Scott House

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Date
1947 - 1948

Project Type
Residential

Location
Dennis, MA USA

Language
English

People/Firms
Allied Chemical and Dye Corp.
American Standard
Archer, D.
Architectural Forum
Argon Electronics, Inc.
Barker, Gordon
Breuer, Constance
Breuer, Marcel
Cannata, Inez
Cape Cod Oil Co.
Casale, F.
Christman, C.
Church, F.
Clary, Robert
Collins, F.

Scott House

Dormitory-Garage Wing: West Elevation at Corner

Correspondence   403  browse all »

Letter
Letter
Letter

Photographs   25  browse all »

Main House: View of Terrace
Main House: South Elevation
Main House: South Elevation

Drawings   24  browse all »

Table Top and Bench Tops
Construction Set (prints)
Construction Set

In 1947, Stuart and Katie Scott commissioned a vacation house on Cape Cod. Breuer designed two, parallel, rectangular volumes of equal length to accommodate the clients' program and the steep incline of the site. The one-story, main house contained three bedrooms, a living-dining area and a kitchen. Breuer divided the other volume in half with a stone wall that passed through it and connected the two wings. One half contained the garage and servants quarters, and the other contained a two-story dormitory. The upper-story, faced with a distinctive, geometric sunshade, extended slightly beyond the stone lower-story. The dormitory-garage wing was not heated and was intended to be used only during the summer. Each wing possessed a terrace. Stone walls delineated outdoor spaces like the service yard off the kitchen. The Scotts added an addition to the house a decade later.