“Loyalists and Revolutionaries: Two Iconic Lincoln Properties at the Heart of a Changing World”

In a special Patriots’ Day pairing, “Loyalists and Revolutionaries: Two Iconic Lincoln Properties at the Heart of a Changing World,” Historic New England invites you walk Lincoln’s trails and visit two of its properties in Lincoln: the Codman Estate and the Walter Gropius House. The properties will be open to the public from 10:00am–2:00pm on Monday, April 21. Docents will be on site to share information and answer questions. Admission is free, although donations are always appreciated.

Home to five generations of the Chambers/Russell/Codman family (1708–1968), in the 18th century the Codman Estate was the largest farm in the area with the largest number of enslaved people laboring on it. At the time of the Revolutionary War, it was owned by Loyalists, Dr. Charles and Elizabeth Russell, who fled to Antigua when the war began. Modest in scale, the 1938 Gropius family home of Walter Gropius (founder of the German design school known as the Bauhaus, was one of the most influential architects of the 20th century) was revolutionary in impact. In keeping with Bauhaus philosophy, every aspect of the house and its surrounding landscape was planned for maximum efficiency and simplicity of design.