Woods End Road Historic District

The Woods End Road Historic District is a residential historic district at 68 Baker Bridge Rd., 1, 5, 9, and 10 Woods End Road in Lincoln, Massachusetts. The district consists of five houses, one of which is Colonial Revival in style, and the other four are in International Style. Helen Storrow, a wealthy philanthropist who owned the land, also funded the construction of the houses, which were among the earliest of their style to be built in the United States.[2]

Woods End Road Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
5 Woods End
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Location	Lincoln, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°25′36″N 71°19′41″W
Built	1938
Architect	Gropius & Breuer
Architectural style	Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, International Style, Other
NRHP reference No.	88000956 [1]
Added to NRHP	July 8, 1988

All four of the International houses were designed by internationally renowned architects, and three of those served as the architect's own residence. The most well known of these is the Gropius House at 68 Baker Bridge Road, a National Historic Landmark and house museum owned by Historic New England, which was designed by Bauhaus architect Walter Gropius as his personal residence. Two other houses on Woods End Road were also designed by Gropius and his friend Marcel Breuer. Breuer also designed one of the houses on Woods End Road as his personal residence, as did Walter Bogner.[2]

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
2. "MACRIS inventory record for Woods End Road Historic District". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-05-03.