**Please note that this event will take place at the South Valleys Library, 15650-A Wedge Pkwy, Reno, NV 89511.

Join Linda Smith for a presentation exploring the lasting impact of renowned architect Caspar Ehmcke on Northern Nevada. Best known for his work in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s on high-end residences and luxury retail stores in the Los Angeles area, Caspar Ehmcke also designed a number of notable residences and commercial buildings in Reno and around Lake Tahoe.

Linda Smith gained a love of historic architecture when she and her husband Paul moved into the second floor of an 1815 Federalist townhouse in Washington, D.C. In Honolulu, Hawaii in the early 1980s, they bought a residence built by Hawaii architect, Valdimer Ossipoff. They moved to Incline Village in 2012. Last year they bought the Hirsh Estate in Old Southwest Reno, designed by Ehmcke. Linda worked for presidents and Congressmen in Washington, D.C., and served as Director of Finance for the City of Honolulu and Policy Advisor to the Governor of Hawaii.

This event is part of the Historic Reno Preservation Society’s second Sunday speaker series, a monthly series of presentations on subjects of local historical interest. Registration is required.