Every year the NPT Summer Lecture & Luncheon features a leader from the fields of architecture, preservation, landscape design or interior design whose work contributes to the preservation of our shared historic heritage. Our lecture is followed by a leisurely luncheon in a lovely setting.
The 2025 Summer Lecture & Luncheon will be held on Tuesday, July 22 and feature award-winning designer Marshall Watson. Marshall’s latest book, Defining Elegance, was published by Rizzoli on March 11.
Informed by not only his careers in theatre design and acting, but also his passion for gardening, Marshall weaves together principals that have inextricably influenced his particular approach to interior design.
Identifiably elegant, his work has all the hallmarks of classic design: site specific, client sensitive, well researched, highly detailed, and historically inspired, yet always comfortable, creative, and approachable. Marshall will open doors to projects from New York to Napa, Hawai’i to Palm Beach and share his informative, entertaining, and often moving journey.