Lanier Home News Today

Derek Peck, the new manager for Madison’s Lanier Mansion State Historic Site, has moved around several times in his career from Mississippi in the deep south to the redwood forests of coastal California — with even a stop at Hoover Dam in between — but after spending the past month at Lanier and in historic Madison, he has hopes of staying around for a long time. “I love being able to focus on everything to do with this home and its mission. It’s a gorgeous home in a go...