It was built between about 1920 and 1949 by artist Henry Varnum Poor (1887–1970).
Henry VIII of England | Henry VIII | Henry Kissinger | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | Henry II of England | Henry II | Henry III of England | Henry IV of France | Henry IV | Henry | Henry Ford | Henry James | Henry VII of England | Henry III | Henry Moore | Henry Miller | Henry I of England | Henry Clay | Henry IV of England | Patrick Henry | Henry Mancini | Henry V | Henry David Thoreau | Joseph Henry Blackburne | Henry V of England | Henry VI of England | Henry VII | Henry II of France | Henry Fonda | John Henry Newman |
Members of the group included Maxwell Anderson, the playwright (in later years, actor Barry Bostwick lived in Anderson's house, selling it in 2005); composer Kurt Weill and his wife, singer/actress Lotte Lenya; actor/director/producer John Houseman, and architect/potter/painter Henry Varnum Poor.
Henry William Poor (1844-1915), American banker and stockbroker, son of financial analyst Henry Varnum Poor.