BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.3//EN TZID:America/Tijuana X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Tijuana BEGIN:VEVENT UID:909@californiapreservation.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260721T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260721T130000 DTSTAMP:20260603T171619Z URL:https://californiapreservation.org/events/pip-playhouses-prividledge-a rchitecture-elite-childhood/ SUMMARY:Preservation in Print - Playhouses and Privilege: The Architecture of Elite Childhood DESCRIPTION:[et_pb_section bb_built="1" admin_label="section" inner_width=" auto" inner_max_width="1080px"][et_pb_row admin_label="row" background_pos ition="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" background_size="initial" widt h="80%" max_width="1080px" _builder_version="4.9.0"][et_pb_column type="4_ 4" custom_padding__hover="|||" custom_padding="|||"][et_pb_text background _position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" background_size="initial" _builder_version="4.9.0" 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Each one-hour session features a conversation with the author or a key contributor of a recent preservatio n-related title. There’s no need to read the book in advance—whether y ou’ve read every page\, browsed the photos\, or are simply curious\, you ’re invited to join. The program includes a brief presentation by the gu est speaker\, followed by a Q&\;A with questions from CPF’s Education Committee lead and audience members.Playhouses and Privilege: The Archite cture of Elite Childhoodby Abigail A. Van SlyckUniversity of Minnesota Pre ss\, 2025. Description courtesy publisher website.Examining playhouses of the super-rich to understand how architecture contributed to the construct ion of elite identity and modern childhoodPlayhouses and Privilege explor es children’s playhouses built on British and American estates between t he 1850s and the mid-1930s. Different from the prefabricated buildings tha t later populated suburban backyards\, these playhouses were often fully f unctional cottages designed by well-known architects for British royalty\, American industrialists\, and Hollywood stars. As Abigail A. Van Slyck sh ows\, these buildings were more than extravagant spaces to cultivate child ren’s imaginations and fantasy lives.Reviewing a rich archive that inclu des extant buildings\, site plans\, family photographs\, baby books\, and intimate household correspondence\, Van Slyck demonstrates that these stru ctures were tools of social reproduction shaped by elite parents’ attitu des toward child-rearing\, education\, and class privilege. Recognizing pl ayhouses as stages for the purposeful performance of upper-class identity\ , she illuminates their importance in influencing children to internalize gendered codes of conduct as they enacted rituals of hospitality and learn ed how to supervise servants.From Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s Swi ss Cottage\, built on their Osborne estate in 1853\, to the children’s c ottage constructed on the grounds of Cornelius Vanderbilt’s Newport mans ion in 1886\, and from the miniature bungalow commissioned in 1926 for the Dodge Brothers Motor Company heiress to the corporate-sponsored glass-blo ck playhouse given to Shirley Temple in 1936\, Van Slyck surveys a variety of playhouses and their milieus to trace the evolution of elite childhood and the broader social practices of wealth. Playhouses and Privilege ma kes clear that\, far from being frivolous\, playhouses were carefully plan ned architectural manifestations of adult concerns\, integral to the repro duction of class privilege.Be sure to pick up a copy! Find it at your loca l bookstore\, direct from the publisher or other online retailers.About th e AuthorAbby Van Slyck is an internationally recognized architectural hist orian whose research examines building typologies\, gender\, and the space s of childhood. She is the author of Free to All: Carnegie Libraries and American Culture\, 1890–1920\, among other titles. A two-time Fulbright scholar\, she has also served in leadership roles as President of both SA H and the Vernacular Architecture Forum. Van Slyck is Dayton Professor Eme rita of Art History and Architectural Studies at Connecticut College\, whe re she also served as Dean of the Faculty.\n\n[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column] [/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section] ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://californiapreservation.org/wp-content/up loads/2026/06/siobhan-flannery-H-Cj2QtX2o8-unsplash.jpg CATEGORIES:Architectural Styles & Periods,Book Club,Free Events,History,Webinars END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR