Infobox House name J.A. Sweeton Residence former names image imagesize map type New Jersey latitude 39.928128 longitude 74.992971 built 1950 location 375 Kings Hwy N Cherry Hill, New Jersey Cherry Hill , New Jersey 08034 architect Frank Lloyd Wright architectural style Usonian construction type size convert 1500 sqft m2 abbr on governing body date demolished The J.A. Sweeton Residence was built in 1950 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey Cherry Hill , New Jersey . At convert 1500 sqft m2 , it is the smallest of the four Frank Lloyd Wright houses in New Jersey. This Usonian scheme house was constructed of concrete blocks and redwood plywood. The Sweeton House is sheltered by a dramatically pitched roof that comes within four feet of the ground. An impressive cantilever ed carport extending about convert 20 ft m from the house provides a dramatic visual element to the entrance. Wright loved the automobile but thought garages were a relic of the livery stable mind, according to his revised autobiography. The compact horizontal plan reflects a standard Usonian scheme. Three bedrooms and one bathroom are arranged on a linear axis like cabins of an ocean liner. With its prominent living room defined by six glass doors, Miter joint mitered glass corners and cathedral ceiling, the home seems larger than its convert 1500 sqft m2 . The Sweeton House remains a private residence and is not accessible by the public. The larger original site has been subdivided and is isolated from major roadways. References Storrer, William Allin. The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion . University Of Chicago Press, 2006, ISBN 0226776212 S.325 External links http www.exploringart.net index.php?n FrankLloydWright.JASweetonResidence Exploring Art Frank Lloyd Wright JA Sweeton Residence http www.ettc.net njarts details.cfm?ID 770 Frank Lloyd Wright Houses Bernardsville, Cherry Hill, Glen Ridge, Millstone http www.prairiemod.com prairiemod 2007 10 one couple swee.html PrairieMod One Couple Sweeton s Their Life Sty ... more details
Infobox nrhp name Alcoa Care free Home nrhp type image caption location 1589 Clover St., Brighton, Monroe County, New York Brighton, New York lat degrees 43 lat minutes 7 lat seconds 38.64 lat direction N long degrees 77 long minutes 32 long seconds 49.27 long direction W coord display inline,title locmapin New York built 1957 architect Goodman, Charles M. architecture Modern added June 18, 2010 area convert .9 acre governing body Private refnum 10000358 ref name nris cite web url http www.nps.gov history nr listings 20100625.htm title National Register of Historic Places date 2010 06 25 work WEEKLY LIST OF ACTIONS TAKEN ON PROPERTIES 6 14 10 THROUGH 6 18 10 publisher National Park Service ref Alcoa Care free Home is a historic home located at Brighton, Monroe County, New York Brighton in Monroe County, New York . It was designed by Charles M. Goodman 1906 1992 and is one of 24 Alcoa Alcoa house s listed in their sales brochure of 1957 that were built for a demonstration project and the only one located New York State. It is a one story, Ranch style house with convert 1900 sqft m2 of living space, a carport , and a full basement. It is convert 91 ft m long and convert 36 ft m wide. It is of post and beam construction with a shallow pitched, side gabled roof. It features end walls constructed completely of plate glass framed by aluminum and supported by wood columns that are clad in aluminum. ref name nrhpinv ny cite web url http www.oprhp.state.ny.us hpimaging hp view.asp?GroupView 103290 title National Register of Historic Places Registration Alcoa Care free Home date January 2010 accessdate 2009 10 01 author Robert T. Englert publisher New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation See also cite web url http www.oprhp.state.ny.us hpimaging hp view.asp?GroupView 103287 title Accompanying nine photos ref It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. ref name nris References reflist National Register of Historic Places in Ne ... more details
Infobox nrhp name William Post Mansion nrhp type image caption location 8 Island Ave., Buckhannon, West Virginia lat degrees 38 lat minutes 59 lat seconds 45 lat direction N long degrees 80 long minutes 13 long seconds 36 long direction W coord display inline,title locmapin West Virginia built 1891 architect Hughs, Draper architecture Classical Revival, Gothic Revival added July 13, 1993 area convert 5.3 acre governing body Private refnum 93000619 ref name nris NRISref version 2009a ref William Post Mansion , also known as the Post Mansion Inn, is a historic home located at Buckhannon, West Virginia Buckhannon , Upshur County, West Virginia . It was originally built in the 1860s and extensively renovated in 1891 in the Neoclassical architecture Neo Classical Revival style. It is a 2 1 2 story, brick dwelling