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EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
BARN ARCHITECTURE OF THE NORTH FORK
GUIDED HISTORIC WALKING TOUR AT HALLOCKVILLE MUSEUM FARM
Naugles Barn at Hallockville Museum Farm, Riverhead.
Hallockville Museum Farm will host the first in a series of four walking tours on Saturday, April 13 with a walk and talk about Barn Architecture of the North Fork led by local historian Richard Wines, Ph.D., and historic building and preservation expert, Zach Studenroth. The guided tour will examine barns at Hallockville from the 18th to the 20th centuries, including the pre-revolutionary war Homestead Barn and the 1937 Naugles Barn.
Participants will learn about construction techniques,
the form and function of each structure,
and how barn architecture evolved to meet the changing needs of North Fork farmers.
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Hallockville Museum Farm, located at 6038 Sound Ave. in Riverhead, is a 28-acre preserved farm homestead that dates back to the 18th century. Tour hours are 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and admission for the tour is $10 for the general public and free to Hallockville Museum Farm members.
Saturday, April 13 from 10 – 11:30 a.m.
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The tour guides:
Zachary N. Studenroth, former director for the Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities, (now Preservation Long Island), has devoted his career to the study and analysis of historic buildings, and was awarded Preservation Long Island’s prestigious “Lifetime Achievement Award” in 2018. Mr. Studenroth’s specialty is historic structure reports and nominations to the National Register of Historic Places. Through his advocacy and study of the region’s historic architecture, he has helped to preserve numerous buildings and structures which are now restored and open to the public.
Richard Wines was educated at Yale, Harvard, and Brown, where he earned a Ph.D. in history. Since retiring from a career on Wall Street, he has devoted his time to historic building preservation and land preservation. He is chair of the Town of Riverhead Landmarks Preservation Commission, a member of the Riverhead Farmland Preservation Committee, and a past president of Hallockville Museum Farm where he was responsible for a number of restoration projects and 21 special exhibits.
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TOUR The tour is $10 per person for the general public and free to Hallockville Museum Farm
TICKETS: members: Advance registration requested. Visit www.hallockville.org or phone 631-298-5292.
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Hallockville Museum Farm, 6038 Sound Ave., Riverhead
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