Exhibition Opening - A Special Place to Live: Conantum at 75
Please join us on October 7, 2026, at 6:00 PM for the opening of the William Munroe Special Collections exhibition "A Special Place to Live: Conantum at 75." This exhibition celebrates the first large-scale neighborhood development in Concord, Conantum, and its unique architecture and community.
In his presentation, "Conantum: From Conception to Maturity," Architect Henry Moss will speak on the story of Conantum's origin and early development, which is interwoven with young families' emergence into a post-war world, a new approach to architecture and construction, and an alternative vision for housing in natural settings.
Following this program, a brief reception will be held, made possible by the Concord Free Public Library Corporation, and all attendees are invited to visit the Munroe Gallery to see the exhibition.
Henry Moss lived near Conantum on Sudbury Road for thirty years. His background as an architect combines a passion for historic structures with advocacy for sensitive renewal of mid-century modern buildings. He practiced architecture in Britain for fifteen years before moving to the Boston area. Although a student at Harvard Graduate School of Design, he was about thirty-five years too late to share that experience with Carl Koch, head of Conantum's original design firm. Mostly retired from the Boston firm, Bruner/Cott Architects, he remains active with the non-profit Historic Boston Incorporated and with Docomomo_New England (Documentation and Conservation of the Modern Movement), which he helped found in 2000.