Vanguard Designer Showhouse Comes to Washington Park
"Grandeur on Washington Park" is the theme of the 2001 Vanguard Designer
Showhouse. The newly-restored Uri Gilbert House will showcase interior
arrangements from 27 local designers. The house, at 189 2nd Street in Troy,
is probably best known to Trojans as the home of the Rensselaer County
Council for the Arts from 1965 to 1999. Charles W. Thompson built the house
sometime between 1852 and 1854, the third of the five houses that he built
in the Washington Park neighborhood. Thompson sold the house in 1856 to
Uri Gilbert, who was twice elected mayor of Troy. Russian emigrant Abraham
Symansky bought the house in 1911, creating an apartment for his brother
and remodeling portions of the interior in a colonial revival style.
The Vanguard Designer Showhouse will be open May 1 through 20, except
Mondays. A boutique and art gallery will be open daily, and a cafe in the
carriage house will serve lunch. All proceeds benefit the Albany Symphony
Orchestra.
|
Hours:
|
|
| Mondays |
CLOSED |
| Tuesday & Friday |
10:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. |
| Wednesday & Thursday |
10:30 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. |
| Saturday |
10:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
| Sunday |
12 noon - 5:00 p.m. |
Showhouse admission is $15.00 ($12.00 in advance). Tickets are available
until April 27 from: Cowen & Lobel, Roberta's Gift Shop, the Country
Trunk, Empire Antiques & Design, the Schenectady Museum, Rensselaer
County Historical Society, and the Arts Center of the Capital Region.
Saturday, April 28: Gala Preview Party. A preview of the designer
showhouse will be held from 3 to 5 p.m., followed by a reception at the
home of Delaine Jones, 200 Washington St., Troy. Tickets for the
preview party are $45.00 (including one return trip to the showhouse) and
$85.00 (including unlimited return trips).
May 1: Grand Opening.
May 2: 11:00 Decorative artist tour led by Deidra Gatta; 2-3
p.m. lecture, "The Art & Love of Historic Restoration" by Joseph Abbey.
May 3: 11 a.m. decorative artist tour led by Jennifer Lanne;
2-3 p.m. lecture, "The Marble House on Second Street," by Douglas Bucher
and Stacy Pomeroy Draper; 3-7 p.m. meet the designers.
May 4: 11 a.m. decorative artist tour led by Amy Radley, 2-3
p.m. guided walking tour of the neighborhood, led by Peter Shaver.
May 8: 11 a.m. decorative artist tour led by Rosemary Burgher
and Donna Essepian; 12:30-3:30 p.m. meet the designers.
May 9: 11 a.m. decorative artist tour led by Claudia McNulty;
2-3 p.m. lecture, "Winning Windows," by Terry Kral; 3-7 p.m. meet the designers.
May 10: 11 a.m. decorative artist tour led by Gretchen Agans;
2-3 p.m. lecture, "The Ladies of Second Street," by Stacy Pomeroy Draper.
May 11: 11 a.m. decorative artist tour led by Dorothea Osborne
Bulnes; 2-3 p.m. guided walking tour of the neighborhood.
May 13: 12:30-1:30 p.m. Mothers Day Brunch , with a fashion
show beginning at 1 p.m.
May 15: 11 a.m. decorative artist tour led by David Harding;
2-3 p.m. lecture, "Troy, Silicon Valley of the 19th Century," by P. Thomas
Carroll, Ph.D.
May 16: 11 a.m. decorative artist tour led by Paul Bouchey;
2-3 p.m. lecture, "Trade Secrets," by Denise Maurer.
May 17: 11 a.m. decorative artist tour led by Peter Douglas;
2-3 p.m. lecture, "New Wood in Old Buildings," by Ed Pike.
May 17: 11 a.m. decorative artist tour led by Leslie Gorman;
2-3 p.m. guided walking tours of the neighborhood.
For information and reservations concerning the preview party, Mothers
Day brunch, or lunch, call 518-724-0357. For other information, Washington
Park Association. |
