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Zimmerman House

Dissatisfied with the “ultra-conservative” residential architecture of New England, the Zimmermans looked to Wright for their dream of “a house that would be an integrated expression of our personal way of life rather than a coldly efficient building.” Wright answered their wish with “a classic Usonian” for which he designed the house, the gardens, and all the interior details down to the dinnerware.

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Feb 4, 2017

Weltzheimer-Johnson House

Also known simply as the Frank Lloyd Wright House, the Weltzheimer-Johnson House is the first of nine Usonian homes to be built in Ohio, and the only non-Californian Usonian to use redwood.

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Feb 4, 2017

Rosenbaum House

The Rosenbaum House was the first of dozens of Usonian houses that Wright would base on the Jacobs House prototype of 1936.

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Feb 4, 2017

Pope-Leighey House

As the only public Frank Lloyd Wright work in the National Capital Region and owned by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Usonian-style Pope-Leighey House is nestled within a small wooded grove on the same site as the Trust’s historic Woodlawn mansion in Alexandria, VA.

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Feb 4, 2017

Penfield House

Wright modified the typical proportions of this three-bedroom Usonian homes for Louis Penfield’s house to accommodate the artist and schoolteacher’s six-foot, eight-inch frame.

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Feb 4, 2017

Muirhead Farmhouse

Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Muirhead Farmhouse for Robert and Elizabeth Muirhead in 1950.

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Feb 4, 2017

Laurent House

When Phyllis Laurent read an article about Loren Pope’s love for his Frank Lloyd Wright house in House Beautiful magazine, she knew she had found her architect.

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Feb 4, 2017

Kraus House

Russell Kraus, after reading a newspaper article on Wright’s affordable homes, commissioned Wright to build what would be one of his last Usonian houses.

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Feb 4, 2017

Kinney House

The house was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1951 for Patrick Kinney (a Lancaster, Wisconsin attorney), his wife Margaret, and their three children.

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Feb 4, 2017
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