New England's Colonial Meetinghouses and their Impact on American Society - Paul Wainwright tells the story of the society that built and used them, and the lasting impact they have had.
New England's colonial meetinghouses embody an important yet little-known chapter in American history. Built mostly with tax money, they served as both places of worship and places for town meetings and were the centers of life in colonial New England communities. Using photographs of the few surviving "mint condition" meetinghouses as illustrations, Paul Wainwright tells the story of the society that built and used them, and the lasting impact they have had on American culture.
This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Library.
About Paul Wainwright:
Artistic photography and a love of history have been long-standing interests of Paul Wainwright, but he was captured by physics in high school and eventually wound up getting a Ph.D. in the field from Yale. Wainwright worked for many years at Bell Labs, with photography being a continuing avocation. Since 2001 he has pursued his love of photography full-time and is especially drawn to photographing historic structures in very personal and introspective ways.
This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Peterborough Library who host a monthly lecture.
Find out more about the Friends here: https://peterboroughtownlibrary.org/friends
This month's event is also sponsored by a generous grant from the NH Humanities.
Peterborough Town Library, located downtown at the corner of Main and Concord/Rt 202, has a large meeting room, study rooms, classroom, and a board room available to the public.