The Press: House

On Pigeon Hill in Rockport, Mass., there stands a house. In the house—very much in the house—are 60,000 newspapers. In fact, they are the house (except for a wooden framework). The walls are made out of newsprint, 215 sheets in thickness, waterproofed by varnish. Begun seven years ago, this four-room house was completed last week by Ellis F. Stenman & wife & daughter.

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