One of America’s foremost architects, Ehrick K. Rossiter, is the subject of a new book by
noted American Architecture Historian Ann Y. Smith. This volume, which features nearly 200
illustrations, 50 of them in color, include glass pate images of the buildings
when they were new, floor plans and gardens, and images from an original copy
of Rossiter’s rare 1883 book.
Ehrick K. Rossitter – Designs for Modern Living is a window
into America’s past for historians, owners of historic properties, students of
architecture and design, and for everyone who wonders about this country’s most
expansive era in building. Rossiter worked primarily in Connecticut, New York
and New Jersey, designing everything from low-cost housing to country estates,
exclusive hotels and apartment buildings in New York City, along with
libraries, town halls, clubs, resorts, and churches.
In Connecticut, many people live in the shadow of Rossiter’s
famous buildings such as The Music Shed in Norfolk and churches in Washington,
Litchfield and New Milford.
Ann Y. Smith, a well known historian who was a museum
curator for 30 years, and an adjunct lecturer on American Architectural
History, has written extensively about New England, and Connecticut in
particular. In this text she offers the most in-depth analysis ever available
of Rossiter’s great contribution to American architecture.
The book is available now at The Hickory Stick Bookshop, 2 Green Hill Road, Washington, CT. 06793 and the author will have a book signing there on Saturday, May 4 at 2 p.m. She will also offer a lecture on Ehrick Rossiter at the Gunn Museum (another Rossiter building) on Saturday, May 11 at 11 a.m. For more information, please visit the website at www.ehrickrossiter.com.
For area information www.litchfieldhills.com
