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4 unusual facts about Gore Place


Gore Place

It also betrays the influence of English architect Sir John Soane, some of whose designs the Gores may have seen on tours of England.

Christopher Gore (1758 – 1827) was a Massachusetts lawyer, banker, statesman, and Federalist politician.

The mansion was built in 1806 as a summer home for Massachusetts lawyer and politician Christopher Gore.

The gardens, according to Charles W. Eliot (father of noted American landscape designer Charles Eliot), show the influence of English landscape architect Humphry Repton, whose Sketches and Hints on Landscape Gardening just predates the Gores' presence in England.


Christopher Gore

Designed with the assistance of French architect Joseph-Guillaume Legrand and probably also influenced by the works of English architect Sir John Soane, the house that was built upon their return to the United States in 1804 (now known as Gore Place) is one of the finest extant examples of Federalist architecture.


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