Take a visual stroll through the downtown Bristol of architect Lombard Pozzi at the Bosworth Lecture Series on Thursday, October 11 at 7 p.m. at the Rogers Free Library. Free and open to the public, seating will be limited.

          Kevin Jordan, former professor of Historic Preservation at Roger Williams University, will present a tour of local works by his late close friend and architect. "In many ways what we see as we walk on Hope Street is the legacy of this unique and talented individual," Mr. Jordan said. "It's astonishing."

          Among Mr Pozzi's many local works was the annexing of Rogers Free Library to the adjacent building. His mark is also visible at  the Benjamin Church Home, Burnside Memorial Hall, Linden Place, Mount Hope Farm, the Bristol Statehouse and Le Central Restaurant.

          Mr. Pozzi, who died in July of 2013, was the foremost local architect and preservationist for the last 40 years, according to Mr. Jordan, who shared a common interest with him in preserving the dignified architecture of this historic town.

          Mr. Jordan noted that Mr. Pozzi trained as an architect at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY) and was in the first graduating class in Historic Preservation at Columbia University.

          "This combination gave him a unique perspective on the built environment," Mr. Jordan said, "since he both loved new buildings and had a healthy respect for those we inherited."

          Mr. Jordan received a BA at Merrimack College, MA and PhD at Rutgers University and was a professor of Historic Preservation at RWU from 1976 to 2001 where he received numerous awards.

          He is well known for first bringing RWU students to work on numerous historic preservation projects in town, and for transplanting two 19th century barns from Lincoln to campus where they now form the RWU Performing Arts Center, another project coordinated by Mr. Pozzi.

          Mr. Jordan has also served as head or board member of the Bristol Historic District Commission, Bristol State House, Pastime Theater, Linden Place, Mosaico, Coggeshall Farm Museum and the Bristol Historic and Preservation Society. He is retired and living with his wife Linda between here and their home in Puerto Rico.

          The Roswell S. Bosworth, Jr Lecture Series is presented by the Men's Club, a local organization that pays tribute to its founding member, former editor and publisher of the East Bay Newspapers, with lectures of general interest in R.I. Their next lecture will feature Arlene Violet on the need for civil discourse; Thursday, Nov. 8 at St Michael's Church.