Description: Rockport, MASSACHUSETTS - Old House of Newspapers - ROADSIDE ATTRACTION Kitsch: Rockport is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 6,952 at the 2010 census. Rockport is located approximately 40 miles (64 km) northeast of Boston at the tip of the Cape Ann peninsula. It is directly east of Gloucester and is surrounded on three sides by the Atlantic Ocean. Elis F. Stenman, a mechanical engineer, tinkerer, and builder of the Rockport Paper House, started construction in 1922, he made a timber frame, roof, and floors. When time came for the construction of the walls, he took a decidedly different paper: newspaper. The Rockport Paper House’s walls, doors, and furniture are made of varnished newspapers—roughly 100,000 in all. 215 layers of paper were stuck together with a homemade glue of flour, water, and apple peels to create 1-inch-thick panels. Furniture, including a clock, desk, and chair, is functional and also made of paper. The only exceptions are the piano, which is only covered in paper, and fireplace. The house has stood intact for over 80 years, with no more upkeep than the occasional varnishing. What’s more, the walls and furniture are still readable, displaying headlines such as “LINDBERGH HOPS OFF FOR OCEAN FLIGHT TO PARIS.” Stenman moved out in 1930, and the house became a museum. This sepia-toned card is in good condition.
Price: 8.5 USD
Location: Brooklyn, New York
End Time: 2025-01-10T02:00:58.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Unit of Sale: Single Unit
City/Region: Brooklyn
Roadside: Kitsch
Size: Standard (5.5 x 3.5 in)
Material: Paper
City: Rockport
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
County: NY
Lindbergh: Paris
Subject: Roadside Attraction
Type: Printed (Lithograph)
Continent: North America
Era: White Border (c. 1915-1930)
Region: Massachusetts
Country: United States
Theme: Architecture, Cities & Towns, Landscapes, Novelty, Roadside America, Newspapers, Essex County
Features: Panoramic, Architecture, Sepia
Hose: Newspapers
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Postage Condition: Unposted
