Starkey House

{{Short description|Modernist-style house in Minnesota, U.S.}}

{{notability|Geo|date=March 2019}}

{{Infobox building

| coordinates = {{coord|46.81078|-92.06252|display=title,inline}}

| start_date = 1954

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-marker = building

| mapframe-zoom = 12

| mapframe-caption = Interactive map showing the Starkey House location

| map_type = Minnesota

| architect = Marcel Breuer

| client = June Halverson Alworth

| address = 2620 Greysolon Rd, Duluth, Minnesota 55812

| floor_area = {{cvt|4,200|sqft}}

| image = Starkey House.jpg

| caption =

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The Starkey House, also known as the Alworth House, is a residential house in Duluth, Minnesota, United States overlooking Lake Superior. The house was designed by modernist architect Marcel Breuer in 1954 and 1955 for June Halverson Starkey (née Alworth).{{Cite web|url=https://walkerart.org/minnesotabydesign/objects/starkey-residence|title=Minnesota by Design – Starkey House|website=walkerart.org|access-date=2019-03-19}} The building's design references Breuer's hallmark bi-nuclear plan, in which sleeping and living spaces are linked through the home's entrance.{{Cite web|url=http://apps.acsa-arch.org/resources/proceedings/uploads/streamfile.aspx?path=ACSA.AM.98&name=ACSA.AM.98.16.pdf|title=Marcel Breuer's Starkey House: The Parts Over the Whole|last=Poros|first=John|website=Mississippi State University}} The house was commissioned by June Halvorson Alworth, a widow who later married Robert Starkey.{{Cite web |title=Marcel Breuer Digital Archive {{!}} Starkey House |url=https://breuer.syr.edu/project.php?id=390 |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=Syracuse University}}