UpDate - Vol. 16, No. 3
September 19, 1996
Architectural studytrips focus on local history

     Three educational day trips to explore architecturally rich
areas in and around Delaware are planned by the University's
Division of Continuing Education and Center for Historic
Architecture and Engineering.
     The architectural studytrips each include a two-hour slide
presentation and lecture on a Thursday evening, followed by a
Saturday half-day field trip, all led by University faculty.
     The Thursday slide presentations and lectures will be held
at 7 p.m. in Room 202 Old College. The Saturday field trips will
begin at 8 a.m. from locations to be announced at the lectures.
Open to the public, the studytrips may be taken individually for
$50 or as a series of three for $120.
     The first studytrip, "Defending the Delaware," begins with a
Sept. 19 lecture, with the field trip on Sept. 21. Both will be
conducted by David Ames, urban affairs, geography and director of
the Center for Historic Architecture and Engineering. "Defending
the Delaware" will explore how three generations of coastal
fortifications represent changing military technology illustrated
by Fort Mifflin, Fort Delaware and Fort du Pont.
     "New Castle," the second studytrip, will be held on Oct. 24
and 26. The town of New Castle is possibly the most intact,
working, 18th-century town in the United States. The lecture, led
by Bernard L. Herman, art history and Center for Historic
Architecture and Engineering, will examine New Castle in the
context of colonial and early United States architectural
history.
     The field trip will be led by Ames and will concentrate on
the town's buildings and also consider the evolution of Georgian
and Federal architecture in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
     The final studytrip, "Sacred Places: Churches of Wilmington
and New Castle," will be held on Nov. 21 and 23. Ames will give
the lecture and lead the field trip. Participants will learn how
church architecture reflects religious beliefs and about the
evolution of the church by visiting and interpreting a selection
of New Castle and Wilmington churches, ranging from Old Swedes,
built in 1699, to the Victorian churches of the late 19th
century.
     For more information on any of the trips, contact Susan
Matsen at 831-3063.