Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House
42.591111111111 - 70.660555555556Koordinaten: 42 ° 35 ' 28 " N, 70 ° 39' 38 " W The Sleeper - McCann House - also called Beauport - is a National Historic Landmark in Gloucester in the U.S. state of Massachusetts.
Architectural History
Born into a family of real estate agents from Boston spent Henry Davis Sleeper (1878 - 1934) the summer from 1898 to 1902 in Marblehead in a family belonging Cottage Victorian style.
In 1907 he acquired on the recommendation of his friend Abram Piatt Andrew Jr. ( 1873-1936 ), an approximately 3,000 m² of land over a 5- meter-high cliff near the Niles Beach east of Gloucester. He hired the architect Halfdan M. Hanson, should be done with the aid of the construction of a summer house with 26 rooms. Parallel to the construction of the building Sleeper began with the purchase of objects which should be integrated into the construction - as early as 1907 the paneling of the abandoned William Cogswell House in Essex, Massachusetts.
Already part of the summer in 1908 spent the builder with his mother in the new house, from this period of Cogswell Room, the Green Dining Room, the Porcelain passage, the monastery, the Blue Willow Room, the Strawberry Hill Room, the Nelson Room and the Byron Room.
The year 1909 brought only minor changes to the two-story building, in 1911 construction began on the 1910 designed southeast wing of the Shelley Room and the Pineapple Room included the Book Tower. The year 1912 brought the construction of the first part of the east wing to the Line Brook Parish Room, the Chapel Chamber and the Belfry Chamber.
Due to the First World War, it was not until 1917 to further extensions, then the northeast wing with the Pembroke Room, the Franklin - hunting room and quarters for servants came upstairs.
From 1923 on the establishment of the North West Wing, whose Octagon Room followed as an expression of respect for the traditions of France and by the present there portrait La Fayetts as a sign of the 150-year collaboration between the United States should apply with France. Other areas in this part of the building of the Golden Step Room and the Indian Room. The extension of this wing in 1925, which he completed at the Mariner 's Room and the northern gallery.
The parallel decline in the already existing parts of the building before renovation work, so in 1923 the China Trade Room was completed in the original building, as well as the staircase 1929.
In the thirties, further plans for alterations and additions have taken place, the death of the master of the house prevented their realization.
After 1934, the family of Charles and Helen McCann purchased the property with his now 56 rooms and expanded the collection with valuable East Asian porcelain. After the death of the couple whose children through the house appropriated in 1942, including the collections of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiques.
The land on which area of about 3,000 m² are still occupied today as a checkout gatehouse, a garage and a tool shed located next to the main building can be visited.
On 27 May 2003, the house, which is located on a cliff above the port of Gloucester, was added to the National Register of Historic Places and declared a National Historic Landmark.
Tourism
The site is now owned by Historic New England, the successor company of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiques. It is open on weekdays from May / June to October guided tours as part versus admission; a car park is located opposite the ticket office on the other side of the road.
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- Page of Historic New England
- National Historic Landmark (Massachusetts )
- Essex County ( Massachusetts)