Built in Rockport, Massachusetts, between 1922 and 1924 by engineer Elis F. Stenman as a summer house, the Paper House became an experiment in reuse and durability. Stenman used varnished newspaper as exposed wall material over a traditional wooden frame and later made much of the furniture from tightly rolled newspapers, reusing about 100,000 papers in all. Though it retained practical features such as a wooden roof and floor, electricity, running water, and a brick fireplace, its paper construction made it famous. A tourist attraction by 1927, it remained in family ownership and continues to operate as a museum.

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Rockport, Massachusetts · USA