with a three story stone tower. The front facade features a portico with Doric order columns. A gym gymnasium was built over the porte cochere and a carport was added in the 1930s. Also on the property are a number of outbuildings related to a dairy, including a corn crib granary, hay barn, one large equipment shed and two additional storage sheds The property also has a guest house and a rustic gazebo . ref name dhr cite web url http www.wvculture.org shpo nr pdf upshur 93000619.pdf title National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form William Post Mansion date April 1993 accessdate 2011 07 09 author Donovan S. Hanifan and Noel W. Tenney publisher State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation ref It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. ref name nris References reflist DEFAULTSORT Post, William, Mansion National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia Category Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia Category Gothic Revival architecture in West Virginia Category Classical Revival architecture in West Virginia Category Houses completed in 1891 ... more details
orphan date January 2010 Refimprove date April 2007 Airport Villa was a housing project that was once part of New Castle Air Force Base now New Castle County Airport , in New Castle County, Delaware . It was built to house military personnel during the Korean War 1950 1953 . In 1956, New Castle County purchased it from the U.S. Air Force and reopened it for civilian housing. Rentals of the houses were managed by the Harris Hanby Real Estate Agency, New Castle, Delaware . History There were two parts to Airport Villa, one on either side of Airport Road. The two villas contained 100 houses. Total population during the mid 1960s was about 500 people on the entire convert 40 acre m2 sing on project there were several yellow barracks close to the houses. Airport Villa was demolished about 1982. The area that was formerly Airport Villa, however, can be located 290 Airport Rd. is on the western boundary, and Reads Way is on the eastern. Paved asphalt roads are still visible, though the houses are gone. The New Castle County Government office park is now in the area, on Reads Way. Housing at Airport Villa The houses at Airport Villa were constructed of cinder block s and had roofs of tar and gravel. Each home had a carport, patio, substantial sized yard and high windows on the front. The houses were in the style of a duplex building duplex , connected at the back, with the fronts of each facing onto different streets. Inside, the homes were very spacious, each containing two or three bedrooms. The kitchens had a bar counter that was connected to the dining area. The floors were tiled over concrete slabs. Airport Villa s street names were alphabetical, e.g. A, B, C. The East Villa had 24 houses and four streets, A, B, C & D, running east and west, with long connection roads running north and south. The West Villa was much larger, with 76 houses and had street names E, F, G & H. Students at Airport Villa attended Manor Park Elementary School, George Read Jr. High, and William ... more details
Use mdy dates date April 2011 Infobox nrhp name Baird House nrhp type image caption location 38 Shays Street, Amherst, Massachusetts ref cite web url http oasis.lib.harvard.edu oasis deliver hou00179 title Chapman, John Jay, 1862 1933. John Jay Chapman letters to Theodore Baird and other papers Guide publisher Oasis.lib.harvard.edu date accessdate April 18, 2011 ref area locmapin Massachusetts lat degrees 42 lat minutes 21 lat seconds 1.29 lat direction N long degrees 72 long minutes 31 long seconds 5.58 long direction W built 1940 architect Frank Lloyd Wright architecture Usonia n added January 3, 1985 governing body Private refnum 85000026 ref name nris NRISref 2007a ref The Theodore Baird Residence , also known as Baird House , is a suburban house designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright , and located in Amherst, Massachusetts , USA . ref cite web url http architecture.about.com library bl wright list.htm title Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings Complete Listing Buildings by Frank Lloyd Wright publisher Architecture.about.com date accessdate April 18, 2011 ref It is the only Wright design in Massachusetts. ref cite web url http architecture.about.com library bl wright list.htm Massachusetts title Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings Complete Listing Buildings by Frank Lloyd Wright publisher Architecture.about.com date accessdate April 18, 2011 ref The house is owned by James Phaneuf and Jean Ida Hoffman. The Usonia n house was planned and built in 1940 ref cite web url http www.planetclaire.org fllw works.html title Frank Lloyd Wright Timeline of Wright s Life publisher planetclaire.org date accessdate April 18, 2011 ref for Amherst College s noted English professor ref cite web url https www.amherst.edu taxonomy term 2911 title Theodore Baird & 124 Amherst College publisher Amherst.edu date January 17, 2006 accessdate April 18, 2011 ref Theodore Baird . It is a single family house with brick, cypress wood and glass fa ades and a flat roof highly cantilevered over a c ... more details
