Millwork: The Design and Manufacturing of Historic Millwork from 1740 to 1950 – Lecture & Book Signing with Brent Hull

Fitler Club
24 S. 24th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103

6:30-8:30PM

COST/RESERVATIONS
ICAA Members: $35 | General Admission: $45 | Students: $25

Join us on Thursday, September 17 at 6:30PM at the Fitler Club for this exciting program!

Historic millwork expert Brent Hull provides a one-of-a-kind, comprehensive reference of millwork elements found in historic homes from the 18th to 20th centuries. Millwork: The Design and Manufacturing of Historic Millwork from 1740 to 1950 is organized by type of millwork for ease of reference and includes rare illustrations, hard-to-find drawings, and diagrams from the 19th century, many of which are sourced from out-of-print catalogs in Hull’s private collection.

Explore the classification and definition of doors, windows, moldings, mantels, paneled walls, built-ins, and other millwork elements through a historical lens. Learn how architectural millwork elements were designed, manufactured, and constructed during the hand-made (pre-industrial) era and how they changed after World War II. Millwork: The Design and Manufacturing of Historic Millwork from 1740 to 1950 is a unique and valuable reference for architects, designers, historians, preservationists, builders, or anyone interested in restoring historic homes.

Brent Hull is an award-winning master builder. He is an expert in historically accurate architectural millwork and moldings and his work is in nationally registered properties and homes across the country. In the early 1990’s he studied Historic Preservation at the prestigious North Bennet Street School in Boston and learned the art of traditional building. He returned to North Texas in 1993 and started his business in the garage of a 1911 Bungalow.

Over the past 30 years, the Brent Hull Companies have received numerous awards, including ICAA John Staub and Traditional Builder Palladio Awards. Brent is an author, designer, speaker, consultant and teacher. He loves to read, sketch and spend time with his family. His greatest professional aim is to help everyone who desires to build better and more beautifully to do so.