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present over the coming year.
“We are pleased to join forces with the PEC and the National Trust to bring to Rappahannock County an outstanding expert who knows Virginia well and shares our values,” said Bob Lander, president of RLEP.
“Our hope is that this gathering will deepen our understanding and appreciation of the time-honored architecture of Virginia and inspire builders, planners, land owners and others to think carefully about the kinds of homes and buildings that fit well into our beautiful surroundings.”
Virginia vernacular architecture — the common styles of buildings that grew up in the Commonwealth in the 18th and 19th centuries and are found in farmhouses, old barns, village houses and public buildings in Rappahannock County — is a special interest of Dr. Glassie.
Among his many books are “Folk Housing in Middle Virginia,” a study of historic housing patterns in a portion of the Virginia Piedmont, and “Vernacular Architecture,” a study that illuminates how housing styles common in England and Ireland were imported and adapted to new environments in Virginia, New England and other regions of the United States.
Dr. Glassie, a scholar of folk history, has studied cultures throughout the world. He has written books examining history, tradition and cultures in Ireland, Turkey, Bangladesh and countries in Africa.
He was a keynote speaker at the National Preservation Conference of the National Trust last fall. He is a strong advocate of preserving rural communities such as Rappahannock County.
In his talk at the National Trust conference, he said:
“We are not used to thinking of rural places as hotbeds of invention,
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