"More important even than the extraordinary delicacy of this structure is the complete and final assimilation in it of the tradition of New England building to the demands of the new architecture. This cottage is an organic concept; its materials are no longer used self-consciously, in abstract patterns. They are used with the utmost facility and with a sure mastery of technique. Like some of the earlier houses, it is not a brittle product of industrialism. Its 'human-contact' surfaces are warm in color and soft in texture, fully satisfying the demands of 'human nature.'"

— Peter Blake. Marcel Breuer: Architect and Designer. p71-72.

"Breuer's understanding of American timber balloon frame constructed on a masonry base is intelligently exaggerated in this house, designed soon after his leaving Europe. The balloon frame is constructed as a truss, allowing cantilevering of the kitchen and 'ingle-nook' over the lower ground floor entrance, as well as the glazed porch at right angles to the kitchen.

— David Dunster. Key Buildings of the Twentieth Century Volume 1: Houses 1900-1944. p98.

The Creator's Words

"...That world of stone behind stone, of vistas, of weight and material, of large and small cubes, of long and short spans, of sunny and shady voids, of the whole horizon of buildings and cities: all that inanimate world is alive. It is as close to our affection as good friends, the family—right there in the center of emotional faith. It is important that we should not be disappointed in them, in our buildings and cities.

"They are alive, like people. They have also their cycles of vigor, strength, beauty, and perfection. They have also their struggle with age, with decline, with circulation troubles, with sagging muscles, with wrinkles. There is one difference though: they can be beautiful even in old age, even in ruins."

— Marcel Breuer. from Tician Papachristou. Marcel Breuer: New Buildings and Projects. p11.