TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL MEETING
SATURDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER, 2024
LAKE GENEVA, WISCONSIN
We are pleased to announce that the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Walter Burley Griffin Society of America will be held on Saturday, 14 September, investigating the architecture around the picturesque summer retreats of Geneva Lake and Delavan Lake in southern Wisconsin. The Saturday morning session and lunch will take place at the Lake Geneva Country Club, on the south shore of Geneva Lake at W3398 S. Lakeshore Drive, Lake Geneva. Designed by Spencer & Powers in 1915, the concrete-block clubhouse remains much as it was constructed, magnificently sited. There is plenty of parking on the grounds. As usual, the meeting will begin at 9:00am. Lecture topics include the organic architecture of John Randal McDonald of Racine, by Dave Erickson; a recently restored Wright System-Built house in Shorewood, Wisconsin, by Nicholas Hayes; and the Summer Houses of the Prairie School, by Paul Kruty.
At the conclusion of the lectures, lunch will be served at the clubhouse. Following visits to several sites around Geneva and Delavan lakes, including Spencer & Powers’ Horticultural Hall and Henry Ives Cobb’s Yerkes Observatory, we will end at Frank Lloyd Wright’s spectacular Jones estate, “Penwern,” at 3335 South Shore Drive, Lake Delavan, an ensemble of structures from 1900 to 1903. There will be a reception with light refreshments. The day will end at approximately 5:00pm.
For those of you who are staying overnight, if you haven’t done so already, we recommend booking accommodations as soon as possible. And, of course, check the Griffin website for updates.
Please complete the registration form for the meeting (and renew your membership if it has lapsed). Hope to see you all there!
MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS
Once again, please renew your Griffin Society membership for 2024. Again, we have not raised our basic dues of $25 over the life of the organization and yet have been able to host the meetings and newsletters as well as sponsor publications and preservation projects. But we do need our members to renew to continue making these things possible. Thanks so very much. The membership renewal form can be found here (Membership Form). Please return the form with your payment to the Society. |
