Just across the Piscataqua, the Lady Pepperrell House and Gardens of Kittery Point is noted as one of the most high style pre-Revolutionary Georgian houses in Maine. The Lady Pepperrell House boasted significant landscapes over time, as did the family houses at the William Pepperrell and Sparhawk Houses. Shifting political events and the fortunes of nearby shipping and coastal resources would propel the economic rise, fall and resurgence of each ownership era. The interaction of the Pepperrell family and later owners with some of Portsmouth’s famous residents ties the two communities together and reveals the influence of garden style on either side of the river.
Anne Mankin Masury has a master’s degree in plant science from the University of Connecticut, where she completed a program in historic landscape restoration. She worked for many years at Strawbery Banke Museum as Landscape Director and Director of Field Schools in Historic Preservation. She has consulted for museums with her business, Fletcher Hill Gardens. She resides in Kittery Point, Maine.
For the 2025 Lecture Series “Beauty on the Seacoast and Beyond: Art, Architecture and Gardens,” each program begins at 5:30 p.m. in the Shaw Research Library (unless otherwise noted). Reservations for each program are required as seating is limited. If unable to keep a reservation, please call again to release the seat for someone else. Attendance at programs is free for Athenaeum Proprietors, Subscribers and Friends. Guests and members of the public are welcome to attend the entire series by becoming a Friend of the Athenaeum for as little as $25 per year, payable at the door. Admission to an individual program is $15.