Paradise Palms is a Mid Century Modern housing tract in Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas , Nevada . In the 1960s Irwin Molasky s company Molasky Development hired the young architectural firm of Palmer & Krisel fresh from their success building hundreds of successful tract homes for Alexander Homes and other custom projects in Palm Springs, California Palm Springs , California . This unique subdivision was the first planned community in Clark County, Nevada Clark County . Fact date March 2007 We used curvilinear curvilinear street patterns instead of rectilinear. Paradise Palms won the American Builder magazine award for one of the best planned communities in the U.S. The architects were two young men by the names of Palmer and Krisel. The interior designs were by world renowned C. Tony Pereira . Irwin A. Molasky Construction The tract is sprinkled with several Mid Century Modern home styles. The homes are standard post and beam construction on slab. Most sit on a convert 40 ft m sing on by convert 40 ft m sing on imprint. There were numerous models available, but to make the homes look custom, the footprints were rotated on their lots and flipped with a minimum of 3 different roof lines were available folded plate roof lines, butterfly roofs, ranch, and dramatic overhangs. The homes also featured unique decorative block work and Stone screen s and were generally finished in sanded stucco. Street side, facades stretched almost the full extent of the convert 100 ft m sing on wide lots. Concrete block or extended stucco walls connecting house and carport were intended to add length to the front of the house for a more imposing appearance. Idiosyncratic decorative elements made use of wood, decorative concrete block, patterned brick, two tone paint, rock, ironwork, spun fiberglass panels, and other materials. Robert Imber, Eichler Network Stardust Country Club Many of the homes in this tract back up to the Las Vegas National Golf Club . The Las Vegas National Golf Club enjo ... more details
Infobox NRHP name Maynard and Katharine Buehler House nrhp type image Maynard and Katharine Buehler House Orinda, CA .JPG caption Buehler House, by Frank Lloyd Wright in Orinda, California . location 6 Great Oak Circle, Orinda, California lat degrees 37 lat minutes 51 lat seconds 48 lat direction N long degrees 122 long minutes 10 long seconds 8.5 long direction W locmapin California area convert 4000 sqft abbr on built 1949 architect Frank Lloyd Wright architecture Modernist architecture Modern Movement Usonia n added December 12, 2006 governing body Private refnum 06001118 ref name nris NRISref 2008a ref The Maynard Buehler House in Orinda, California Orinda , California is a convert 4000 sqft Usonian home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1948 for Katherine Z. and Maynard P. Buehler. Description Architecture Much of the Maynard Buehler House is steel frame with redwood panel cladding other portions are concrete block . Like many Usonian homes, the house has a distinct flat roof line, carport s, underfloor heating , and is organized on a modular grid system on an L shaped plan. The long leg of the L houses a wing with three bedrooms,and a small workshop. At the hinge, a small kitchen with wood cabinets and a dark countertop, served the family. The more public spaces, a living room, den, and dining room, are arranged at an oblique angle to the main wing. The hexagonal living room opens onto a dramatic space, with a shed roof soaring over it. The sloped ceiling has a large rectangular gold leaf inset that reflects the natural light. The hallway leading to the bedrooms is of redwood batten, as are the walls in the bathroom. The kitchen, with its wood cabinets and dark counter top, is conveniently nestled near the center of the house. The smaller wing was designed to accommodate Mr. Buehler s need for a home office and machine shop for his firearm accessories business. Furnishings Wright designed a number of pieces of furniture for the house. They include a dining roo ... more details
