Background
Webster, Richard James was born on April 28, 1939 in Towanda, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of James J. and Bessie (Bouse) Webster.
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Today, William Penn's town is the living history of 300 years of architecture told in outstanding examples of Colonial, Federal, Italianate, and other early styles, and in the twentieth-century innovations of LeCorbusier, Kahn, and Wright. This new paperback edition updates the "Historic American Buildings Survey" collection, with new information on buildings lost through fire or demolition, or altered to restore the original architecture. Organized by the traditional sections of the city, the entries include extensive physical descriptions of the structures, analyses of architecturally notable features, dates of construction, alteration, or demolition, and a new street index. The book contains more than 100 drawings, photos, and maps from the "HABS" collection. Author note: Richard J. Webster is Professor of History and American Studies at West Chester State College, West Chester, Pennsylvania.
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History and American studies educator
Webster, Richard James was born on April 28, 1939 in Towanda, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of James J. and Bessie (Bouse) Webster.
Bachelor, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, 1961. Master of Arts, University Delaware, 1963. Master of Arts, University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1965.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1977.
Instructor social studies, Temple University, Philadelphia, 1963-1967; assistant professor of history, West Chester (Pennsylvania) State College, 1967-1969; associate professor, West Chester (Pennsylvania) State College, 1969-1978; professor of history and American studies, West Chester U., since 1978. Architectural historian John Milner Associations, West Chester, 1978-1987, John Milner Architect, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, 1993. Consultant Shirley Road Prodns., Narberth, Pennsylvania, 1994-1995.
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Board trustees Chester County History Society, West Chester, since 1982. Historic preservation board Pennsylvania History and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, 1987-1991, 98—. Member conservation easement committee Brandywine Conervancy, Chadds Ford, since 1992.
Board trustees Paoli (Pennsylvania) Monument Association, since 1995. Member Historic Preservation Commission, Thornbury Township, since 1987. Member Society of America Historians (treasurer Philadelphia chapter 1974-1977, president 1996-1998), American Studies Association, Vernacular Architecture Forum, National Trust Historic Preservation, Fellows in American Studies.
Married Yvonne Sanwald, May 28, 1966. 1 child, Betsy Lynne.