Background
Stevens, John Richard was born on March 19, 1929 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Arrived in the United States, 1954. Son of Walter John and Florence Rosalie (Warr) Stevens.
Stevens, John Richard was born on March 19, 1929 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Arrived in the United States, 1954. Son of Walter John and Florence Rosalie (Warr) Stevens.
Student, Columbia University, 1966—1967.
Commercial artist, technical illustrator, Toronto, Ontario, Canada and New Haven. Assistant to curator Mystic Seaport, 1957. Curator Maritime Museum Canada, Halifax, 1960-1963.
With department northern affairs History Sites Division, 1963-1966. Surveyor early buildings Halifax, Quebec, Fredericton, Woodstock, St. John River Valley, Eastern Townships of Quebec. Lighthouses of Great Lakes, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick.
With Architectural Heritage, Inc., 1967-1970. Principal John R. Stevens Associates, Greenlawn, New York, since 1970. Consultant history restoration Old Bethpage Village Restoration, 1967-1994, Society for the Preservation Long Island Antiquities, Roslyn Preservation Corporation, Smithtown History Society, Colonial Farmhouse Restoration Society, numerous others.
Restorations include Van Nostrand-Starkins House, Revolutionary War "Arsenal", two circa 1900 American-built streetcars for City of Detroit, 1976, 80, 1878 New York elevated railroad car, 1983, first electric freight locomotive, 1988, circa 1880 horsecar for Rochester Museum, 1987. Lecturer Dutch-American buildings, street railway history.
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Board trustees Roslyn Landmark Society, since 1980. With United States Army, 1955-1957. Member Branford Electric Railway Association (board trustees 1957, 74, 80-81, 83-85, superintendent equipment 1974-1975, superintendent buildings and grounds 1980-1982, chairman board trustees 1983, president 1984, 85), Society Preservation Hudson Valley Vernacular Architecture (founding member).
Married Marion Frances Moore, May 7, 1964.