1 AIA LU6:00pm wine and cheese reception; 6:30pm program starts Please
join us, and our partners Wayne Art Center, for a presentation
of Living Well: The Cassatts and Their Main Line Houses, an
illustrated talk by Jeff Groff, the Estate Historian at
the Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library. This program looks at the
Cassatt family and their notable mansions and country estates along
the Main Line; one of the most famous, and wealthiest, suburban
neighborhoods in America. In many ways the Cassatt’s epitomize
Philadelphia and the Main Line in its heyday as a center for business,
society, and sports. Key figures include Pennsylvania Railroad
President Alexander J. Cassatt and his wife Lois who lived at Cheswold
in Haverford and had a gentleman’s farm in Berwyn called
Chesterbrook; his brother and financier J. Gardner Cassatt and his
wife Eugenia who built Kelso in Berwyn; and A. J.’s son Robert
Cassatt and his wife Minnie whose country house was Beaupre in
Rosemont. All were designed by notable architects. Other family
members, including the artist Mary Cassatt, will be highlighted.
music
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