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Cultural Connections at the Laura (Riding) Jackson House
January 24 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Join us for refreshments, hors d’oeuvres, a poetry stroll, and short readings of creative writing as the Laura (Riding) Jackson Foundation welcomes visitors to tour the gardens and historic home & pole barn at the Indian River State College’s Mueller Campus. Register HERE
The Jackson home was constructed around 1910 when the region was still a frontier. An example of Florida’s historic “cracker” style of vernacular architecture, it was home to the prolific writer, Laura (Riding) Jackson, for 50 years until her death in 1991. Jackson and her husband, Schuyler, packed citrus in the historic pole barn to supplement her income as a writer. Join us as we celebrate the Florida history and the literary legacy represented by the Jackson home.