Elizabeth Stevenson Ives Lectures

The Historic Hope Foundation presented the 9th Annual Elizabeth Stevenson Ives Lectures today. This year's event in the Roanoke-Chowan Heritage Center at the Historic Hope Plantation in Windsor, North Carolina focused on "Plantation Landscape and Memory".

Historic Hope Plantation

Highlight of the day was the presentation of the Larue Mooring Evans Award to this years winners, Mack and Clara Bell by representatives from the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources.

Stan Little, Reid Thomas, John Wood, Clara Bell, Mack Bell and Scott Power

Mack and Clara's names are engraved on the permanent Evans Award.

The permanent Evans Award Trophy

Speakers at the event included:

Vanessa Patrick, Architectural Historian, NC Dept of Transportation, "Reconstructing the Landscape at Carter's Grove Plantation"

John Michael Vlach, Professor of Folklore, George Washington University, "The Creation of Plantation Landscapes: From 17th-Century Virginia to 19th-Century Liberia"

Emily Herring Wilson, Writer, Winston-Salem, NC, "Elizabeth Lawrence: Landscape, Memory, and Imagination"


Attendence was excellent for this years event

Attendees enjoyed a lunch in the Roanoke-Chowan Heritage Center facilities.

Lunch was a special time to visit with friends in the community

A special tour of the historic site grounds showed off the beautiful spring colors.


Spring is a special time at Hope Plantation

For information on Historic Hope, please contact Glenn Perkins or call (252) 794-3140.


Refreshments at Historic Hope Plantation