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Derby Summer House
Derby Summer House
Location: Danvers, Massachusetts Coordinates: 42°34′22″N 70°58′0″W / 42.57278°N 70.966667°WCoordinates: 42°34′22″N 70°58′0″W / 42.57278°N 70.966667°W Built: 1793 Architect: McIntire,Samuel Architectural style: Federal Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 68000020 Significant dates Added to NRHP: November 24, 1968[1] Designated NHL: November 24, 1968[2] The Derby Summer House, also known as the McIntire Tea-house, is a summer house designed in 1793 by architect Samuel McIntire, now located on the grounds of the Glen Magna Farms, Danvers, Massachusetts. Since 1958 it has been owned by the Danvers Historical Society.
Samuel McIntire designed this ornate Federal style garden house for Elias Hasket Derby's farm in Salem, Massachusetts. The structure is 20 feet square, 2½ stories high, decorated with pilasters, swags, and Grecian urns, and topped with rustic wood statues of a Reaper and Shepherdess (milkmaid). The ground floor is punctuated by central arched openings on the east and west facades, each flanked with arched windows with wooden keystones. The second floor is ornamented with swags and fluted Ionic pilasters at the corners and between windows. A young lady's diary from 1802 records her contemporary impressions:
The air from the windows is always pure and cool and the eye wanders with delight over the beautiful landscape below…The room is ornamented with some Chinese figures and seems calculated for serenity and peace.The summer house was moved to its present location in 1901, about 4 miles from its original site, where it now opens onto a walled rose garden designed by Herbert Browne. Neither of the two statues atop the house are originals. The Shepherdess was missing when the house was transported; after 20 years she was found atop an Andover mill building, damaged by fire. A duplicate was carved in 1924, and the original is now on display in the Peabody Institute.
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1968.[2][3]
The original Reaper fell in a storm in 1981. It too was reproduced; the original is in the Danvers Historical Society collection.
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Interior, second floor.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ a b "Derby Summerhouse". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=777&ResourceType=Building. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
- ^ Patricia Heintzelman and Charles Snell (August, 1975). National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Derby Summer HousePDF (32 KB). National Park Service and Accompanying photos: two of the Summer House from 1975, one of the main mansion in 1967PDF (32 KB)
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