On Wednesday, March 12, join us at 6:30 PM at the Boston Public Library, Copley Square, to hear Ann Clifford speak about the legacy of Robert Treat Paine.

Paine was known in his day as the "dean of Boston philanthropy." He was instrumental in the construction of Trinity Church in Copley Square and his philanthropic housing efforts produced the Round Hill-Sunnyside neighborhood in Hyde Square.

Hope to see you there!
Rik

When: March 12, 2008, 6:30 PM
Where: Boston Public Library, Copley Square
What:
From Trinity Church to Tenement Reform: Robert Treat Paine’s Architectural and Social Legacy

A talk by Ann Clifford

In an era before government-sponsored welfare, wealthy late 19th-century idealists like Robert Treat Paine personally took on some of the most difficult societal problems. Paine was exceptionally dedicated to the task, pioneering organized charity, affordable housing, cooperative loan and building associations, clubs and institutes for the working class and even the peace movement.

Working with some of the most important artists and intellectuals of late 19th-century America, architect Henry Hobson Richardson, landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, and Reverend Phillips Brooks, Paine left an architectural legacy as well as a philosophical one: from hundreds of low income homes in Roxbury to some of our most memorable icons of American design.

Ann Clifford, the curator of Paine’s country house, Stonehurst, will explore the ideology behind Trinity Church in Boston, Stonehurst in Waltham, and social institutions established by Robert Treat Paine.

Copies of the new guidebook by Ann Clifford and Thomas M. Paine,Stonehurst: The Robert Treat Paine Estate: An American Masterwork by H.H. Richardson and F.L. Olmsted, will be available to purchase.

This event is FREE and open to the public.

Boston Public Library, Copley Square, Mezzanine Conference Room, 700 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116

Info: 617-859-2226 / www.bpl.org