Late Summer Update
It’s now more evident what the challenges and opportunities are, and a few unexpected treasures were found along the way.
We’re also very happy to announce that the house is now on the National Register of Historic Places. This designation will help protect the property in perpetuity and assist with future grant writing for restoration and programming. Thanks to Board member Ginny Adams for shepherding the application through.
Read the press release below for more info.
Open House at Hatch House
Photo credit: Paul Heck
Sunday, October 6, 11-3
309 Bound Brook Way, Wellfleet Free and open to the public, no reservations required
A note about the Breuer restoration:
Please respect the work we need to accomplish and do not visit the site at this time. For information email- caitlinccmht@gmail.com
Marcel Breuer’s Wellfleet summer house listed on the National Register of Historic Places
We are happy to announce the Marcel Breuer House / Studio in Wellfleet is now officially listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The property was listed as of July 29, 2024, as an individual designation within the Mid-20th-Century Modern Residential Architecture on Outer Cape Cod Multiple, 1929–1979, Property Submission. This prestigious recognition by the National Park Service celebrates the property’s unique historic and architectural significance, both for its association with Breuer and its connection to the outstanding Mid-Century Modern houses on outer Cape Cod. The credential is a benefit to the Trust as we continue to seek support for the preservation and maintenance of the property, purchased by CCMHT in July 2024, as well as for future programming. After a year-long fundraising campaign, the listing is a great step toward returning the house to the vibrant cultural nexus it was in Breuer’s life time.
Breuer completed the main house in 1949 as a summer home for his family and used it for the rest of his life, adding the Studio in 1962 and the apartment and darkroom in 1967 for his son, Tamás. The nomination establishes the structure as significant at the national level in the area of architecture for its unique state of preservation and enduring association with the life and work of the Hungarian-born and internationally renowned modern designer and architect. The property is also significant at the state level in the areas of social history and architecture, for Breuer’s cultivation of a progressive and dynamic social and creative network as well as for its role in the dissemination of Modern Movement principles and its associations with the development of innovative and experimental seasonal recreational residences in the Cape’s pristine pond and coastal settings during the mid-20th century.
Many thanks to CCMHT Board Member, Virginia H. (Ginny) Adams for guiding the nomination process. She is a Senior Architectural Historian at The Public Archaeology Laboratory, Inc. in Pawtucket, RI