Infobox NRHP name Carlton D. Wall House Snowflake nrhp type image caption location Plymouth, Michigan Plymouth , Michigan lat degrees 42 lat minutes 22 lat seconds 16 lat direction N long degrees 83 long minutes 30 long seconds 42 long direction W locmapin Michigan area 3,700 sq. ft. built 1941 architect Frank Lloyd Wright architecture Usonian added June 28, 1994 governing body Private refnum 94000620 ref name nris cite web url http www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com MI Wayne state6.html title National Register of Historical Places MICHIGAN MI , Wayne County date January 23, 2009 work National Register of Historical Places MICHIGAN MI , Wayne County publisher National Park Service ref The Carlton D. Wall House is a Frank Lloyd Wright designed home in Plymouth, Michigan Plymouth , Michigan . It is one of Wright s more elaborate Usonian homes. In 1941, recently married Mr. and Mrs. Carlton David Wall, who were Wright s youngest clients, approached Wright to design a house for them after Carlton Wall studied Wright s architecture in college. Its form is a series of hexagons radiating from a central chimney or service core without any true right angles, with many different wings off it for a nursery, terrace, guest room and carport. The cypress and brick house came to be known as Snowflake because of the hexagonal patterns created by the diamond grid design. This was the first use of Wright s modular diamond structure in Michigan, a technique he used elsewhere when incorporating a house into a hillside. A massive brick retaining wall supports a dramatic terrace. Floor to ceiling windows, doors without mullion s, and corner windows are used throughout the house. This brings the outside in , which is the case in all Wright houses. From 1943 44, Milton Horn collaborated with Wright on a wood relief mural for the house. In 1947, a convert 1000 sqft m2 adj on bedroom wing was added to accommodate the Walls growing family. It is located to the west of the original house ... more details
Infobox NRHP name Seamour and Gerte Shavin House nrhp type image caption location Chattanooga , Tennessee lat degrees 35 lat minutes 3 lat seconds 7.203 lat direction N long degrees 85 long minutes 15 long seconds 0.8994 long direction W locmapin Tennessee area 2000 sq. ft. built 1952 architect Frank Lloyd Wright architecture Usonian added March 23, 1993 governing body Private refnum 93000149 ref name nris Cite web url http www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com tn Hamilton state2.html title National Register of Historical Places TENNESSEE TN , Hamilton County date January 28, 2009 work National Register of Historical Places TENNESSEE TN , Hamilton County publisher National Park Service ref The Seamour and Gerte Shavin House is a Frank Lloyd Wright designed Usonian home in Chattanooga , Tennessee . History The house was commissioned by newlyweds Seamour and Gerte Shavin in 1949 and the home at 334 North Crest Road on Missionary Ridge in Chattanooga was completed in 1952. Seamour was a building materials salesman. It is the only building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in Tennessee. Both the exterior and interior of the house use primarily Crab Orchard, Tennessee Stone quarries and mines crab orchard stone and treated Louisiana cypress wood. The stonework is reminiscent of Fallingwater . The house is sited on top of a hill to take advantage of the view of the Tennessee River and Lookout Mountain . The home features a kitchen, den and bathroom at the top of the hill, and sleeping areas down some stairs on the lower, or eastern, side of the hill. The den living room is the focal point of the home, featuring a large stone fireplace. Miter joint Mitered glass in one corner and wood framed corner glass doors that open outward allow the eyes to wander both outside the home and around the interior. There are many classic Wright details, such as a stunning example of a 12 x16 x16 cantilevered roof over the carport that is similar to the Goetsch Winkler House . There are dou ... more details
Orphan date September 2011 Image Room 40 at the El Rey Inn, Santa Fe NM.jpg thumb right 250px center Room 40 at the El Rey Inn center El Rey Inn is located at 1862 Cerrillos Road in Santa Fe, New Mexico . This inn spans 5 acres and is located near what used to be U.S. Route 66 Route 66 . The property includes traditional Adobe brick adobe style buildings surrounded by gardens. ref name history cite web title A Brief History url http www.elreyinnsantafe.com history.html publisher El Rey Inn accessdate 12 February 2012 ref History When El Rey Inn was opened in 1936, it was named El Rey Court and had 12 rooms. ref name history The hotel was built in traditional Northern New Mexico adobe style. The hotel s developer was also responsible for constructing another hotel named El Vado which is located an hour south in Albuquerque, New Mexico . Although these two hotels were built by the same developer, they have never shared the same owner. ref name history In 1936, both of these properties were located on the original Route 66 highway. In 1937 the New Mexico State Legislature approved an Northern extension of Route 66 cite SantaFe.org website . This new stretch of Route 66 roughly followed the current route of Interstate 40 