Ah, 1966… A gallon of gas costs 32 cents… the Dow Jones reaches a high of 950… Ronald Reagan is elected governor of California… Star Trek premieres on NBC and leads us into the final frontier… Robert Venturi’s observation on modernist architecture – Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture – is published… AND the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 is passed by the United States Congress and signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson. Continue reading
Author: Jim Vaughan
James M. Vaughan was appointed executive director of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) and State Historic Preservation officer in November 2011. Prior to this appointment Vaughan served as Vice President, Stewardship of Historic Sites for the National Trust for Historic Preservation in Washington, D.C. In his career Vaughan has led several historic organizations including The Hermitage, Home of President Andrew Jackson in Hermitage, TN, The San Diego Historical Society, San Diego, CA, and Strawberry Banke, Inc., Portsmouth, NH. He also served as the museum director at the Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, DE.
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