Kathryn Sheehan, Rensselaer County & Troy City Historian, will present an illustrated lecture on how Troy’s 19th century architecture became an integral backdrop to the Julian Fellows HBO series, The Gilded Age. 

Kathryn worked with the location scouts and production designer at sites throughout the city and provided information on how Troy appeared during the Gilded Age, and who the city’s major “old money” and “new money” families were. 

Kathryn will also share some of the behind-the-scenes stories that happened during the filming for season one.