The Fitz Henry Lane House is a historic house at 8 Harbor Loop Road, on the harbor side of Rogers Street in

Gloucester, Massachusetts Gloucester () is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, in the United States. It sits on Cape Ann and is a part of Massachusetts's North Shore. The population was 29,729 at the 2020 U.S. Census. An important center of the fishing industry and a ...

. The three story stone Gothic Revival building was designed and built in 1849 by the artist

Fitz Henry Lane Fitz Henry Lane (born Nathaniel Rogers Lane, also known as Fitz Hugh Lane) (December 19, 1804 – August 14, 1865) was an American painter and printmaker of a style that would later be called Luminism, for its use of pervasive light. Biography ...

, and was his home until his death in 1865. The building now sits in a municipal park, and has a commanding view of the harbor. The house was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1970. At that time, it was known as the "Fitz Hugh Lane House," but the Register changed the name in 2010.Recent Listings April 2, 2010

National Park Service The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government within the U.S. Department of the Interior that manages all national parks, most national monuments, and other natural, historical, and recreational propertie ...

, 2010-04-02. Accessed 2011-06-11.

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Houses in Gloucester, Massachusetts Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Essex County, Massachusetts Houses completed in 1849 Artists' studios in the United States Gothic Revival architecture in Massachusetts {{EssexCountyMA-NRHP-stub

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