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LOOKING - Photographs and Self-Guided Tour Opportunities


St. James the Fisherman, Wellfleet MA. Photography by Chris Szwedo


St. James the Fisherman, Wellfleet MA. Photography by Chris Szwedo


Private Residence, 300 block of Ocean View Drive, Wellfleet


Private Residence, Eastham


Private Residence, Eastham


Private Residence, Griffin Island Road, Wellfleet


Private Residence, 375 King Phillip Road, Wellfleet


Goldman Residence, 264 King Phillip Road, Wellfleet


Colony at Wellfleet (1948), Chequessett Neck Road


Hidden Village (1960), photo from their brochure


Hatch Residence by Jack Hall


Murchison Residence (1956), Provincetown, MA


Wise Cottage (1963). Designed by Marcel Breur

   PARTIAL LIST OF PROJECTS

Breur, Marcel and Constance Cottage (1948)
on Williams Pond in Wellfleet (Newcomb Hollow), MA
Designed by Marcel Breuer
Marcel Breur came to Cape Cod in 1948, built his house next to Chermayeff Residence. Breuer also designed an unrealized settlement of 5 to 7 homes based on this cottage design nearby.

Bultman, Fritz Art Studio (1945)
Provincetown
Designed by Tony Smith

Cape Codder Offices
5 Namskaket Rd, Orleans, MA
Designed by Serge Chermayeff (1900-1996)

Chermayeff, Serge Residence (1946-7)
Wellfleet (Griffin Island), MA
Designed by Serge Chermayeff
"...he designed two variations nearby and did many other residential projects in the area."

Chermayeff, Serge Painting Studio (1952)
Wellfleet, MA
Designed by Serge Chermayeff (1900-1996)

Chermayeff, Serge Residence #3
Truro, MA
Designed by Serge Chermayeff

Comfort Residence (1951)
Wellfleet, MA
Designed by Saltonstall & Morton

Corey Resdence (1968)
Designed by Charles Zehnder (d.1985)
"...by 1959 Zehnder had designed and built his first of over two dozen outer Cape homes..."

Eastman Residence (1955)
Wellfleet (Bound Brook Island), MA
Designed by Warren Nardin

Goldman Residence (1975)
264 King Phillip Road, Wellfleet, MA
Designed by Charles Zehnder

Great Island House
At end of Griffin Island Road, Wellfleet, MA
Designer Unknown

Hammastrom Residence (1953)
Wellfleet (Newcomb Hollow), MA
Designed by Olav Hammastrom

Harrods Residence
Wellfleet, MA

Hatch, Robert and Ruth Residence (1960)
309 Bound Brook Island Road
Truro, MA
Designed by John "Jack" Hughes Hall (1937-2003)

Hidden Village (1960)
1700 Bridge Road, Eastham, MA
hddvill@c4.net
Five "Summer Homes" designed by John P. R. Falconer

Keegan Cottage
Wellfleet, MA

Kepes, Gyorgy Cottage (1948-1949)
Wellfleet (Long Pond), MA
Designed by Marcel Breuer

Krueger, Paul Residence
Truro, MA

Kugel-Gips Residence (1970)
Long Pond Road
Designed by Charles Zehnder

Kuhn House (1960)
199 Valley Road, Wellfleet, MA
Designed by Nathaniel Saltonstall
"The Kuhn House is a late 1950’s modern movement house designed by Nathaniel Saltonstall & Peter Morton (colleagues of Breuer and Gropius) with an extensive collection of intact period furnishings. The house is under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service at the Cape Cod National Seashore. The BSA/HRC recently wrote a letter to strongly discourage its proposed use as a summer dormitory for lifeguards, and to recommend more gentle and sympathetic usage and maintenance."

Lifton Residence
Wellfleet, MA

Mark Residence (1973)
Truro, MA
Designed by Paul Krueger

Mayo Hill Colony Club (now the Colony at Wellfleet) (1948)
Chequessett Neck Road, Wellfleet, MA
Designed by Nathaniel Saltonstall (1903-1968) and Oliver P. Morton (who built "...a number of houses on the outer Cape as well..."
thecolonyofwellfleet.com

Murchison, Carl Residence (1956-59)
2 Commercial Street, Provincetown, MA
Designed by The Architects Collaborative (TAC)
In 1945, Gropius founded The Architects' Collaborative (TAC) based in Cambridge with a group of younger architects. The original partners included Norman C. Fletcher, Jean B. Fletcher, John C. Harkness, Sarah P. Harkness, Robert S. MacMillan, Louis A. MacMillen, and Benjamin C. Thompson. TAC would become one of the most well-known and respected architectural firms in the world. TAC went bankrupt in 1995.

Nossiter Residence (1958)
Wellfleet (Griffin Island), MA

O'Connor, Edwin Residence (1955)
Wellfleet (Newcomb Hollow), MA
Designed by Serge Chermayeff (1900-1996)

Private Residence
375 King Phillip Road
Designer Unknown

Private Residence
810 Ocean View Drive, Wellfleet, MA
Designer Unknown

Private Residence
800 Ocean View Drive, Wellfleet, MA
Designer Unknown

Private Residence
300 block of Ocean View Drive, Wellfleet, MA
Designer Unknown

Private Residences
"...cluster of houses along the beach on Bywater Road in Falmouth."
Designed by Gunnar Peterson

Private Residence (early '50s)
160 Griffins Island Road
Designed by Nathanial Saltonstall

Ross Cottage
Wellfleet, MA

Saarinen Residence
520 Black Pond Road
Wellfleet, MA
Designed by Olav Hammarstrom

Saint James the Fisherman, Church
Wellfleet, MA
Designed by Olav Hammarstrom

Salt Pond Visitors Center
Eastham, MA

Stillman, Edgar Cottage (1953-1954)
Wellfleet (Griffin Island), MA
Designed by Marcel Breuer

Surfside Colony (18 Cottages)
40 block Ocean View Drive, Wellfleet, MA
Designer Unknown

Weidlinger, Paul Cottage (1953)
Wellfleet, MA
Designed by Paul Weidlinger

Wellfleet Art Gallery (1955)
Route 6 & Main Street
Wellfleet, MA
Designed by Saltonstall & Morton

Wexler Cottage (1955)
Wellfleet (Newcomb Hollow), MA
Designed by Serge Chermayeff and Howard Cutting

Wise Cottage (1963)
Very end of King Phillip Road, Wellfleet, MA
Designed by Marcel Breuer

Zehner Residence
Truro, MA

See A Chain of Events: Modernist Architecture on the Outer Cape; Marcel Breuer to Charles Jencks published by Provincetown Art Association and Museum, 2006