The Allen House | |
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Location | 4 Burritt's Landing North, Westport |
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Coordinates | 41°6′57″N 73°22′32″W / 41.11583°N 73.37556°W |
Area | 1.1 acres (0.45 ha) |
Built | 1958 |
Architectural style | Mid-Century Modern |
NRHP reference No. | 10000492 [1] |
Added to NRHP | July 22, 2010 |
The Allen House is a historic house at 4 Burritt's Landing North in Westport, Connecticut. Built in 1958, it is the only known example in Westport of work by Chicago architect Roy Binkley, Jr., and is a good example of Bauhaus-style mid-20th Century Modern architecture. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. [1]
The Allen House is located in southwestern Westport, on 1.1 acres (0.45 ha) set between Burritt's Landing North (a private lane) and Saugatuck Avenue ( Connecticut Route 136). 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. 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. [3]
The house was built in 1958 to a design by the Chicago-based architect Roy Binkley, Jr., a protegé of Mies van der Rohe. It was built for Ernst and Marcia Peterson Herrmann. The property was originally landscaped by Frank Okamura, 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. [3]