MRHC Presents Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America - An Evening with Olmsted Biographer Laurence Cotton
Image compliments of the John M. Longyear Research Library; Two Women at Blackrocks
Wednesday, May 4, 6:30 p.m.
2022 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Law Olmsted, social reformer and founder of American landscape architecture. We are joining the National Association for Olmsted Parks in their celebration, Olmsted 200, as we remember Olmsted’s 1890 visit to the area and his influence on our own beloved Presque Isle. Join us to experience an illustrated presentation on The Olmsted Legacy by writer, public historian, and filmmaker Laurence Cotton. He will present an information-rich and entertaining talk about Frederick Law Olmsted’s life, career, and legacy and a mini-travelogue of select Olmsted landscapes across N. America—those designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, Senior, his two sons, and the Olmsted Bros landscape architecture firm. Come learn about this extraordinary legacy of a Renaissance man and how his philosophy, his writings, and his designs are still relevant today.
See olmsted200.org to learn more about this year-long series. $10 for this special program. Tickets on sale now. Call 906. 226.3571 for more info or visit marquettehistory.org This program is sponsored in part by Barry J. Polzin Architects.
