Menemsha Pond House

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An ancient Native American settlement once occupied this site, and the house resembles shelters built by the Indians who lived there. The “round house” or teepee, with its central fireplace was a typical family home, while the “long house” was a communal building. Many construction details were invented during design and construction to keep this modern-day building true to its inspiration, including the four-sided fireplace, second-story buttressed barrel vaults and the twelve-sided teepee roof that joins a square clerestory.