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Mod Talks: Florida Mid-Century Architecture – Marty Hylton
December 5, 2019 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Free
In partnership with Gainesville Modern, the Matheson History Museum is excited to host historian and scholar Marty Hylton to discuss the history of Florida architecture from the mid-20th century and highlight some of the state’s most important and historic mid-century structures. This is the first program in a series of “Mod Talks” that Gainesville Modern will be hosting from December to their annual Gainesville Modern Week in March. The program coincides with the Museum’s current exhibition, “Gainesville’s Modern Landmarks: Celebrating Our Mid-Century Architectural Past (1945-1975),” which Marty curated.
At the beginning of the program Marty will also briefly discuss the second phase of the Gainesville Mid-20th Century Cultural Resource Survey – a partnership of the City of Gainesville, Gainesville Modern, and the University of Florida’s Historic Preservation Program.
A reception, sponsored by Gainesville Modern, will follow the presentation.
Morris (Marty) Hylton III is Director of Historic Preservation and Associate Scholar at the University of Florida’s College of Design, Construction and Planning where his research focuses on preserving post-World War II modern architecture and resources. He has lectured extensively on the issue of preserving modern heritage and has served as a consultant to the Advanced Studies in Urbanism conserving modern architecture program at the Swedish Royal Institute of Art. Currently, he is collaborating with co-author Kristine Ziedina on a book tentatively titled: “Florida’s Mid-Century Modern Architecture: 100 Buildings, 100 Architects.”
This event is free and open to the public.