Architecture & Landscape Architecture in the Cornish Colony
Fall (14 hours or more) | This course is completed
Focusing on several of the original houses and properties (1884-1900) in the Cornish Colony, we will be exploring the most noteworthy designs and their exceptional elements. These include the original Beaman properties (Blow Me Down and The Butternuts); Stephen and Bess Parrish - Northcote; Charles Platt - Harlakenden and High Court; Maxfield Parrish - The Oaks; Herbert and Adeline Adams - Hermitage; Emily and Augusta Slade - Dingleton House; and Ellen Shipman – Brook Place.
As with each of the Evarts’ Osher courses on the Cornish Colony, much of what we study we will assemble through the research provided by the study leader; the associate researcher, Nancy Norwalk; and the members of the class.
Jo Evarts
A double major in English and History of Art, Jo Evarts was a Wellesley College Scholar in the Class of 1972. She earned her EdM with distinction at Harvard in 1982. She has taught English, History of Art, European and American History, and Literature throughout her adult life. From 1990-2022, Evarts and her late husband Jerry staged annual Shakespeare productions with youth, ages 5-20. She is also a writer: The Complete Hoot, a non-fiction study of Maxfield Parrish, and, currently, a novel.