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Partnership as we have successfully completed several matching room projects, including the new room and 2014, room last week, and underway the front parlor, hopefully to open up next year. Tom has led critically important projects, stabilizing the iconic couple of and the staircase. He spearheaded the Historic Building information model, not to mention spending several nights in the new room counting and charting every nail and nail hole in that floor to answer the question is it the original floor . I am glad he has a job and not me. John holds a ba from the college of william and mary. Aba and classics from the college of william and mary. With continuing studies at the American School of classical studies at athens and the university of North Carolina chapel hill. Focus to shifted his more classical concerns of historic preservation, earning an and a from George Washington university. Prior to coming to mount vernon, tom served as architectural historian and administrator of histor
Presidency,he thomas talks about the architectural trends that influenced the design of George Washingtons mount vernon estate. He is director of architecture at washingtons Virginia Home and has overseen the restoration of several prominent rooms, including the recently updated blue room. This program is part of a mount vernon symposium focusing on the places where washington lived and visited. It is 50 minutes. It is my pleasure to introduce my colleague, Thomas Reinhardt who joined Mount Vernons staff in 2013. In that capacity, he provides dynamic leadership for the ongoing preservation of the estates 36 originally constructed buildings. Since his arrival, i have had the privilege of working with tom to develop a partnership between preservation and curatorial staff. We have completed several mansion room products including andblue room in 2014 currently underway, the front parlor hopefully to open up next year. He has also led critically important projects, stabilized the and the 1