Schedule:
Thursday June 7 Reception: 6:30 pm to sunset, early arrivals reception at the Keenan TowerHouse designed by Fayetteville architect Marlon Blackwell. Located near the corner of Old Wire Road and Old Mission.
Directions will be available at The Cosmopolitan Hotel.
Friday June 8 Conference: University of Arkansas, School of Architecture.
Tour of the Fay Jones Collection, University of Arkansas Library.
Lunch will be provided.
Group photo at the Fulbright Peace Fountain
Speakers include Albert Drap and David McKee.
Friday June 8 Reception and Dinner Banquet:
The Cosmopolitan Hotel, Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Reception is a cash bar.
The dinner banquet is included. Please advise of meal preference, chicken, beef or vegetarian. Space is limited for the dinner banquet; please RSVP as soon as possible.
Saturday June 9 Tour: Fayetteville and Eureka Springs.
Ground transportation by 14 passenger vans is included for the June 9 tour. The morning tour includes these homes in Fayetteville:
W.D. Harral House (Butterfly House) 1958
Wilkinson/Lechtenberger (Sequayah Project) 1956
Joe Marsh Clark house 1959 - 1961. Later addition by Dennis Becker in 1998.
Buckley house 1967
Additionally, we will drive by several other homes designed by Fay Jones, which may include some of the following. Plus we will see examples of architecture by other architects who have practiced in the region.
H. R. Snow House, 1961
Hotz House 1976 - 1978
Brothers House 1956
Projects designed by James Lambeth
Projects designed by Edward Durell Stone
Projects designed by Warren Seagraves
Lunch is not included, though; arrangements for the group will be made to eat at Bubba's Barbecue in Eureka Springs, a favorite of Fay Jones.
Thorncrown Chapel will be visited while in Eureka Springs.
Dinner will be on your own in Fayettevlle.
Sunday June 10 Tour: Fayetteville, Bentonville and Bella Vista.
This will be a self-directed tour; ground transportation is NOT included. Touring maps will be provided.
8:30 am - 10:30 am - Homes in Fayetteville, AR.
9 am - 10:30 am - Blackwell Home, Marlon Blackwell Architect
11 am to 1 pm - Cooper Memorial Chapel, Bella Vista, AR
2 pm to 4 pm - Applegate House, Bentonville, AR.
Between the times listed above, there is the opportunity to drive by other homes and buildings which will be listed on the touring maps. Please note, locations of home have been researched based on available information though not all have been verified.
Links:
The Arkansas Designs of E. Fay Jones 1956 - 1997, by Cheryl Nichols and Helen Barry
Thoughts on Architecture by Richard Speer
Channel 5, KFSM in Fort Smith Arkansas has a series of short videos on Fay Jones, which includes Thorncrown and a home designed by Fay in Fort Smith.
Ozark Vernacular Architecture - Then And Now
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