UPCOMING EVENTS

“McKim, Mead & White and the Creation of an Imagined American Aristocracy”

Mosette Broderick, Historian and Author

As Americans assembled money in the late 1800s, a need to appear grander accompanied the wealth, leading to the transference of European grandeur to the United States.  The architectural firm of McKim, Mead & White designed for this new “American Aristocracy” mansions on Long Island, New York City, Newport, and beyond.  Among their iconic local commissions were Harbor Hill in Roslyn and the Garden City Hotel.  Our speaker, Mosette Broderick, is a Professor of Art History at New York University where she teaches courses in architecture and urbanism.  She is the author of Triumvirate: McKim, Mead & White: Art, Architecture, Scandal, and Class in America’s Gilded Age and Fifth Avenue: History of America's Street of Dreams (2024).

We are partnering with the Jericho Public Library for this hybrid program.  It will be available in person or live on your computer at home.  Register for the Zoom webinar on JerichoLibrary.org (under Events, Program Registration). Refreshments will follow program at the library. (The snow date, if needed, is March 9.)

Driving Directions: The Jericho Library is at 1 Merry Lane, Jericho 11753, just south of Rt. 25 (Jericho Turnpike).

From the Northern State Parkway, take exit 35 North or from the LIE/Rt. 495, take exit 41 North onto Rts. 106/107.   Stay in the right-hand lane and turn right onto Rt. 25 East.   Go a very short distance and turn right (south) onto Merry Lane.  The Library is on your left; parking is available on both sides of the building or on Merry Lane.

Guests are welcome to attend (no charge), either at the library or virtually on Zoom.