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Set Designers’ Vision Infuses Former Meeting House-Turned Private Residence

Set Designers’ Vision Infuses Former Meeting House-Turned Private Residence

Released Monday, 21st January 2019
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Set Designers’ Vision Infuses Former Meeting House-Turned Private Residence

Set Designers’ Vision Infuses Former Meeting House-Turned Private Residence

Set Designers’ Vision Infuses Former Meeting House-Turned Private Residence

Set Designers’ Vision Infuses Former Meeting House-Turned Private Residence

Monday, 21st January 2019
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Just off route 6A in Yarmouth Port sits a former Universalist Meeting House called Strawberry Hill, built in 1836. It was converted into a private residence, and is now on the market. What makes the property so unique is the legacy of its most recent owners, world-renowned set designers Herbert Senn and Helen Pond. “They’re very, very well-known throughout the theatrical world, both on Broadway in New York, and Boston, Houston, Texas, and as far as Moscow in Russia,” said Lee Marchildon, the real estate agent handling the sale. He’s lived in Yarmouth Port for 48 years, and knew Herb and Helen well. They spent 40 years designing sets for the Cape Playhouse in Dennis. “And it was not uncommon for them, when the curtain would open they’d get a standing ovation and tremendous applause just from the set,” said Marchildon. The couple bought Strawberry Hill in 1973, and used their considerable talents as set designers to transform the building’s interior. Their living space was the section of

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