George Nakashima House, Studio and Workshop
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George Nakashima House, Studio and Workshop is a property in Solebury Township
, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania
. It is significant for its architecture and for its association with artist and furniture maker George Nakashima
.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
on August 14, 2008. It is the seventh property to be listed as a featured property of the week in a National Park Service program that began in July 2008.
It includes buildings designed in International style
.
Solebury Township, Pennsylvania
Solebury Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 8,692 at the 2010 census.The Solebury School is located in the township, off U.S...
, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Bucks County, Pennsylvania
- Industry and commerce :The boroughs of Bristol and Morrisville were prominent industrial centers along the Northeast Corridor during World War II. Suburban development accelerated in Lower Bucks in the 1950s with the opening of Levittown, Pennsylvania, the second such "Levittown" designed by...
. It is significant for its architecture and for its association with artist and furniture maker George Nakashima
George Nakashima
George Katsutoshi NakashimaGeorge Katsutoshi NakashimaGeorge Katsutoshi Nakashima( was a Japanese-American woodworker, architect, and furniture maker who was one of the leading innovators of 20th century furniture design and a father of the American craft movement...
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National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
on August 14, 2008. It is the seventh property to be listed as a featured property of the week in a National Park Service program that began in July 2008.
It includes buildings designed in International style
International style (architecture)
The International style is a major architectural style that emerged in the 1920s and 1930s, the formative decades of Modern architecture. The term originated from the name of a book by Henry-Russell Hitchcock and Philip Johnson, The International Style...
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