With Connie Hilker.

In 1927, photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston was hired by the owners of Chatham Manor, Daniel and Helen Devore, to document their newly restored mansion and garden.  While she was there, Johnston also photographed many of the other structures in Falmouth.  In this program by Connie Hilker, we will learn about FBJ’s life and compare her 1927 images to what these locations look like today.

Connie is the current President of the Stafford County Historical Society. She has a passion for history, tools and construction. She and her husband, Steve, are actively restoring their historic Stafford residence, Hartwood Manor—a brick Gothic Revival farmhouse built in 1848—renovating its outbuildings and designing the gardens on their nine-acre property.