This presentation will explore the intersection between women’s education and the Gothic Revival style as reflected in the Mount Holyoke campus. Key topics to be discussed include why the style was selected to represent higher education in general and Mount Holyoke specifically. Additionally, the discussion will delve into the influence that the country’s preeminent landscape architecture firm, Olmsted Brothers, had on the design of the campus.

This event will be recorded and made available following the event.

About the presenter

Kirsten Peeler has more than 25 years of experience in the field of cultural resources management. Throughout her career, she has conducted research on and documented buildings across the United States. She received her undergraduate degree in international relations from Mount Holyoke College and her master’s degree in historic preservation from Columbia University. Currently, she serves as the senior project manager at R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc.

Accessibility information

This event will include an oral and visual presentation about architecture. For inquiries about the accessibility of this event or to request any accommodations, please email programs_team-g@mtholyoke.edu or call Kate Sawicki at 413-538-2734. Please make accommodation requests 10 business days before the event or sooner to allow for implementation time; however, in all situations, we will make a good faith effort to provide accommodations up until the time of the event.