Making Inroads: The Growth of Sugartown - Talk by Catherine Quillman
Historic Sugartown
273 Boot Rd, Malvern, PA 19355, USA
Pennsylvania
39.99951180000001
-75.50900539999998
Description
Historian Catherine Quillman to Give Lecture at Historic Sugartown
Making Inroads: the Growth of Sugartown, A Quintessential Crossroads Community
Thursday, April 6th
7PM
(Malvern, PA) Get to know the history of the village of Sugartown as it relates to early transportation and agricultural innovations of the 19th century. The growth of the crossroads community of Sugartown mirrored developments in all of Chester County. Thanks to the enterprising Quakers, Chester County was recognized as the “breadbasket” of the nation and one of the most agriculturally advanced regions of southeastern Pennsylvania.
Amid the backdrop of the 18th and 19th-century carriages and sleighs on exhibit in Historic Sugartown’s Carriage Museum, regional historian Catherine Quillman will share her research on the vital role of transportation and agriculture on the 19th-century experience here in Chester County. Her illustrated talk will include vintage photographs and will draw connections to the transportation and agricultural collections preserved by Historic Sugartown. The Carriage Museum is a partnership with Chester County Historical Society.
Admission: $10/ per person, includes wine, cheese and other light refreshments.
The lecture will take place in Historic Sugartown’s Carriage Museum, located at 273 Boot Road, Malvern PA. Pre-registration is appreciated!
Purchase tickets below or call 610-640-2667 to register!
Historic Sugartown, Inc., a private, nonprofit organization, inspires the community to engage with the past through authentic 19th-century experiences, participate in the village’s present life and protect it for the future. Located in the heart of Willistown Township, Historic Sugartown stewards 9.2 acres of land and nine historic structures, including 4.2 acres of open space under conservation easement with Willistown Conservation Trust. Historic Sugartown’s Carriage Museum interprets Chester County’s rich transportation heritage through a rare collection of historic carriages and sleighs in partnership with Chester County Historical Society. Historic Sugartown offers guided tours of the village on weekends from May through the first weekend in December, as well as workshops in its Book Bindery and other programs throughout the year. School and group tours are available year-round. For more information, visit HistoricSugartown.org, or like us on FaceBook.
Catherine Quillman is the author of several books covering regional culture, including 100 Artists of the Brandywine Valley, which showcases painters and sculptors. More recently, Catherine co-authored (with Sarah Wesley) Walking the East End: A Historic African-American Community in West Chester, PA. Catherine spent several years covering the arts and culture scene for the Philadelphia Inquirer, and she is known for advocating for the preservation of historic structures in West Chester. She offers illustrated presentations on everything from “Indian Hannah” and the early Quakers, to the history of the nation’s first turnpike and West Chester’s grandest estate, “Greystone Hall.”
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2017-04-06T19:00:00-04:00
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2017-04-06T20:30:00-04:00
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Social
Tickets
Adult
10.0
USD
50