Gropius House

Lincoln, United States

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The Gropius House, a two-story wood-frame residence at 68 Baker Bridge Road in Lincoln, Massachusetts, was designed by Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius and his partner Marcel Breuer and completed in 1938. Built as the home of Gropius, his wife Ise, and their daughter Ati, the house stands on approximately 5.5 acres and represents an early example of modernist residential architecture in the eastern United States. Its facade of vertical wooden planks interspersed with casement and sash windows, complemented by a spiral staircase, entrance marquee, rear porch, and trellises, deliberately juxtaposes modernist simplicity with traditional New England design elements. The approximately 2,300-square-foot interior is organized around a central stair hall, with the first floor containing a study, living room, dining room, and kitchen, and the second floor providing three bedrooms. Gropius conceived the extensive landscape of retaining walls and plantings to integrate the building with its surroundings. Now operated by Historic New England as a house museum since 1985, the structure is a National Historic Landmark and part of the Woods End Road Historic District, containing a collection of Bauhaus-related items.

Architect

Walter Gropius

Movement

International Style

Built: 1938
Type: single-family detached home
Heritage: National Register of Historic Places listed place, National Register of Historic Places contributing property
Place: Lincoln, United States

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