From the Campground to the Copeland District: An Architectural History of Oak Bluffs
From the Campground to the Copeland District: An Architectural History of Oak Bluffs
Join us on Thursday, July 24, for an extensively illustrated presentation that begins with a review of the distinctive features of Campground cottages and highlights several stylistic variants developed by architect Perez Mason and others in the 1860s.
Mr. W. Douglas Thompson will illustrate how these designs were replicated and expanded in the Copeland District—the section of Oak Bluffs between Circuit Avenue and Nantucket Sound. He will also describe a radically new cottage type developed in the Copeland District during the 1870s under the supervision of E. P. Carpenter.
The audience will be taken on a then-and-now tour of 20 beautiful Copeland cottages. The 90-minute presentation will include many vintage photographs that have never been published. This event is an encore presentation of material originally shared at the Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs in 2023.
W. Douglas Thompson was born on the Vineyard when his family lived in the historic home at 1000 State Road in West Tisbury. He is a retired Professor of Epidemiology who currently divides his time between Portland, Maine, and his family’s seasonal Campground cottage on Trinity Park in Oak Bluffs.
MVM Members: $15, Non-Members: $25
DETAILS
| Date | July 24, 2025 |
|---|---|
| From | 5:00 pm |
| To | 6:30 pm |
| Type | Talk |
| Venue | Martha’s Vineyard Museum |