The National Trust for Historic Preservation has celebrated May as National Preservation Month since 2005, encouraging communities to celebrate their rich, diverse heritage and draw more Americans into the growing national preservation movement.  This year the Petaluma Arts Center is sponsoring a lecture series that draws attention to the many architectural treasures in our community.

All programs are held in the Petaluma Arts Center Community Room. Admission is free with a suggested donation of $5.00.

May 6, 4pm – Restoration of Petaluma’s 1914 North Western Pacific Railroad Depot and associated buildings

Glenn David Mathews, AIA – Architectural Resources Group

May 10, 7pm – From Grain Elevators to Hatcheries: Petaluma’s Agricultural History as Told Through its Architecture

Katherine J. Rinehart, Historian & Author

Book Signing will follow lecture

May 17, 7pm -Julia Morgan: Architect of Beauty

Mark Anthony Wilson, Architectural Historian & Author

Book Signing will follow lecture

May 20, 4pm – Adaptive Re-Use of a Petaluma Livery Stable

Bill Wolpert, AIA – Green Building Architects