Fountain County Landmarks: Canal Boat Gothic
Mon, Oct 25
|Attica Public Library
Guest presenter, Benjamin L. Ross on Canal Boat Gothic: Pattern Book Architecture in the Wabash Valley
Time & Location
Oct 25, 2021, 7:00 PM
Attica Public Library, 305 S Perry St, Attica, IN 47918, USA
About the Event
We will have a guest presenter, Benjamin L. Ross. Below is a short bio and a description of what he will be presenting. Hope to see you there and bring a friend!
Benjamin L. Ross is a Lafayette native and has been a historic preservation specialist with RATIO Design in Indianapolis for the last 14 years. His projects include the rehabilitation of the Fowler House in Lafayette, restoration of the Shrewsbury-Windle House in Madison, and Historic Structure Reports for the homes of President Benjamin Harrison, President Warren G. Harding, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Martin Luther King Jr., as well as the Lew Wallace Study and the Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg Automobile Museum. Ben worked for the Wabash Valley Trust for Historic Preservation prior to joining RATIO.
Canal Boat Gothic: Pattern Book Architecture in the Wabash Valley
The opening of the Wabash & Erie Canal in the 1840s and the construction of railroads during…