The Allen House is a historic house at 4 Burritt's Landing North in
Westport, Connecticut
Westport is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, along the Long Island Sound within Connecticut's Gold Coast. It is northeast of New York City. The town had a population of 27,141 according to the 2020 U.S. Census.
History
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. Built in 1958, it is the only known example in Westport of work by
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architect
Roy Binkley, Jr., and is a good example of
Bauhaus
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-style mid-20th Century Modern architecture.
Historic Preservation Awards recipients announced for 2009
WestportNow.com, accessed 2015-01-04 It 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 2010.
Description and history
The Allen House is located in southwestern Westport, on set between Burritt's Landing North (a private lane) and Saugatuck Avenue (Connecticut Route 136
Route 136 is a state highway in southwestern Connecticut, running from Darien to Easton. The route was initially established in 1932 to serve the beach communities between Darien and Southport. Its eastern end was relocated in 1963 to head nor ...
). The house is set near the northern edge of the property, overlooking a small pond. It is a single-story wood-frame structure, its exterior finished in fieldstone, redwood, and glass. It is covered by a flat roof. The house is in the shape of an H, with two substantial wings connected by a central hyphen
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. The main entrance is on one side of the hyphen, and a private courtyard with views of the pond is on the other side. The west wing houses the public rooms as well as the master bedroom, and has a lower level open to the pond due to the sloping terrain. The east wing houses the garage, a guest bedroom, and library.Mies van der Rohe
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ( ; ; born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies; March 27, 1886August 17, 1969) was a German-American architect. He was commonly referred to as Mies, his surname. Along with Alvar Aalto, Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius and Frank Lloyd ...
. It was built for Ernst and Marcia Peterson Herrmann. The property was originally landscaped by Frank Okamura
Frank Masao Okamura (May 5, 1911 – January 9, 2006) was a Japanese-born American horticulturalist who helped popularize the cultivation of bonsai in America.
Biography
Born in Hiroshima, Okamura emigrated to California at the age of 13. He lost ...
, but only a few elements of his design survive. The only notable alteration to the house has been the addition of retractable awnings on the extensive south-facing facades to shelter them from the summer sun.[
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See also
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References
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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut
Buildings and structures in Westport, Connecticut
Houses in Fairfield County, Connecticut
National Register of Historic Places in Fairfield County, Connecticut