Building Stories: Historic Houses and the Stories We Tell

Three experts will discuss the ways in which historic houses are researched, narrated, and presented. Using 1865 Lippitt House as the example. Discussion will include reflections on the role of houses in fiction. Audience members will be encouraged to visit the first-floor rooms before and after the presentation. Speakers Carrie Taylor (Lippitt House Museum Director), Jackie Delamatre (Lippitt House Museum Curator of Education), and Taylor Polites (author, The Rebel Wife, Providence Noir).

“Building Stories” is presented by The HiFi Collaborative, a local writing group, and Lippitt House Museum, a National Historic Landmark