PRESERVATION

Summer 2024               Victorian Summer School - Newport, RI. Topic: Restmere Estate

Winter 2023                  Laurelmead Circle of Scholars, Providence, RI. Topic: Shingle Style

Spring 2023                    Newport Circle of Scholars, Topic: Middletown's Architectural History

Summer 2023               Victorian Summer School, Newport, RI. Topic: Restmere Estate

Summer 2022               Amos Fortune Lecture Series, Jaffrey, NH. Topic: Concealment Objects

Spring 2022                    Laurelmead Circle of Scholars, Providence, RI. Topic: Richard Upjohn

Spring 2021                    Colonial Dames Annual Meeting, Newport, RI. Topic: Concealment Shoes

Call it an occupational hazard, but she loves bringing her work home, so to speak.  Cheryl and her husband, Architect John Grosvenor have rejuvenated three historic homes.  The projects include an 1811 Federal in Newport, RI, an 1818 Federal in Jaffrey, NH, and an 1857 Italianate in Middletown, RI.   

Their preservation efforts helped their Italianate home earn an individual listing on the National Register of Historic Places, the Doris Duke Historic Preservation Award and the Rhody Historic Preservation Award. Their home was featured on PBS' Our Town Middletown series and in Rhode Island Monthly Magazine.  See the project here.

Cheryl enjoys inspiring audiences with her passion for preservation.



Here’s a list of her recent and upcoming speaking engagements: