7 p.m. June 20: Matt Fetterly, a local historian, will explain the historical forces behind Columbia’s architecture. Learn about the shifting architectural tastes of Columbian, what we share in common with the rest of the nation, and what makes Columbia one of a kind. We’ll take at Federal, Victorian, and Mid-century Modern styles and talk about our historic preservation successes and failures of our past.

An eighth-generation Boone Countian, Matt is an alumnus of Hickman High School and the University of Missouri. He’s accumulated a collection of more than 170 books about Columbia and Boone County. He’s especially interested in Black, indigenous, LGBT and cultural history as well as architecture, music, art, theater, and cemeteries.

Matt is also a professional percussionist and musical theater musician who has worked at the Arrow Rock Lyceum since 2012.

All CoMo Preservation’s monthly meetings feature a guest speaker on historic preservation and/or historic properties in Columbia, Missouri, and are open to the public and held in the Friends Room at the Columbia Public Library.