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Event set for Mar. 20 at Tryon Presbyterian Church

 

TRYON—The popular “Tales of Tryon” series resumes Thursday, March 20, with a look at two of Tryon’s “architectural visionaries,” Ligon Flynn and Holland Brady Jr. 

Tryon Presbyterian Church at 430 Harmon Field Road hosts the program. It’s a fitting location because Brady, with partner Shannon Meriwether, designed the sanctuary, which opened in 1958. Although Brady worked on more than 300 projects during his long career, he “always told people that his shared role in designing Tryon Presbyterian Church with Shannon Meriwether was his favorite commission,” Robin Lattimore wrote in his history of the church.

The program will be presented by Shields Flynn, who was brother to Ligon Flynn and brother-in-law to Brady. Shields Flynn is a geologist and author best known for his mineral collections. He will cover his brother’s and Brady’s early lives in Tryon, their education and their designs during the Mid-Century Modern Architectural period. He’ll show pictures of a selection of their work.

Ligon Flynn was born in Tryon in 1931, graduated from the N.C. State University School of Design, and practiced for most of his career in Wilmington, where he died in 2010. He won numerous design awards.

Brady was born in Tryon in 1925 and attended Clemson University before serving in the Army during World War II. He later studied at the University of Michigan and returned to Tryon in 1953 to work with Meriwether. He died in 2013, having designed many of Tryon’s most notable homes.

Tales of Tryon is presented by the Tryon History Museum. The program begins at 5 p.m.