Have you ever wondered why your house looks the way it does? This lecture series is designed to acquaint the learner with the development of domestic architecture through high style examples and vernacular interpretation. Organized by time period, learn to identify architectural features, forms and materials that characterize specific influences and help to date homes. 

Land ownership and the ability to build a substantial domicile have always reflected wealth and status in our American culture. In this program, we explore the modest constructions of the first European descendants who brought their techniques with them and used locally available materials a s well as the high style Georgian and Federal period styles that reflected the promise of the new nation.

Presenter Dorothy P. Guzzo is the Vice President of Saving Historic Moorestown. Prior to her retirement, she was the Executive Director of the New Jersey Historic Trust. Previously, Ms. Guzzo was the Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer (DSHPO) and Administrator of the State's Historic Preservation Office. Her career spans over 35 years in historic preservation serving in numerous capacities. She is an adjunct with Rutgers University, Certificate in Historic Preservation Program. She is the recipient of Preservation New Jersey's Sarah P. Fiske Legacy Award for her lifetime devotion to historic preservation. She has resided in Moorestown since 1996.