Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Our Incorporation
At The Willows
490 Darby-Paoli Road Villanova, PA 19085
Wednesday, September 27, 2023, 5pm to 9pm
We can’t wait to welcome our members and friends to our celebratory Annual Dinner recognizing the 75th Anniversary of our 1948 Incorporation!
Our special guest will be prominent barn historian Greg Huber.
Greg Huber is a barn and house historian, an independent scholar, consultant and principal owner of Past Perspectives and Eastern Barn Consultants – both historic and cultural resource companies based in Macungie, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
Since 1974, Huber has specialized in pre-Civil War era house and barn architecture of Holland Dutch and Pennsylvania Swiss-German areas. He has documented more than 8,000 vernacular buildings that include more than 5,000 homestead barns.
He is author of more than 340 articles on barn and house architecture. He edited and published the first barn research journal from 1991 to 1994. Huber also is co-author of two books – the second edition of The New World Dutch Barn (2001) and Stone Houses – Traditional Homes of Pennsylvania’s Bucks County and Brandywine Valley (2005). He has also led more than 200 tours in the past thirty plus years and delivered more than 275 lectures on house and barn architecture. He won the Alice Kenney award in 1997 and the Allen Noble Book Award in 2003 issued by the Pioneer America Society for the best edited book on material culture in North America.
Greg Huber’s 240-page book – The Historic Barns of Southeast Pennsylvania – Architecture and Preservation 1750 to 1900 was published by Schiffer Publishing in July 2017.
Menu Selections
You can reserve your spot via PayPal below. Please go through the process for each attendee.
Reservations are $90 for RHS members and $100 for non-members. Please note that a fee has been added to PayPal payments. To reserve your spot without fees, please mail a check made out to Radnor Historical Society to: 113 W. Beechtree Lane, Wayne, PA 19087, and inticate on your check which entreé selection you choose.
Sea
Crispy-skin salmon, dill cream
Includes include chef’s selection of starch & vegetable sides
Land
Red wine-braised short rib
Includes include chef’s selection of starch & vegetable sides
Earth
Ratatouille-quinoa timbale, grilled zucchini, yellow tomato marinara
(vegan, gluten free)
All dinners include:
- Deluxe Beer and Wine Only Bar;
- French pressed coffee, regular + decaf
- Stationary & butlered hors d’oeuvres
- Salad: baby beets w/ arugula, goat cheese mousse, toasted hazelnuts, vinaigrette
- Dessert: Lemon custard cake, blueberry compote, pistachio tuile
Tickets are no longer available. Thank you to everyone who registered!