Julian Abele, Architect and the Beaux ArtsWatch ONLINE via ZOOM from the safety and comfort of your home. A link with instructions will be provided one hour prior to this virtual lecture.
presented by Dreck Wilson, ASLA, NOMA
Julian Francis Abele (1881-1950) was a graduate of the three earliest institutions in Philadelphia teaching architecture: Philadelphia Museum and School of Industrial Art, University of Pennsylvania School of Architecture and Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts rendering him the most formally educated architect in America. From 1907-50, Abele functioned as senior designer for the office of Horace Trumbauer in Philadelphia responsible for thirteen cut stone buildings in Penn's "green country towne" including the Union League Club Annex (1908), Free Library of Philadelphia (1917) and Benjamin Franklin Hotel (1922) all listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Dreck Wilson is the President of the Landscape Consortium, Ltd. in the District of Columbia. He is also the author of Julian Abele, Architect and the Beaux Arts and was a contributing author in other works such as “Architects Julian Abele and Paul Williams” and "David Williston, The First Black Landscape Architect."
$15 | General Admission
$10 | Alliance Member
Free | Students*
Part of Preservation Alliance's 2021 Fall Speaker Series
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$70 for Preservation Alliance members
$110 for non-members, includes a one-year individual membership.
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Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia, Philadelphia, United States
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