Jennifer Sale Crane is a planner/architectural historian living in northern Virginia, with a special interest in 20th-century architecture and prefabricated homes. She holds a master’s degree in historic preservation from Goucher College.
Jennifer currently serves as President of the Arlington Historical Society and chairs the Museum Building Committee, responsible for stewardship of the 1891 Hume School by noted Washington architect B. Stanley Simmons.
She had the privilege of being part of the team which re-assembled a 1949 Lustron Home inside New York’s Museum of Modern Art for the 2008 exhibit on prefab architecture, Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling. Her master’s thesis, Steeling Home: Defining Authenticity and Integrity for Prefabricated Lustron Homes, offered a definition of conceptual authenticity for Lustrons which embraces the key values of mass production, durability, and modernity.
Jennifer is the creator and moderator of the “20th Century Prefab Homes” group on Flickr.com, a popular photo-sharing website.
In her previous career managing digital content for the Public Broadcasting Service, she reviewed and edited websites for programs such as Masterpiece Theatre, American Masters, and Independent Lens, and managed several online video pilot projects. These experiences led to a strong belief in the power of the Internet as our 21st-century “information commons,” with equal access to all.
Professional Memberships
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Society for Architectural Historians
Latrobe Chapter, SAH
DOCOMOMO
Recent Past Preservation Network
National Trust Forum
Association for Preservation Technology
Vernacular Architecture Forum
Preservation Virginia
Arlington Historical Society
Arlington Heritage Alliance
