Professor Ronald J. Onorato will highlight the work of George Champlin Mason Jr. and his seminal role in guiding the architectural profession toward the colonial revival style. Often overshadowed by and confused with his father of the same name, the younger Mason was one of the first architects to practice that style in America and later became a leading practitioner of it in Philadelphia. This tour through the Kay-Catherine-Old Beach neighborhood examines several residences, some newly attributed to Mason, where he began focusing on the history and forms of Newport's colonial heritage in the late 1870’s. Departs from the Museum & Shop at Brick Market, weather permitting. Reservations required.
