Built around an early beach cottage originally constructed in 1921, the Nohl family residence was converted into a year-round house in the 1940s with the construction of a two-story addition. In the 1960s, following the death of her father, artist Mary Nohl began transforming the house and the lot surrounding it into a total art environment. Over sixty sculptures of concrete, glass and stone populate the yard, including a grinning twelve-foot dinosaur. Colorful panels of creatures and figures in profile adorn virtually every surface of the home’s exterior, while the interior contains thousands of works from a lifetime of tireless experimentation with virtually every media. Mary Nohl was one of only a very few women ever to undertake such a total artistic transformation of her personal world. The property was designated for its architectural and historic significance.