Cook Glaspell House
- Also Known As: The Gay House
- Address: 564 Commercial St
- Vicinity: Btw Conway St and Kendall Ln
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1850/00/00 | 564 Commercial Street is built. | |||||
1914/04/00 | Susan Glaspell | Home | Spring of 1914, Susan Glaspell and George Cook buy 564 Commercial. With celebrated painter Charles Demuth as interior designer, Cook works as bricklayer, plumber and carpenter as needed. | |||
1914/07/00 | Susan Glaspell | Health | Due to an unspecified heart lesion, Glaspell's doctor tells her she cannot climb stairs. From pipes, planks and ropes, Cook constructs an elevator from the kitchen to the second floor. | |||
1914/08/00 | Susan Glaspell | Life | During the summer, Cook works on the sundial designing a sculptural base that includes four nude women. Using Glaspell as a model, Cook sculpts Dawn, Noon, Sunset and the North Star. Glaspell provides plaster and water. | |||
1916/00/00 | Susan Glaspell | Author | Glaspell writes Trifles: I went out on the wharf, sat alone on one of our wooden benches without a back, and looked a long time at that bare little stage. After a time the stage became a kitchen. I hurried in from the wharf to write down what I had seen. | Trifles (One-Act Play) | ||
1948/07/28 | Susan Glaspell | Died | Susan Glaspell dies of viral pneumonia at aged 72 at home in Provincetown, Massachusetts. |
Particulars for Cook Glaspell House: | |
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Sight Category | Building |
Building Type | House |
Area of Significance | Literature |
Criteria | Person |
Owner | Private |
Historic Use | Single dwelling |
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