So this is exciting...for me.

I was cruising on Wikipedia and discovered that Walter Gropius' first building in America is in....Lexington, Ma!  Say what?  How did I not know before today?  I wish I knew someone who really wanted to go!  Maybe I will have a Mommy's day out.

Description from Historic New England's website:

"Walter Gropius, founder of the German design school known as the Bauhaus, was one of the most influential architects of the twentieth century. He designed the Gropius House as his family home when he came to Massachusetts to teach architecture at Harvard's Graduate School of Design. 

Modest in scale, the house was revolutionary in impact. It combined the traditional elements of New England architecture—wood, brick, and fieldstone—with innovative materials rarely used in domestic settings at that time, including glass block, acoustical plaster, chrome banisters, and the latest technology in fixtures. 

In keeping with Bauhaus philosophy, every aspect of the house and its surrounding landscape was planned for maximum efficiency and simplicity of design. The house contains a significant collection of furniture designed by Marcel Breuer and fabricated in the Bauhaus workshops. With the family's possessions still in place, the Gropius House has a sense of immediacy and intimacy."