Stanford White Casino Theatre
In 1879 Stanford White designed the Casino Theatre as part of the shingled style complex of buildings in Newport, Rhode Island known as the Newport Casino and now home to the International Tennis Hall of Fame. The Theatre, which seats 297 on the main level, is richly decorated with basket-weave plaster and gilded ornamentation. Restoring the Theatre involved carefully restoring decorative finishes and features, while introducing new lighting, sound, mechanical and electrical systems.
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Martha is a nationally-recognized expert in the field of historic preservation. She has directed multiple phases of important preservation projects at some of the region’s most treasured landmark buildings. As an advisor to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Martha served on a national Sustainability Task Force focused on strengthening the important relationship between sustainability and historic preservation. Martha serves on the boards of GrowSmart RI and the Historic Preservation Education Foundation. She is a Governor-appointed member of the Capital Center Commission, a member of the RIHPHC review board, and a past-President of AIA/Rhode Island. When Martha is not climbing up steeples or through abandoned buildings, she can be found playing tennis or kayaking on the Narragansett Bay.
Interesting fact:
Martha has dual citizenship in the United States and Switzerland
You may or may not be surprised that:
She is a two-time winner of the Women’s Statewide Squash Championship
2012 - AIA New England Merit Award
2012 - AIA/RI Merit Award
2010 - Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission Preservation Award
During Restoration