Percy Grainger Home and Studio is a historic home located at White Plains,

Westchester County, New York Westchester County is located in the U.S. state of New York. It is the seventh most populous county in the State of New York and the most populous north of New York City. According to the 2020 United States Census, the county had a population o ...

. It was built in 1893 and is a two-story, three-bay-wide dwelling with a pyramidal hipped roof in the

American Foursquare The American Foursquare or American Four Square is an American house style popular from the mid-1890s to the late 1930s. A reaction to the ornate and mass-produced elements of the Victorian architecture, Victorian and other Revival styles popul ...

style. It features a full-width, one-story porch supported by four

Doric order The Doric order was one of the three orders of ancient Greek and later Roman architecture; the other two canonical orders were the Ionic and the Corinthian. The Doric is most easily recognized by the simple circular capitals at the top of col ...

columns. The main entrance is a

Dutch door A Dutch door (American English), stable door (British English), or half door (Hiberno-English), is a door divided in such a fashion that the bottom half may remain shut while the top half opens. They were known in early New England as double-hung d ...

. It was the home of musician

Percy Grainger Percy Aldridge Grainger (born George Percy Grainger; 8 July 188220 February 1961) was an Australian-born composer, arranger and pianist who lived in the United States from 1914 and became an American citizen in 1918. In the course of a long an ...

from 1921 to his death in 1961. ''See also:'' It was added to the

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in 1993.

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Percy Grainger Society
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) American Foursquare architecture in New York (state) Houses completed in 1893 Houses in Westchester County, New York Buildings and structures in White Plains, New York National Register of Historic Places in Westchester County, New York {{WestchesterCountyNY-NRHP-stub