Afternoon tour on Indian Avenue, Middletown, RI

Join the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art, New England Chapter for a tour of St. Columba's Chapel and Boothden. Saint Columba’s Chapel, originally the Berkeley Memorial Chapel, was designed by renowned Philadelphia architect Wilson Eyre, a master of the Shingle Style in the late 1800s. Boothden was originally designed by Calvert Vaux in the late eighteen hundreds for world renowned actor Edwin Booth, brother of the infamous presidential assassin John Wilkes Booth. Most of Boothden’s history was lost to renovations and deterioration over the 20th century. In 2008 the current owners decided to purchase the property and recreate the spirit of originally home. 

The tour will focus on late-19th through early 20th century adaptations of traditional building in both domestic design and religious architecture in Rhode Island. The environs of Boothden and St. Columba's Chapel, set in the coastal landscape of Middletown, RI, still maintains a collection of significant works of architecture of the highest design and craftsmanship.

The afternoon will conclude with a cocktail reception on Boothden’s rambling acres of ocean front property generously sponsored by the team that recreated it; Kirby-Perkins Construction, LeBlanc Jones Landscape Architects, and Andreozzi Architecture.