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In 1937, intrigued by the work of Bauhaus architect Walter Gropius, Mrs. Storrow provided a piece of land on her property and financial support to build what is considered a masterpiece of modern architecture—the Gropius House on Baker Bridge Rd. Fellow architects and designers soon followed, including Marcel Breuer, Walter Bogner, James Ford ...
July 8, 1988. The Gropius House is a historic house museum owned by Historic New England at 68 Baker Bridge Road in Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States. [4] It was the family residence of Modernist architect Walter Gropius, his wife Ise Gropius (née Frank), and their daughter Ati Gropius.
- May 16, 2000
- May 16, 2000
- 5.51 acres (22,300 m²)
- 68 Baker Bridge Road, Lincoln, Massachusetts
Mar 10, 2011 · Home to one of the most influential architects of the 20th Century, the Gropius House was the residence of Walter Gropius and his family during his tenure at Harvard University during the mid ...
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Aug 7, 2020 · Gropius House Image Gallery About Walter Gropius. Walter Gropius (1883 – 1969) was a prominent and widely influential artist of the 20th century regarding the development of modern architecture. He was a founder and the first director of the Bauhaus, for which he remained committed for the rest of his life.
Description. A short walk from Walden Pond is a house that was as revolutionary in its day as were the shots heard around the world in nearby Concord. Walter Gropius was the visionary who founded the Bauhaus in 1919 and brought its message to the United States in 1937. His first American building was this 2300-square-foot (215 square metres ...
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Walter Gropius, founder of the German design school known as the Bauhaus, was one of the most influential architects of the twentieth century. He designed Gropius House as his family home when he came to teach architecture at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design. Modest in scale, the house was revolutionary in impact.
Walter Gropius lived in the house until he died on July 5 1969 at the age of 86. In 1974, his wife Ise donated it to the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, and lived in it until her death in 1983. In 2000, the Gropius House was declared a National Historic Landmark. It is now owned by Historic New England and is open to ...
