Kragsyde

Kragsyde is the name of a mansion built on Smith's Point at Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts, United States, in 1883 and demolished in 1929. The house was commissioned by Bostonian George Nixon Black, Jr. to the famous architectural firm of Peabody & Stearns .

Kragsyde is generally regarded as the zenith of "Shingle Style," a subtype of American Queen Anne architecture. Architectural historian Vincent Scully has called the house a masterpiece and stated that the two architects "never again...created house of such quality." Rambling, haunting and evocative, the beautiful house set high on a dramatic headland was famous in its day and was published several times both in Europe and America. Nixon and his family occupied the house every summer from May until October to the end of their lives.