LDa Architecture & Interiors Renovates a Gloucester Seaside Retreat

Eastern Point was a summer destination for the elite, who built large, gracious “cottages” perfectly positioned for soaking in the daily moods of Gloucester’s Outer Harbor. One of America’s first professional interior designers, Henry Davis Sleeper, couldn’t resist the location, building his own cottage, the richly furnished Beauport mansion, on its coastline. Authors, artists, dignitaries, industrialists, and more succumbed to the peninsula’s end-of-the-earth allure. Centuries later, the magic of Eastern Point cast its seaside spell on a family based in Chestnut Hill wanting to put down more permanent roots in Massachusett

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LDa Architecture & Interiors Renovates a Gloucester Seaside Retreat

An extensive renovation refreshes an old estate on Eastern Point.

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