National Historic Landmark · Lincoln, Massachusetts

Gropius House

Built 1938 by Walter Gropius. Added to the National Register in 2000, and a National Historic Landmark.

Gropius House
Photos via Wikimedia Commons

The record

Property typeBuilding
Address68 Baker Ridge Rd., Lincoln, MA
CountyMiddlesex County
ListedMay 16, 2000
Reference number00000709
Built1938 · more from the 1930s
ArchitectWalter Gropius
StyleInternational Style
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places contributing property

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Address68 Baker Ridge Rd., Lincoln, MA
Coordinates42.4271° N, 71.3264° W · Directions ↗
Listing on the Register does not open the door. Unless a museum or park runs it, treat this as private property and see it from the sidewalk.

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Public land around it

Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge ↗National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceAbout 3 miles away3,883 acres

Wilderness Atlas publishes a centroid and an acreage for each unit, not a boundary line. Distance here is measured to a circle of the same area drawn around that centroid, so treat it as roughly right rather than surveyed.

Local history books for Middlesex County

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Guidebooks to historic places and travel in Massachusetts

Titles come from Open Library's catalog, matched by subject heading or by title.

Reference

Questions people ask

When was Gropius House listed on the National Register?

May 16, 2000. It is also a National Historic Landmark, the higher of the two designations.

Source: National Park Service

When was Gropius House built?

1938, designed by Walter Gropius, in the International Style style.

Source: Wikidata

Where is Gropius House?

68 Baker Ridge Rd., Lincoln, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

Source: National Park Service

Where is the nomination form for Gropius House?

The National Archives holds the nomination form, the document that made the case for listing.

Source: National Archives

Sources

Name, location, type and dates come from the National Register office's spreadsheet of listed properties, because the Park Service's spatial data does not carry this listing. The map point comes from Wikidata. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 00000709. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The nomination form and photographs ↗ at NPGallery are the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service, and the form is often the best description of the place.