Pillsbury Summer House

Historic house in Massachusetts, United States
United States historic place
Pillsbury Summer House
42°3′4″N 70°40′15″W / 42.05111°N 70.67083°W / 42.05111; -70.67083
Area3.2 acres (1.3 ha)
Built1938
ArchitectEleanor Raymond & Sarah P. Harkness; James W. Douglas & Son
Architectural styleModern Movement
NRHP reference No.04001257[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 27, 2004

The Pillsbury Summer House is a historic house at 45 Old Cove Road in Duxbury, Massachusetts. The two-story wood-frame house was built in 1938, and is a locally distinctive early example of Modern architecture, as the first major work of architect Sarah Pillsbury Harkness, and as a rare regional example of a Modern summer house. The house was designed by Harkness for her parents, in collaboration with Eleanor Raymond. The house was built in the same year that Bauhaus architect Walter Gropius built his house in Lincoln, Massachusetts; this house differs from his in that it draws more organically on New England traditional architecture.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Pillsbury Summer House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
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