:00 p.m.\nHouse of the Redeemer\n7 East 95th Street\, New York \nReserve tickets. \nWe gratefully acknowledge our Sponsors: Building Conservation Associates\, Higgins Quasebarth & Partners\, Richard Hampton Jenrette Foundation\, Li · Saltzman Architects\, and Zaskorski & Associates. \nTop photo: Exterior of the House of the Redeemer\, designed by Grosvenor Atterbury\, an American architect and town planner trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Courtesy House of the Redeemer. \n \nLobby\, House of the Redeemer. Courtesy House of the Redeemer. \n \nLobby\, House of the Redeemer. Courtesy House of the Redeemer. \n \nRefectory\, House of the Redeemer. Courtesy House of the Redeemer. \n \nReception\, House of the Redeemer. Courtesy House of the Redeemer.
URL:https://vicsocny.org/calendar/victorian-society-new-york-annual-meeting-awards-ceremony-2026/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260627T130000
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SUMMARY:New York’s Fabulous Fountains: A Walking Tour
DESCRIPTION:Join the Victorian Society and author Stephanie Azzarone to explore New York’s iconic fountains in person. Azzarone has just published her widely acclaimed “Fabulous Fountains of New York” and will give an in depth and fascinating walking tour. \n\n\n\n\nNew York’s fountains are more than just decorative features—they are historical landmarks\, cultural icons\, and dynamic works of art that shape the city’s landscape. They were designed to honor men and women of accomplishment\, memorialize events\, and at one time\, keep citizens from drinking too much alcohol. New York’s fountains are classical and ornate or modern and streamlined. They celebrate firemen\, authors\, social workers\, and more. This tour will take a close look at some of Manhattan’s most distinctive Midtown fountains—new and old\, famous and little known—and share the stories of why they came to be\, the people behind them\, and what makes those fountains special. \nStops will include: \n\n“Truth” and “Beauty\,” long hidden behind “Patience” and “Fortitude”\nThe first major monument in New York City to honor a woman\nThe fabulous “Christmas Balls” fountain\nThe jewel within Midtown’s “vest pocket parks”\nA 14K gold-leafed fountain once known as “Leapin’ Louie”\nThe statue whose bare bottom outraged a Gilded Age Vanderbilt\n\nThe tour will start at the Fountain in Bryant Park. \nSaturday\, June 27\n1:00–3:00 p.m.\nBryant Park Fountain \nPurchase tickets.
URL:https://vicsocny.org/calendar/new-yorks-fabulous-fountains-a-walking-tour/
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