spanning from Santa Rosa, New Mexico Santa Rosa to Albuquerque, New Mexico. During the 1950s, El Rey began a planned expansion in which the owner added rooms and enclosed the carport s to become rooms for guests. ref name history A swimming pool was constructed in the 1950s which helped El Rey compete with newer hotels that were being constructed in Santa Fe. In 1973, Terrell White purchased El Rey Inn and is currently the owner. He faced the tourism and travel challenges posed by the 1974 oil crisis and he also began the expensive and time consuming project of replacing all of the hotel s old gas and sewer pipes. New rooms were added to the hotel in 1977, 1980 and 1983 ref name history In 1993, White constructed the two story, 10 room Spanish Colonial ... more details
Infobox nrhp name Rosenbaum House nrhp type image Wfm rosenbaum house interior.jpg caption The living room location 601 Riverview Dr., Florence, Alabama lat degrees 34 lat minutes 47 lat seconds 34 lat direction N long degrees 87 long minutes 40 long seconds 49 long direction W locmapin Alabama area built 1940 architect Wright,Frank Lloyd architecture added December 19, 1978 governing body refnum 78000492 ref name nris NRISref 2008a ref File Rosenbaum House Rear Pano.jpg thumb right 400px Street side view of the Rosenbaum House. Two cantilevered roofs can be seen. File Rosenbaum House Front Pano.jpg thumb right 400px Yard side view of the Rosenbaum House. The Rosenbaum House is a single family house , designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright and built for Stanley and Mildred Rosenbaum in Florence, Alabama . A noted example of his Usonia Usonian house concept, it is the only Wright building in Alabama, and is one of only 26 pre World War II Usonian houses http www.flo tour.org flwhouse.html . Wright scholar John Sergeant called it the purest example of the Usonian. History In 1938 newlyweds Stanley Rosenbaum a professor at the University of North Alabama and his wife Mildred were given a building lot and funds to build a house in Florence, Alabama. Both had read Frank Lloyd Wright s autobiography and a cover story on Wright in Time magazine Time magazine . The Rosenbaum House was the first of dozens of Wright s Usonian houses based on the 1936 Usonian prototype Herbert and Katherine Jacobs First House Jacobs House in Madison, Wisconsin . The house was built on a convert 2 acre m2 adj on plot at 117 Riverview Drive now 601 Riverview, after renumbering , on the north bank of the Tennessee River . Built in an L shape, the house is made from natural materials, largely Cupressaceae cypress wood, brick, and glass, and features multilevel low rising steel cantilever ed roofs covering both the living spaces and an adjoining carport . Most of the rooms have their own door to ... more details
Notability null date March 2009 no footnotes date September 2011 Chris Grainger is a Nashville, Tennessee Nashville based record producer, engineer, mixer and songwriter. Grainger currently calls Undertow and The Carport studios in Nashville, Tennessee Nashville, TN home. He moved into production and engineering while active in the late 1990s as a guitar player and songwriter in the prog rock group SCHFViLKUS. Chris Grainger has worked with multiple artists, including Wilco , Kyle Andrews, Dropping Daylight , Luna Halo , Ludo, Switchfoot , and Sixpence None The Richer . Discography Shane Hines and the Trance The Glory Journal IND P E M 2008 Johnnyrook Nameless Ghost IND P E M 2008 Solution This Is A Test IND P E M 2007 Buckra Camouflage Playboys International IND P E M 2007 Holiday EP IND P E M 2007 Hotspur Beta IND P E M 2007 The Twilight Collective A Masterpiece of Modern Tragedy IND 2006 Ludo band Ludo Demo IND P E M 2006 Jon Wright Happily Ever After IND E M 2006 Kyle Andrews Amos In Ohio Badman P E 2006 Luna Halo Demo IND P E M 2005 Jeff Coffin Bloom Compass E 2005 Dropping Daylight Back To Nowhere IND P E M 2004 Otis Gibbs One Day Our Whispers Benchmark M 2004 MercyMe MercyMe Live INO E 2004 Switchfoot Early Years 97 00 Sparrow E 2004 The Dirty Dozen Brass Band We Got Robbed Rykodisc Japan P E M 2003 Various Hallelujahs Rocketown E 2003 Nicole C. Mullen Live From Cincinnati Bringing It Home Word E 2003 SCHFViLKUS Generalization Paras Rykodisc P E M 2002 Crossfusion Games With Mirrors Crossfusion Music P E 2002 Venus Envy Ribbed For Her Pleasure Foundsound P E M 2001 Guy Smiley Blues Exchange Live Kind Nashville E M 2001 Los Straitjackets Sing Along With Los Straitjackets Yeprock E 2001 Various Lynne Me Your Ears Tribute To The Music of Jeff Lynne IND E 2001 Alathea Rains IND E 2000 DC Talk band DC Talk Supernatural Virgin AE 2000 Christ Community College Group Indelible Grace IND E 2000 Scott Miller musician Scott Miller And Thus Always To Tyrants... Sugar Hil ... more details
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