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New Gropius House Site

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Posted in Gropius House, Historic New England, lincoln, Walter Gropius On November 19, 2019

  Our friends at Historic New England have alerted us to this fantastic page dedicated to the history of the Gropius House in Lincoln. It is deep and rich with photos, personal profiles, connections, and more. A great way to spend an hour or two on a grey fall day.

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#Bauhaus100 at the Gropius House

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Posted in Bauhaus, Events, Gropius House, Historic New England, Walter Gropius On May 21, 2019

We had a fantastic time at the celebration of the Bauhaus Centennial at the Gropius House, which we sponsored. For more upcoming events at the Gropius House, click here.

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A Visit to the Bauhaus Exhibit at Harvard Museums

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Posted in Bauhaus, Events, Exhibits, Historic New England, lincoln, Walter Gropius On March 19, 2019

Lots of great stuff happening locally to celebrate the centennial of the Bauhaus. We have been posting some photos at our Instagram and Facebook pages. Last month we made a visit to the Harvard Art Museums exhibit, The Bauhaus and Harvard. And in May, Historic New England will be hosting a series of events —…

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The Hoover House: Offered for the First Time

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Posted in FoMA, Henry Hoover, Historic New England, Home of the Week, lincoln, Listings On June 2, 2015
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The Hoover House: Offered for the First Time

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Posted in DOCOMOMO, FoMA, Henry Hoover, Historic New England, lincoln, Listings, SOLD On June 2, 2015

SOLD. Click any photo to enlarge and watch as slide show. Photos by Lara Kimmerer except as noted.  The house is always its site. This was the operating principle of the earliest Modernist architect in Lincoln, Henry B. Hoover, who in 1934, climbed this hill overlooking the Cambridge Reservoir and paid $1,000 for two acres on…

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Sneak Peak in Boston Globe of the Hoover House

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Posted in Boston Globe, FoMA, Henry Hoover, Historic New England, Home of the Week, lincoln, listing On May 21, 2015

Important: May 31 is not a public open house, but a house tour to which tickets are no longer available. The public open houses for this property will be held by us the following weekend, June 6 and June 7. We will be bringing on this listing the first week in June. Stay tuned to this site…

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A Visit to the Iconic Flansburgh House

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Posted in Design Research, Earl Flansburgh, Historic New England, John Flansburgh, Mid-Century Modern, New York Times, Polly Flansburgh, Preservation, TAC On March 11, 2014

Click any photo, and click again to enlarge: Photos by Lara Kimmerer (except for the vintage newspaper shot). “Architecture should be exciting; living is exciting.” Earl Flansburgh Nestled up on a knoll in the pines of Lincoln, on a lot peppered with colorful sculptures (see list at end of post), the Modernist Flansburgh House epitomizes the…

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Modernist Immersion and Brand New Modernism

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Posted in Bluhomes, Historic New England, modernism On August 22, 2012

  It has been a super busy spring and summer in our little world of real estate. Almost everything we have listed sold very quickly and handling the subsequent details for closings, as well as a badly needed vacation, kept us from posting a lot of extra fun stuff. But here are two such fun…

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New York Times on New England Modernist Perservation

New York Times on New England Modernist Perservation

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Posted in Earl Flansburgh, Henry Hoover, Historic New England, John Flansburgh, Lexington, lincoln, modernism, New York Times, Polly Flansburgh, press On December 4, 2011

Regular readers will recall a post for a listing we had for a Deck House in Lincoln. We mentioned it being in close proximity to the well-known Flansburgh House, which architecte Earl Flansburgh built for his own family (which includes his son, John of They Might Be Giants). Well, now comes an article in the…

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