W. Dwayne Jones - Executive Director November 1, 2004
It was hard to believe that yet three more eligible bachelors could gather for a dating game segment at the National Preservation Conference in Louisville, Kentucky, in early October. Not to be confused with the popular Dating Game of the 1960s, but a parallel nonetheless, this game featured a bachelorette named Dr. Edith Farnsworth and three available men Horatio Historically Significant, Henry High Style, and the somewhat disrespectful, Vinnie Vernacular.
Brookhollow Building
The "Dating Game" presented educational material in an amusing manner. Dr. Farnsworth, a worldly Modernist, represented the Farnsworth House by Mies van der Rohe, recently purchased by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the Landmark Preservation Council of Illinois to prevent its relocation. She once dated a Victorian, with shingles to die for, and a quaint wraparound porch. She even tried Art Deco and found that he understood her Modern ways of steel and glass, but never fully appreciated her lack of zigzags.
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