Hetherington Architectural Lecture Series

10621 South Seeley Avenue,Chicago IL 60643

11 November, 2022

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Friday, November 4, 7:00 pm “Discover the History of Your Chicago House” – Tim Blackburn, Researcher You will learn how to research the history of your Chicago home, including the architecture, construction, inhabitants, and owners. You’ll develop research methods that will help you gain a new understanding and appreciation for your home’s history. Tim will cover the research methods covered will be useful for anyone researching a building older than 1955 in Chicago. You’ll learn about building permits, local history, Chicago street renumbering, Sanborn maps, and more. Friday, November 11, 7:00 pm “Photographing Architecture and a View Camera Demonstration” – Mati Maldre, Photographer In his architectural photographic documentation, Mati strives to blend fundamental documentation and the interpretive expression that reveals new appreciation and understanding of our man-made environment. He attempts to couple a firm respect for the subject’s integrity and the architect’s intent with a desire to produce an accurate photographic image with a Deardorff 4x5/5x7 view camera. His photos, like the buildings they represent, are both art and science, both personal and practical. Friday, November 18, 7:00 pm “John Todd Hetherington: From Lake Forest to Geneva” – Michael Lambert, Architect, Historian, & Preservationist With a career long overlooked, John Todd Hetherington was, at the close of the 19th century, the architect to some of Chicago’s most prominent residents. Hetherington, along with other leading residential and landscape architects of his era, designed some of the first, estate homes in Lake Forest, Illinois. At the dawn of the 20th century (and on the heels of Colonel George Fabyan), longtime friends E. F. Dorton and T. S. Fauntleroy moved from the North Shore to the banks of the Fox River and commissioned Hetherington to design three homes that initiated the transformation of Geneva’s Batavia Road neighborhood.