Wye Parish, Washington College Sponsor Lecture on Colonial Religious Architecture

Eric Anderson

Celebrating the 300^th Anniversary of Old Wye Church in Wye Mills, MD, Wye Episcopal Parish, in partnership with Washington College, is offering to the public a lecture on local Colonial religious structures.  The lecture, which is free and followed by discussion and refreshments, will be presented on Thursday, October 27 at 5 p.m. in the Christ Church Parish Hall, 111 South Washington, Easton, MD.

The presenter is the architect-scholar Eric Anderson, and the title of his lecture is “Genius Loci: The Past, Presence & Future of Colonial Religious Architecture on Maryland’s Eastern Shore”.  Mr. Anderson will examine what it is that imbues our old religious buildings with the unique “spirit of the place” that we experience when we come into their presence.  In exploring of this phenomenon, Mr. Anderson will discuss the development of Colonial religious architecture in the region, the present state of several important surviving examples, and the value of maintaining such structures today and for the future.

Eric Anderson has designed a wide range of corporate, residential and religious projects over the past two decades and has taught architectural design studios at Georgia Tech, Auburn and other eastern U.S. institutions of higher learning.  At Washington College, Mr. Anderson has co-taught the College’s course on Religion & Architecture.

The next presentation in the ongoing Wye Parish/Washington College lecture series will occur on Wednesday, November 16 at 5 p.m. in the Old Wye Church Parish Hall, 14114 Old Wye Mills Road, Wye Mills, MD.  The lecturer will be the widely-published Washington College scholar of religion and culture, Dr. Joseph Prud’homme, speaking on the “Rev. Thomas Bray and Colonial Maryland: A Case Study in Religion and the Public Good”.

For questions or further information about the lecture series, call  Wye Parish, 410-827-8484.