Preservation Burlington

Preservation Burlington had its 2010 Homes Tour on Saturday June 26th from. Despite the rain, many people turned out to tour a collection of wonderful modernist homes. One of the  highlights of the day was the appearance of architect Marcel Beaudin at one of the homes on the tour. Mr. Beaudin designed two of the homes on the tour and was gracious enough to participate in the event. Thank you Marcel!  And that you to all those who helped make this year’s tour possible– most especially the homeowners and tour volunteers.

This year’s  tour consisted of various homes and public spaces with styles popular after World War II.  This era of design abandoned traditional theories on architecture and created a new, austere, geometric aesthetic that’s influence can still be seen in contemporary designs.  Feature homes are structures of the International Style and the Prairie Style.  Many participants joined us during and after the tour at the Spot, originally built in the 1950’s as a Phillips 66 gas station and recently renovated and adapted to a surf-style restaurant. This year’s event coincided with a day-long symposium, “Modernist Architecture Comes of Age.”  This symposium was held on June 25th and was organized and sponsored by the University of Vermont Historic Preservation Department, UVM Campus Planning Services, and the Vermont Department for Historic Preservation.  http://www.uvm.edu/~modern. Key speakers are from National Historic Preservation Organizations, including the Recent Past Preservation Network and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.  The Preservation Burlington Homes Tour is a major fundraising event in which proceeds will go toward developing additional programs.

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