BOLLI members are invited to enjoy a private tour of the Gropius House, an Historic New England property, on Friday, October 25 at 10 am.  Gropius House is located in Lincoln at 68 Baker Bridge Rd, Lincoln, MA.

Lunch follows at the Tack Room in Lincoln, a short drive away.  The cost for this guided tour is $22, payable by check no later than October 11 to Paula Corman, 385 Chestnut Hill Ave., #305, Brighton, MA 02135.  You may contact Paula with questions at paula.corman@gmail.com.  Directions to our lunch venue will be available at Gropius.  

On this tour, we will learn about Gropius and how he translated his architectural theories into his home.

The tour will take about an hour and includes some climbing of stairs and a short walk from the onsite parking lot. There is ample onsite parking.

Gropius came to Massachusetts to accept a teaching position at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard. Fellow architect and prominent Bostonian Henry Shepley convinced philanthropist Helen Storrow to provide land and fund the design and construction of a home. Gropius designed the home in 1937 and used his new home as a showcase for his Harvard students as well as an example of modernist landscape architecture in America.

Set amid fields, forests, and farmhouses, the Gropius House mixes traditional materials of New England architecture (wood, brick, and fieldstone) with industrial materials such as glass block, acoustic plaster,  welded steel, and chrome bannisters.

Click here for a digital tour and other information about Gropius and the museum.