Samuel Corning House

The Samuel Corning House is a historic First Period house in Beverly, Massachusetts. It is a 2.5-story five-bay house with a central chimney that was apparently built in stages, and is also notable for early 20th century preservation actions. The first portion, to the right of the chimney, was built c. 1700 as a typical First Period two story single cell structure. Around 1720 the left side was built, and a leanto section was added to the back at a somewhat later date.

John Singer Sargent (1856–1925). Quincy Adams Shaw McKean, 1917
Samuel Corning House
Samuel Corning House is located in Massachusetts
Samuel Corning House
Samuel Corning House is located in the United States
Samuel Corning House
Location87 Hull Street,
Beverly, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°34′49″N 70°50′23″W
Builtc.1700; c.1720, 1921
ArchitectJoseph D. Leland (1921)
Architectural styleColonial
MPSFirst Period Buildings of Eastern Massachusetts TR
NRHP reference No.90000196[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 9, 1990

The house was purchased in 1920 by Quincy Adams Shaw McKean and Margarett Sargent, who made it the centerpiece of Colonial Revival complex they built on their 54-acre (22 ha) estate, which they named "Pride's Hill".[2] Their architect, Joseph D. Leland of Boston, expanded the house with a group of vernacular wings to the north and east of the original. The first addition, a studio for Margarett Sargent, was built in 1921, with further additions continuing for much of the decade.[3] Leland's work on the estate was the subject of a feature article in Architectural Record in 1926.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1] It is now a condominium complex, still known as Pride's Hill.

See also

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "MACRIS inventory record for Samuel Corning House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-01-11.
  3. Frank Chouteau Brown, "A House That Grew" in Architectural Record 59, no. 3 (March 1926): 201-214.


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