Landis Gores House

The Landis Gores House is a historic house on Cross Ridge Road in New Canaan, Connecticut. It is a "Wrightian" house that was designed by architect Landis Gores and built by John C. Smith and was Gores' home. It is a single-story wood frame structure with a flat roof and is 130 feet (40 m) long, set well back from the road on a 4-acre (1.6 ha) lot. It has austere glass walls, and wood and stone elements. A central section has a raised 11-foot (3.4 m)) ceiling, and houses the main living and dining area. The house was one of the first in a series of modernist houses built in the New Canaan area in the years after the Second World War by Gores and other modern architects.[2]

Landis Gores House
LocationCross Ridge Rd., New Canaan, Connecticut
Area4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built1948
ArchitectGores, Landis
Architectural styleInternational Style, Wrightian
NRHP reference No.02000189[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 21, 2002

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]

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