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Designer
Show House 2002
75 Mulberry Street
Springfield, Mass.
See the work of the Valley's top interior and
exterior designers
Sept. 14 through Oct. 13
Open Wed. through Sunday 11am-6pm
Thursdays 11am-9pm
Admission: $15 Call: 413.747.0656 |
Proceeds Benefit the
Springfield Preservation Trust
with a portion of net proceeds to benefit the Zoo in Forest park
Calendar of Events
| Designers | Sponsors | Photos
This elaborate 2 1/2 story 16-room brick and shingle Queen Anne style house
was built in 1889, for the impressive cost of $11,000, on Mulberry Street - one
of Springfield's premier residential neighborhoods. Mulberry Street is the
street made famous in Dr. Seuss's book "And to think I Saw It on Mulberry
Street."
It's first owner was Edmund Harvey Smith, president of Hinsdale Smith
Company, a tobacco importing and packing company founded by his father.
Born in Feeding Hills in 1851, Mr. Smith joined the family business when he was
twenty. he made annual trips to Europe on business and was an avid
collector of oil paintings. After his death in 1932, the house was vacant
for several years, and then used as a boarding house. Only recently has it
become again a single family house.
The house was designed by Eugene C. Gardner, Springfield's most prolific
nineteenth century architect, and designer of such notable structures as the
Trolley Barn, the Worth Hotel, and the residence of the bishop of The Roman
Catholic Diocese of Springfield. Notable neighbors included members of the
Bowles family of the Springfield Newspapers, and the Bliss and Dwight families,
bankers and member of two of Springfield's oldest families.
Sponsors
Reminder
Publications, Inc.
280 North Main St., East Longmeadow, MA 01028 • 413-525-6661
106.3 Smooth FM WEIB
Springfield Preservation Trust
The Zoo in
Forest Park
Internet Support:
Old Homes New England.com
Calendar of Events
| Designers | Sponsors | Photos
| Daily |
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11:30-1:30pm |
Boxed Lunches for $10 from fine area
restaurants |
| Wednesday |
September 18 |
1:00pm |
Wilfred Stebbins of Westfield Flowers
"The Tussie Mussie and the Language of Flowers" |
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8:30am-4:40pm |
Peter
Pan Tours Presents:
"Yankee
Candle Home & Designer Show House"
* Lunch at Chandler's Tavern
* Shopping at Yankee Candle
* Tour of Designer Show House
Only $39 413-781-2900 Ext. 1255 |
| Thursday |
September 19 |
6:00pm |
Janet Lyons of Janet Lyons Interiors
"Custom Draperies for the Home" |
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6:00-8:00pm |
Meet the Designers |
| Wednesday |
September 25 |
12 noon |
Robert F. Gladden and Dr. Robert E.
Holbrook of B&B Antiques
"Porcelain Objects and Costume Jewelry-Part I" |
| Thursday |
September 26 |
6:00-8:00pm |
Meet the Designers |
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6:00-8:00pm |
Wine Tasting (Includes Show House Tour)
$30 |
| Wednesday |
October 2 |
12 noon |
Merle Stewart of The
Lady in Red Antiques and Dan Myers
"Antique Glass and Jewelry"
and antique appraisals |
| Thursday |
October 3 |
6:00-8:00pm |
Meet the Designers |
| Sunday |
October 6 |
1:00pm |
Guided walking tour of Historic
Ridgewood Neighborhood
(Weather permitting) |
| Wednesday |
October 9 |
9:00am-2:30pm |
Peter
Pan Tours presents:
"Narrated Historic Double Decker Bus Tour &
The Designer How House"
* Narrated tour of Springfield's historic neighborhoods
* Lunch at Lido's Restaurant
* Tour of the Designer Show House
Only $35 413-781-2900 Ext 1255 |
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12 noon |
Robert F. Gladden and Dr. Robert E.
Holbrook of B&B Antiques
"Porcelain Objects and Costume Jewelry- Part II" |
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3:00pm |
Sandra Burns, Director of the Interior
Design Department, Bay Path College
"Traditional Furniture Design for Today's Home" |
| Thursday |
October 10 |
6:00-8:00pm |
Meet the Designers |
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6:00-8:00pm |
Wine Tasting (Includes Show House Tour)
$30 |
| Friday |
October 11 |
2:00pm |
Marie DiMare of Camelot Studios
"Decorative Painting and the Art of Furniture Restoration - a
Demonstration" |
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