Glass House

The Glass House is a historic house museum on Ponus Ridge Road in . It was built in 1948–49 by the architect Philip Johnson, who designed the home as his weekend retreat.
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  • Email: contact@theglasshouse.org
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: House in New Canaan, Connecticut designed by Philip Johnson
  • Also known as: “Johnson house”, “pitou”, and “The Glass House”
  • Address: 798-856 Ponus Ridge Rd., New Canaan, CT 06840

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include New Canaan Country School and Stamford Museum & Nature Center.

School
is an independent, private day school in for students in Beginners through Grade 9 from and Westchester Counties. The current head of school is Aaron Cooper. is situated 4,100 feet southeast of Glass House.

Park
Photo: Koulighan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Stamford Museum & Nature Center, located in , is an art, history, nature, and agricultural sciences . The property covers 118 acres beginning about half a mile north of the Merritt Parkway. is situated 1½ miles southwest of Glass House.

Railway station
Photo: Picabu, Public domain.
is a commuter rail station on the New Canaan Branch of the Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line in . is situated 1½ miles east of Glass House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North Stamford and New Canaan.

Suburb
is an affluent section of , United States, north of the Merritt Parkway. Mostly woody and hilly, it is the least densely populated, and highest income section of the city, with a 2021 median household income in excess of $250,000.

Photo: Noroton, Public domain.
is a town in . The town is one of the most affluent communities in the United States. In 2008, CNN Money ranked first in the nation with the highest median family income.

Village
is a hamlet located in the town of in , United States. As of the 2020 census, had a population of 665. is near the southern town line, east of Sarles Corners. is situated 3½ miles north of Glass House.

Glass House

Latitude
41.1424° or 41° 8′ 33″ north
Longitude
-73.52926° or 73° 31′ 45″ west
Elevation
325 feet (99 metres)
Inception
1949
Height
12 feet (3.6 metres)
Operator
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Open location code
87H84FRC+X7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 364907964
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­house
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q1506237
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Ukrainian—“Glass House” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “গ্লাস হাউস”
  • Chinese: “玻璃屋 (美國)”
  • Chinese: “玻璃屋”
  • Dutch: “Glass House”
  • French: “Glass House”
  • French: “Johnson house”
  • French: “Maison de Johnson”
  • French: “maison de verre”
  • French: “Maison de verre”
  • German: “Glass House”
  • Hebrew: “בית הזכוכית”
  • Hungarian: “Glass House”
  • Hungarian: “Üvegház”
  • Indonesian: “Glass House”
  • Italian: “Glass House”
  • Persian: “خانه شیشه‌ای”
  • Polish: “Glass House”
  • Portuguese: “Casa de Vidro”
  • Portuguese: “Glass House”
  • Romanian: “Glass House”
  • Russian: “Стеклянный дом”
  • Spanish: “Casa de Cristal”
  • Swedish: “Glass House”
  • Tamil: “கண்ணாடி வீடு”
  • Tamil: “ஜான்சனின் வீடு”
  • Turkish: “Cam Ev”
  • Turkish: “Glass House”
  • Turkish: “Johnson Evi”
  • Turkish: “Johnson House”
  • Ukrainian: “Скляний дім”

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