Home Is Where the Identity Is: Self Expression within Historic Interiors

Welcome to Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House, the summer cottage of one of America’s first professional interior designers, Henry Davis Sleeper.

Under the guidance of a historian, explore the grand social spaces and intimate private rooms of this intact historic residence to get to know Sleeper, a gay man living in the early twentieth century.

Unpack the floorplan and examine architectural devices in this domestic interior to discover aspects of Sleeper’s identity, ranging from his professional practice, social engagements, and sexuality.

Presented by researcher and historian Dr. Hillary Walker. All are welcome. No registration necessary.