Pillsbury Summer House, Duxbury

Name: Pillsbury Summer House
Address: Duxbury, United States

#7 among attractions in Duxbury

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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. ()

Built: 1938 (86 years ago)Coordinates: 42°3'4"N, 70°40'15"W

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Pillsbury Summer House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: John and Priscilla Alden Family Sites, King Caesar House, Art Complex Museum, Bradford House.

0.9 miSW
Museum, History museum, Historical place
John and Priscilla Alden Family Sites, Duxbury
22 min walk • The John and Priscilla Alden Family Sites is a National Historic Landmark consisting of two separate properties in Duxbury, Massachusetts, United States.
0.5 miSE
Museum, Historical place, History museum
King Caesar House, Duxbury
14 min walk • The King Caesar House is a historic house located at 120 King Caesar Road, Duxbury, Massachusetts. It is operated as a non-profit museum by the Duxbury Rural and Historical Society.
1 miSW
Museum, Art museum
Art Complex Museum, Duxbury
26 min walk • The Art Complex Museum, located in Duxbury, Massachusetts, south of Boston, serves as a regional arts center and houses the collection of the Carl A. Weyerhaeuser family. The museum, situated on over 13 acres of woodland and open fields, opened in 1971.
1.3 miSW
Museum, History museum
Bradford House, Duxbury
34 min walk • The Capt. Gershom Bradford House is an historic house in Duxbury, Massachusetts. The two-story wood-frame house was built in 1807 by Captain Gershom Bradford. The main block has a side-gable roof, and is five bays wide and two deep.
0.8 miS
Museum, History museum
Nathaniel Winsor Jr. House, Duxbury
22 min walk • The Nathaniel Winsor Jr. House is a historic house located at 479 Washington Street Duxbury, Massachusetts. It currently serves as the headquarters of the Duxbury Rural and Historical Society.
1.6 miSW
Cemetery
Mayflower Cemetery, Plymouth
42 min walk • Mayflower Cemetery is a town-owned cemetery in Duxbury, in Plymouth County, Massachusetts. The first grave was of Stephen Russell in 1787 and the first engraved stone was of Ichabod Sampson in 1788. The Duxbury Crematory, also owned by the town, is located on the cemetery grounds.
0.5 miW
Library
Wright Memorial Library, Duxbury
13 min walk • Wright Memorial Library, more commonly known as the "Wright Building," is a historic library at 147 St. George Street in Duxbury, Massachusetts.
0.6 miSW
42°2'47"N • 70°40'48"W
Duxbury Free Library "Official", Duxbury
15 min walk • Library

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Which popular attractions are close to Pillsbury Summer House?

Nearby attractions include Wright Memorial Library, Duxbury (13 min walk), King Caesar House, Duxbury (14 min walk), Duxbury Free Library "Official", Duxbury (15 min walk), Nathaniel Winsor Jr. House, Duxbury (22 min walk).