Mary Fiske Stoughton House

Cambridge, United States

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Designed by Henry Hobson Richardson in 1882, the Mary Fiske Stoughton House at 90 Brattle Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts exemplifies the Shingle Style with its signature treatment of continuous shingles stretched over irregular volumes like a skin, ornament kept to a minimum. The house attracted immediate attention from the architectural community and became instrumental in popularizing the Shingle Style during the late nineteenth century. Richardson's innovative spatial design proved remarkably prescient, foreshadowing the approaches of major twentieth-century architects, notably Frank Lloyd Wright. Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1989, the house remains a seminal example of the period's most influential residential architecture.

Architect

Henry Hobson Richardson

Movement

Shingle style architecture

Built: 1882
Type: single-family detached home
Heritage: National Register of Historic Places listed place, National Historic Landmark
Place: Cambridge, United States

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