Derby Summer House
The Derby Summer House, also known as the McIntire Tea-house, is a summer house designed in 1793 by architect Samuel McIntire, now located on the grounds of the Glen Magna Farms, Danvers, Massachusetts. Since 1958 it has been owned by the Danvers Historical Society. A National Historic Landmark, it is significant as an extremely rare and well-preserved example of an 18th-century summer house, and also includes some of the earliest American sculpture in the carved wooden figures mounted on its roof.
Derby Summer House | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
U.S. National Historic Landmark | |
Derby Summer House | |
| Location | Danvers, Massachusetts |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 42°34′23.56″N 70°57′58.33″W |
| Built | 1793 |
| Architect | McIntire, Samuel |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 68000020 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | November 24, 1968 |
| Designated NHL | November 24, 1968 |
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