Bard College: The Montgomery Place Campus and Hudson River Heritage will copresent a series of discussions this spring on the work of Alexander Jackson Davis, America’s leading architect of country houses in the mid-19th century—many of them, including Montgomery Place, located in the Hudson River Valley.

Montgomery Place: A Window on the World of Alexander Jackson Davis’s Architecture and Design will take place Saturdays, April 14–May 5, from 3 to 5:30 p.m. at Montgomery Place. After each lecture, there will be refreshments on the north porch of the mansion house, followed by a tour of the Montgomery Place building(s) discussed that day. Admission is $25 per session or $90 for the entire series. For tickets and more information, call 845-876-2474, email [email protected], or visit hudsonriverheritage.org.