Paper House of Mr. Stenman

At Pigeon Cove, Mass., there is a house made of newspapers. Mr. Elis F. Stenman, with the help of his family, began in 1922 to prepare the paper material to be used in constructing the walls of this unusual house. The newspapers were made into different layers, each having been pasted and folded. The walls when finished consist of two hundred and fifteen (215) thicknesses.

Today, paper furniture graces the paper house. For the furniture, the newspapers were made into rolls of different sizes.
Approximately 100,000 copies of newspapers have been used in the construction of the house and furniture. This work was started merely as an experiment to see what could be done with newspapers without destroying the print. The experiment has proved a success both in strength and stability. Read more ->