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Exclusive invitation for PHS members: Peoria Historical Society members are invited to be guests of the Fine Arts Society of Peoria at a 1950s-inspired reception on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. This free event will take place from 6-8 pm at Westminster Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall, 1420 W. Moss Avenue. The reception will celebrate mid-century architecture in Peoria; welcome visiting architect, historian, and preservationist Michelangelo Sabatino; and recall the life and career of the late architect Cletis Foley and his wife Margaret. Cletis Foley designed the Fellowship Hall.

PHS members are also invited to attend Sabatino’s lecture entitled “Mid-Century Modern Design” the following morning, Thursday, March 14, at a reduced rate of $6. The lecture will take place at 10 am at the Peoria Riverfront Museum, with refreshments beginning at 9:30 am. Sabatino serves as Director of the Ph.D. Program in Architecture at Illinois Institute of Technology. Space is limited; RSVP to executivedirector@peoriahistoricalsociety.org by March 4.

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