Rokeby Museum’s programs on Quaker artifacts and aesthetics continue with “Friends and their Meetinghouses” on Sunday, September 11 at 3:00 pm.

Historic Quaker meetinghouses are iconic pieces of American architecture. Architectural historian Catherine Lavoie will examine Quakers’ paradoxical attitudes toward their houses of worship. She conducted a survey of meetinghouses associated with the Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting and uses the 154 structures as a case study. Lavoie found that Friends lovingly maintain their meetinghouses at the same time they deny their historic importance. She’ll explore how the “testimony of simplicity” leads Friends to preserve the old buildings rather than build new ones.

Catherine Lavoie is the chief of the Historic American Building Survey at the National Park Service. She is an expert on vernacular architecture and has been with HABS since 1985.

Admission to the program only is $2 – or free with Museum admission. Come early and see Quaker Made: Vermont Furniture, 1820-1835. The exhibit is only on view until October 30.

Oct 17, 2024, 6:30 to 7:30 PM

Oct 18, 2024, 6:30 to 8 PM

Oct 19, 2024, 10 to 11 AM