The festival is held from Friday, April 26 through Sunday, May 5.
The Architect's Daughter Continued
Hosted by: GC Historical Society and GC Library
Event Type: Event
When:
05/03/2024 Starting at: 11:00 AM til: , Doors Open:
Location:
Garland County Library
1427 Malvern Ave
Hot Sprins, AR 71901
Description:
Garland County Library
11 AM
Join us for an encore presentation of the extremely popular program, The Architect's Daughter presented at the Garland County Library which will include additional information and photos. Diana McDaniel Hampo will be present for discussion and to answer questions.
Since the 1920s, much of Hot Springs’ landscape has been shaped by two architects, I. Donald McDaniel and his son, I Granger McDaniel. From Hamilton House and First United Methodist Church to City Hall, the Weyerhaeuser building, Horner Hall, and the Vapors, these two men designed many of the city’s most iconic buildings.
Several of their designs are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and both men were exceptionally influential. The buildings and homes produced by I. Granger McDaniel are almost everywhere you look in Hot Springs and are generally regarded as some of the best examples of Modernism in the city. Their lives were as interesting as their architecture. Young I. Granger was a pilot with the RAF in WW II and spent four years in a Nazi prisoner-of-war camp. In fact, the Steve McQueen character in the movie The Great Escape was based on his POW experiences. A twist of fate while in the POW camp eventually had an enormous impact on his architectural style.
At the society’s meeting, Diana McDaniel Hampo will share stories about her father, I. Granger McDaniel, and reveal some little-known history about many of the buildings he designed in Hot Springs.
Diana McDaniel Hampo was born and raised in Hot Springs. In the 1980s she worked as a freelance writer in the Florida Keys. Moving back to Hot Springs in 1990, she worked at the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts for eight years. She next went to work for US Stations radio group—US97, KLAZ, and three other stations. She started The Springs magazine in 1991 and has published a novel, Invisible Branches. Her company Be Nice! Arkansas offers t-shirts and decals that are sold statewide.
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Contact: Liz Phone: 773-208-9545 Email: liz@hotspringsarts.org