Henry Davis Sleeper’s home, Beauport, was named after French explorer Samuel de Champlain’s description of Gloucester Harbor. Sleeper purchased an unassuming cottage on a small lot in 1907, onto which he moved part of a Cogswell house from a site in Essex. For the next 27 years, he created his 40-room design masterpiece.
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After Sleeper’s death, the McCann familiy purchased Beauport and donated it for preservation. Beauport is now a Historic New England house museum and a National Landmark, unchanged as Sleeper left it.
- Beauport Podcast (13:22 min)
© Historic New England; With regards to the domestic staff at Beauport please go to http://www.historicnewengland.org/publications/historic-new-england-magazine/summer-2004/2004SummerPage02.html
- Legendary Neighbor Cecilia Beaux (3:05 min)
Eastern Point neighbor Cecilia Beaux; photos courtesy Cecilia Beaux papers, Archives of American Art
- 1910 Green Alley: The Terrace (2:18)
The Terrace Green Alley
