The Vanna Venturi House in Chestnut Hill was designed by Robert Venturi of Venturi and Rauch for his mother, Vanna Venturi. The infobox gives design starting in 1959 and completion in 1964, while the text says it was built from 1962 to 1964 after a design that evolved over four years.
Both the infobox and the text call it Postmodern. It has a light wood frame, two floors above a basement, five rooms and 1,800 square feet (170 m²), and stands about 30 feet (9 m) tall. The monumental front facade has a pitched roof, a central chimney, a non-structural applied arch and hole-in-the-wall windows, and there is no garage.
The infobox cites a 2012 AIA Twenty-five Year Award, while the text cites 1989. Vanna lived there from 1964 to 1973, and the Hughes family owned it from 1973 to 2016. It is a private residence, sold in 2016 to a local buyer.
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