Washington Builds for War: Symposium and Bus Tour
Sixth Biennial Symposium
Latrobe Chapter, Society of Architectural Historians
In cooperation with the School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, University of Maryland, College Park; Art Deco Society of Washington; Council on America’s Military Past, U.S.A., Inc.; Recent Past Preservation Network; and Society for History in the Federal Government
Saturday, March 5 and Sunday, March 6, 2005
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| Pentagon facade nears completion in 1942. |
Symposium, Saturday March 5, 2005
School of Architecture, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
9 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.
Session I—The Best Offense: Defending Washington in Its First 100 Years
Moderator: Gail Littlefield, Naval Facilities Engineering Command
Artillery in the Avenues? Military Considerations in L’Enfant’s Plan of Washington
Don Alexander Hawkins, Architect
The Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Landscape in Washington, DC
Deidre McCarthy, National Park Service
Key Terrain: Alterations to the Landscape at Civil War Fort Ethan Allen, Arlington
Brian Kane, The Kane Group Landscape Architects
Roundtable Discussion—The Impact of Current Security Concerns on Washington’s Built Environment
Moderator: Jane Loeffler, University of Maryland
Lunch (provided)
Lustron Houses at Quantico Marine Base
Recent Past Preservation Network discussion
Session II—The Countryside and Preparations for 20th-Century War
Moderator: Anne Bruder, Maryland State Highway Administration
Locating the Airplanes: The Decision to Base the First Military Aviation School at the College Park Airfield
Brigid Nuta, College Park Aviation Museum
World War I Emergency Cantonments and Camp A. A. Humphreys, Accotink, Virginia, 1917–1918 [Fort Belvoir]
Brian Michael Lione, Department of Defense
FB 2: Bureaucratic Expansion and the Construction of a "'war-time type' Federal office building" in Arlington, VA [Navy Annex]
James Jacobs, National Park Service
Prize-Winning Heifer "Ramey" Meets Dr. Strangelove: The Impact of Cold War Defenses on a Virginia Farming Community
Tanya Edwards Beauchamp, Consultant
Session III—Planning, Profits, and Protection
Moderator: Marilyn Harper, Consultant
Modernism in the Maryland Suburbs: The World War II Legacy
Isabelle Gournay, University of Maryland, and Mary Corbin Sies, University of Maryland
Operations Research, Military Contracting, and the Growth of Tysons Corner, Virginia, 1945–1970
Paul Ceruzzi, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
In Case of a National Emergency: Marjorie Merriweather Post’s Fallout Shelters
Stephanie Brown, Hillwood Museum and Gardens
Bus Tour, March 6, 2005
Departs from the National Building Museum, 401 F Street, NW, Washington, D.C.
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The tour will survey a variety of military-related sites in the metropolitan area, including selected examples rarely open to the public. The tour will be led by Linda Lyons, architectural historian and Education Chair of ADSW,
Box lunches will be provided.
Registration
Paper Sessions: Members, $50; Non-members, $65; Students, $30
Tours: Members, $45; Non-members, $60; Students, $25
Registration Deadline: February 18, 2005
Registration Form: View and print registration form
For More Information
Contact Jere Gibber, Conference Coordinator, 703-768-6987, jgibber@aol.com or Lisa Davidson, Conference Chair, National Park Service, 202-354-2179, lisa_davidson@nps.gov. Visit the Latrobe Chapter website.
Comments
Created January 8, 2005; Modified Sunday, January 16, 2005.