LECTURE: The Early Architecture of St. Michael's Church, Marblehead

WHY DOES ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH LOOK THE WAY IT DOES?:  ENGLISH AND
DUTCH ANTECEDENTS AND LATER
TRANSFORMATION

 

Marblehead Episcopal church, built in 1714 and the
oldest in New England holding worship services it its original building,
remains unique in the history of American ecclesiastical architecture

 

 On Wednesday, April 30 at 7:30 p.m., St. Michael’s Church
concludes its Tercentenary lecture series – MARBLEHEAD, MASSACHUSETTS:
History and Heritage of an Early New England Community - with a
presentation by Edward O. Nilsson.   A
practicing architect with a keen interest in architectural history, Nilsson
will discuss what St. Michael’s Church looked like upon completion in 1714 and
the likely 17th century English and Dutch antecedents for the
interior and exterior design of the church. 
Nilsson will also discuss 18th and 19th century
modifications to the original building plan that renewed the worship
environment to accommodate changing liturgical practices.

 

The illustrated lecture is free
and will take place in St. Michael’s Parish Hall, 26 Pleasant Street.  All are welcome to attend.

 

For further information www.stmichaels2014.org 

 

Edward Nilsson is founder and
principal of Nilsson + Siden Associates, Inc., Architects & Planners in
Salem, Massachusetts.  He serves on the St. Michael’s Historic Church and Tercentenary Committees,
the Marblehead
Planning Board and the board of Historic Salem Inc.   His work includes
renovation and new construction in the residential, commercial, and educational
sectors, including adaptive reuse of Building 42 at the Charlestown Navy Yard, Crosby’s
Marketplace in historic Marblehead,
and at Salem
State University.  In April Nilsson will be presenting a paper
titled “No Place Like Home–(Ada Louise) Huxtable’s Ranch House as Her Housing
Ideal” at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the Society of Architectural
Historians in Austin, Texas.

 

St. Michael’s Church is
celebrating its tercentenary during 2014 with a series of public lectures,
organ recitals, special church services and a scholarly symposium on June 7 at
the Peabody Essex
Museum in Salem.   For three hundred years the church has been
a vital presence in the seaport community serving parishioners from Marblehead and beyond.

 

To learn more about St.
Michael’s history, music program and C.B. Fisk organ go to http://www.stmichaels1714.org/about_history.htm 

 

For further information, for a
full list of tercentenary activities, to arrange interviews and for tours of
St. Michael’s Church please contact Grace Friary Public Relations gracefriary@comcast.net

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