Craig Barton
Associate Professor of Architecture and Urban Design, and Director of the American Urban Studies Program at the University of Virginia

Preserving Memory: Stewarding Cultural Landscapes in African-American Communities
Date to be determined
Richmond, VA

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Sites of Memory : Perspectives on Architecture and Race, Princeton Architectural Press; 1st edition (February 1, 2001)

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Mr. Barton's research investigates the design of American urbanism and how hierarchies of race and class influence the historic and contemporary form of American cities. Much of his professional practice focuses on assisting African-American communities to preserve and interpret their significant cultural resources utilizing them to stimulate community development. His book, Sites of Memory: Perspectives on Race and Architecture published by Princeton Architectural Press 2000 is based on this research.

Mr. Barton is founding principal of a Charlottesville-based architectural firm that is interested in urbanism, affordable housing, community preservation, and private residential and commercial projects. Some of the firm's recent projects include: a master plan for the town of Bayview, an historic African-American community on Virginia's Eastern shore; the design and preservation of 19th century railway sheds in Charleston, SC to accommodate exhibition and administrative space for the Philip Simmons Foundation, an organization which supports and promotes the work of African-American craftsmen; and the design of a museum and visitors' center in Selma, AL for the National Voting Rights Museum, part of the National Park Service's National Voting Historic Trail. He is currently working with a group the Citizens United to Preserve the Greensville County Training School group to revitalize The Greensville County Training School a historic African American school in Emporia,VA. He has also taught at the School of Architecture and Environmental Studies at The City College of New York and was a Loeb Fellow at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design.

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