Owners of house vow to preserve it

TRURO, Mass. (AP) - The owners of a home on Cape Cod that once belonged to American artist Edward Hopper say they plan to preserve the house and most of a surrounding plot of land.

Anton Schiffenhaus told the Cape Cod Times that he and his family are proposing a conservation restriction, with the exception of one small corner of the 7.6-acre spread in Truro.

A conservation restriction limits the use of land to protect natural, scenic or open spaces.

Hopper built an 800-square foot summer home on Cape Cod Bay in 1934 and depicted the rolling landscape he could see from his studio window in many paintings.

Another family has been cleared to build a 6,500-square-foot home on an adjacent nine-acre piece of property once owned by Hopper, who died in 1967.