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For over 100 years, the Sargent House was the home of sea merchants, patriots and community leaders. A fine example of high-style Georgian domestic architecture, the house was built in 1782 for Judith Sargent Murray (1751-1820), a philosopher, writer and an early advocate of women’s equality. As we tour the home, we’ll learn about Judith Sargent, and explore the home’s small collection of original works by the great portrait painter, John Singer Sargent (1856-1925). A descendant of Judith Sargent, John Singer Sargent’s roots trace back to Colonial Gloucester as his father FitzWilliam Sargent was born in Gloucester in 1820. He loved the house and its ties to Post-Revolutionary Gloucester. Following a group lunch, we’ll visit the Beauport Sleeper-McCann House and summer home of Henry Davis Sleeper, one of America’s first professional interior designers. Overlooking beautiful Gloucester Harbor, the home’s fairy-tale exterior—pitched rooflines, tower, belfry, diamond-paned leaded-glass windows, and chimneys are an amalgam of Arts and Crafts, gothic, medieval, and early colonial architecture. The exquisitely designed interior features more than 10,000 objects and furnishings that Sleeper acquired, with a special fondness for salvaged architectural artifacts.
Guide: Jeanne Fontaine
Wednesday, September 4
Depart: 7:30 am; return: 5:30 pm
Includes guided tours; lunch; bus transportation and driver tip.
