John M. Johansen in Litchfield, CT

Street view of John MacLane Johansen design mid century modern house in Litchfield Connecticut.

Garden view of John MacLane Johansen design mid century modern house in Litchfield Connecticut.

Garden view of John MacLane Johansen design mid century modern house in Litchfield Connecticut.

John MacLane Johansen was a modernist architect and member of the architect group known as The Harvard Five". The Harvard Five was a group of architects that settled in New Canaan, Connecticut in the 1940s: John M. Johansen, Marcel Breuer, Landis Gores, Philip Johnson and Eliot Noyes. Marcel Breuer was an instructor at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, while Gores, Johansen, Johnson and Noyes were students there. The Harvard Five were all influenced by Walter Gropius, a leader in the Bauhaus movement and the head of the architecture program at Harvard. John MacLane Johansen took an active role in the modern movement.

This brilliant icon of modern architecture was designed by John MacLane Johansen in 1953. This modern house is located in the town of Litchfield Connecticut. This modern house with its clean minimal modernist lines was never before on the market. It is being sold by the original owners as you can see by their fine taste in furnishings and art (we recognize Alexander Calder and Chagall). This John MacLane Johansen architectural designed mid-century gem has four bedrooms and 3 baths. Totally pure, this is an untouched example of mid century modern architecture. Wonderful, private setting just off the green on dead-end lane. Abuts protected land with views. Quiet! Priced at $995,000....mmmmhhh...maybe I could deal with the cold winter weather after all!

Interior of John MacLane Johansen house with Chagall poster.

Living room of John MacLane Johansen design mid century modern house (would love to see those books).

Love that art work on the left of the image (is that a Calder)?

Dining room with Alexander Calder Balloons in the background.

Minimalist setting compliments the architecture.

And another plus; the small town of New Canaan is nationally recognized for its many examples of modern architecture. Approximately 100 modern homes were built in town, including Johnson's Glass House and the Landis Gores House, and about 20 have been torn down. Four are now listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places: the Landis Gores House, the Richard and Geraldine Hodgson House, the Philip Johnson Glass House, and the Noyes House.