The Ridge Historical Society
Announcement for Upcoming Programs
As part of the Hetherington Design Dynasty Exhibit, a series of in-person programs will be offered at RHS, located at 10621 S. Seeley Avenue in Chicago.
Friday Evening Hetherington
Architectural Lecture Series
$10/members, $15/non-members for each lecture
Reservations are recommended
A reception will follow each lecture.
Friday, November 4, 7:00 pm
Tim Blackburn, Researcher, “Discover the History of Your Chicago House”
You will learn how to research the history of your Chicago home, including the architecture, construction, inhabitants, and owners. You’ll develop research methods that will help you gain a new understanding and appreciation for your home’s history. The research methods covered will be useful for anyone researching a building older than 1955 in Chicago. You’ll learn about building permits, local history, Chicago street renumbering, Sanborn maps, and more.
Friday, November 11, 7:00 pm
Mati Maldre, Photographer, “Photographing Architecture and a View Camera Demonstration”
In my architectural photographic documentation, I strive to blend fundamental documentation and the interpretive expression that reveals new appreciation and understanding of our man-made environment. I attempt to couple a firm respect for the subject’s integrity and the architect’s intent with a desire to produce an accurate photographic image with my Deardorff 4×5/5×7 view camera. My photos, like the buildings they represent, are both art and science, both personal and practical.
Friday, November 18, 7:00 pm
Michael Lambert, Architect, Historian, & Preservationist, “John Todd Hetherington: From Lake Forest to Geneva”
With a career long-overlooked, John Todd Hetherington was, at the close of the 19th century, the architect to some of Chicago’s most prominent residents. Hetherington, along with other leading residential and landscape architects of his era, designed some of the first, estate homes in Lake Forest, Illinois. At the dawn of the 20th century (and on the heels of Colonel George Fabyan), longtime friends E. F. Dorton and T. S. Fauntleroy moved from the North Shore to the banks of the Fox River and commissioned Hetherington to design three homes that initiated the transformation of Geneva’s Batavia Road neighborhood.
Register through Eventbrite at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hetherington-architectural-lecture-series-tickets-443264575277
For any questions, contact RHS at ridgehistory@hotmail.com or 773/881-1675.