WASHINGTON DC

PRESERVATION GREENSBORO

JUNE 5th to 8th

Accommodations

DUPONT CIRCLE HOTEL http://www.doylecollection.com/hotels/the-dupont- circle-hotel

$1350 per person ($325 single supplement)

Includes 3 nights accommodations, 2 dinners, 2 lunches, all admissions, trip-related fees and land transportation. Excludes airfare, airport transfers and alcoholic beverages.

HOUSES Thursday June 5

1:00 p.m. The Heurich House http://www.heurichhouse.org

We begin our trip with a welcome from noted preservationist Dr. Don Jones, director of the US National Committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites. Dr. Jones will provide context for the historic houses we will be touring this afternoon, US/ICOMOS headquarters, the Huerich House.

The Huerich House was built in 1892-94 for German immigrant Brewer Christian Heurich, at one time Washington’s second largest landowner and its largest private employer. Huerich House is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a remarkable residential example of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture with one of the most intact period interiors in the nation’s capital.

2:30 p.m. Anderson House and the Society of Cincinnati http://www.societyofthecincinnati.org The Anderson House was completed in 1905 as the winter residence of Larz Anderson, an American diplomat, and his wife, Isabel, an author and philanthropist. Anderson House, listed both on National Register of Historic Places and as a National Historic Landmark, is a notable example of in the Neoclassical "Florentine villa" style. Anderson House now serves as the headquarters for the Society of Cincinnati, the oldest patriotic organization in the country.

4:00 p.m. The Phillips Collection http://www.phillipscollection.org/index.aspx

The oldest modern art museum in the nation, the Phillips Collection is a private institution that opened to the public in 1921 in the former residence of Duncan Phillips. The building is a stunning example of Georgian Revival residential architecture housing a collection, which includes works by Renoir and Rothko, Bonnard and O'Keeffe, van Gogh and Diebenkorn among many others.

OPTIONAL STROLL: Benjamin Briggs gives a pre-dinner walking tour of historic Dupont Circle

Bistrot Du Coin http://www.bistrotducoin.com

Casual, local and fun with true bistro fare and flair, Bistrot Du Coin is a Dupont Circle institution—and a great place to end our first day in DC.

GARDENS Friday June 6

9:30 a.m. gather in the lobby

10:00 River Farm http://www.ahs.org/about-river-farm

Perched on the banks of the Potomac, River Farm was one of George Washington’s original five estates. The original house, built in 1757, now serves as the headquarters of the American Horticultural Society. We will tour the extensive grounds, which include 25 acres of landscaped lawns and gardens.

Noon Lunch TBD

1:30 p.m. Dumbarton Oaks http://www.doaks.org We will tour the gardens of Dumbarton Oaks, an estate that was created in 1920 when Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss purchased an 1801 Federal-style house and significantly expanded both the house and the grounds. Mildred Barnes Bliss worked closely with renowned landscape designer Beatrix Farrand to transform the land surrounding the house into terraced gardens and vistas.

3:30 p.m. Tudor Place http://www.tudorplace.org

We tour Tudor Place, a National Historic Landmark, completed in 1816 by a granddaughter of Martha Washington. Since 1983 the house and gardens have been preserved and operated as a museum that holds intriguing comparisons to Blandwood. Like Blandwood, the house evolved into a Palladian-inspired tripartite home. Unlike A. J. Davis’s Italianate style built a generation later, architect William Thornton was inspired by Federal design, especially with the domed, marble-floored Temple Portico.

OPTIONAL STROLL: Benjamin Briggs gives a pre-dinner walking tour of historic Georgetown

Open dinner

ART Saturday June 7

8:30 a.m. Meet in Lobby

OPTIONAL STROLL: Benjamin Briggs gives a walking tour highlighting major themes of American architecture, including some of the best examples of Federal, Greek Revival, Second Empire, Romanesque, Brutalism and Post Modernism in the nation as we walk from Dupont Circle to the Mall.

10:00 a.m. The National Gallery of Art http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb.html

Here we tour two great shows: Andrew Wyeth Looking Out / Looking In, a major exhibition of this iconic American painter which includes 60 paintings and drawings and focus literally and figuratively on windows, one of Wyeth’s enduring visual motifs. Degas/Cassatt includes over 70 works of art and showcases the mutual influences to be found within the work of these two Impressionist era giants and life long friends. Noon lunch TBD

2:00 p.m. Glenstone: The Rales Collection http://www.glenstone.org

A private museum in Potomac, Maryland, Glenstone houses one of the most important contemporary art collections in the world. The signature building was designed by Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects, which is coupled with monumental outdoor sculpture within a landscape designed by Peter Walker and Partners.

7:00 p.m. Obelisk (no website)

A Washington Post’s Editors Pick and just across Dupont Circle form our hotel, Obelisk features excellent Tuscan fare in the relaxed atmosphere of a converted townhouse.

Sunday June 8

Tour ends