Derby Summer House, Danvers
Facts and practical information
The Derby Summer House, also known as the McIntire Tea-house, is a summer house designed in 1793 by architect Samuel McIntire, now located on the grounds of the Glen Magna Farms, Danvers, Massachusetts. Since 1958 it has been owned by the Danvers Historical Society. A National Historic Landmark, it is significant as an extremely rare and well-preserved example of an 18th-century summer house, and also includes some of the earliest American sculpture in the carved wooden figures mounted on its roof. ()
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Derby Summer House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Judge Samuel Holten House, Rebecca Nurse Homestead, Glen Magna Farms, General Israel Putnam House.