Daytrip to the Raymond Farm Center + Nakashima Woodworkers on July 26 at 10 am

Daytrip to the Raymond Farm Center + Nakashima Woodworkers

Member Tickets are $150 and the price will automatically be discounted at checkout for logged in members. 

In honor of this year Preservation Achievement Award to the Nakashima Foundation for Peace for their documentation of the Nakashima family home, the Preservation Alliance is excited to arrange a joint tour with the Raymond Farm Center and Nakashima Woodworkers in New Hope to share the incredible stories of architect and designers Antonin & Noémi Raymond and George Nakashima. 

The Raymond Farm was originally a 18th and 19th Century Quaker farm. It became the home and summer studio of Noémi and Antonin Raymond in 1938 when the Raymonds renovated the Farmhouse in their unique fusion of Modernist/ Japanese design and craft. The Raymonds' international careers, which spanned from the 1910s through the 1970s, included practicing architecture in addition to designing furniture, lighting and textile designs, as well as ceramics, flatware and ironwork. Working between their Japan and New York offices, the Raymonds established one of the most avant-garde design studios in the world. In Japan, Antonin would eventually become known as the "Father of Modern Architecture." 

The Nakashima Woodworkers, neighboring the Raymond Farm Center is located on a three-acre property consisting of their family home, workshops, and a series of outbuildings and experimental structures. The Nakashima family first came to New Hope in 1943, when the Raymonds assisted them in being released from the Japanese Internment Camp in Minidoka, Idaho, tragically created in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor. George Nakashima and his family lived shortly at the Raymond Farm before settling at what would become the Nakashima Woodworker compound in 1946. Over the years, George designed and expanded the complex adding buildings including the remarkable Conoid Studio, the Showroom, Arts Building, and many others. The studio continues George's legacy by preserving its unique works of architecture and producing George and Mira Nakashima's furniture designs. 

Itinerary:

10am:  Meet at the Raymond Farmhouse at 6370 Pidcock Creek Road, New Hope PA 18938 (map). Tour until 11:45 am

12pm-12:50pm: Picnic lunch at the Raymond Farm Center (Please let us know if you have any dietary restrictions!)

1pm: Meet at the Nakashima Woodworkers (5 minute drive) at 1847 Aquetong Rd, New Hope, PA 18938 (map)

The tour will conclude at 3pm.

Detailed directions will be emaied to registrants in the tour reminder a few days prior to the tour. 

Know before you go:

• Accessibility: Due to the historic nature of this spaces, this tour will require attendees to walk up and down stairs. 
  
  
• Public transportation is not available for this tour. You will need a car to drive from the Raymond Farm Center to the Nakashima Woodworkers for the second half of the tour. If you decide to attend using a ride share, please let us know and we can arrange a carpool to drive between the two sites. 
  
  
• You will be required to remove your shoes when entering the Raymond Farm House and in some buildings at the Nakashima Woodworkers.
  
  
• Dress comfortably. The tour will require some walking outside on uneven grounds, grass, and slopes. 
  
  
• You may see farm animals grazing. Do not try to pet or pick up animals.
  
  
• We ask that you treat these sites as museum houses and do not touch, step on, or sit on furniture, paper doors, books, Raymond Farm carpets, and misc items around the sites without permission. Many of the items are delicate and may be damaged easily. Folding chairs are available upon request.
  
  
• Cancellations: Due to the limited space and logistics involved in offering this tour, this tour is not refundable for any reason. If you have registered and cannot make this tour, you are welcome to transfer the ticket to another guest or email us at [email protected] to check and see if we have a waitlist. 

A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Nakashima Foundation for Peace and the Raymond Farm Center.

Space is limited. Advance registration required. Sold out? Email [email protected] to join our waitlist

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