been meaning to check out this out since the move to dc ... only 10 miles south of us near mount vernon, va.
One of the earliest examples of a Usonian House, Wright designed and built this home in 1940 for a $50 a week copy editor named Loren Pope at a cost of $7,000. in 1946 Loren Pope sold the home to Robert & Marjorie Leighey for $17,500. 1964 the Leighey's donated the home to the National Trust for Historic Preservation and it was dismantled and moved to Mount Vernon, VA. Nearly 2 decades after the relocation the house developed structural problems as a result of unstable soil and in 1990 it was dismantled again and moved 30 feet away to firmer footing ... at a cost of $750,000.
very simple L shape design and incredibly durable materials ... nearly 100% cyprus interior and exterior that never has had a need to be treated for weather or termites as it has a natural terpentine in the wood. great design and illusion on the interior make 1,200 square feet feel much larger.
very cool to compare Fallingwater and now this home for the opposite extremes of Wright's residential work.
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32 weeks of kickin' happening these days ... wow! Little butthead is baby name now since we moved head down to do the last 10 weeks of growing. Mom is more beautiful than ever and her back is aching more and more lately ... but she is hanging in there with a smile regardless. Cheerios, Chicken Tacos and Chocolate milk are keeping Mommy and Baby happy. Cannot believe we are inside 2 months from our little one's arrival!
Ashley, Josh and Katie hosted a baby shower for Cherryl and I at their Brooklyn home last weekend ... what a GREAT time. A taste and smell competition of 12 mystery baby foods, a hilarious pin the baby on cherryl's belly contest and many incredibly generous gifts from our wonderful family. and wrap it all up with a fantastic spaghetti dinner ... awesome time. Thanks Ashley & Josh!
28 weeks of baby growin in that belly! mom feeling great these days despite lower back aches and the stretching round ligament that is letting up. 2 more doc appts at 3 weeks in btwn and then every week down the home stretch. tons of kickin and general moving about ... think we saw our little one flip to head down last week as kicks are now up high. this month putting together bedroom where our little wild one will be. days are flying!
2 year anniversary weekend in middleburg, va. stayed at the red fox inn housed in the same incredible structure since 1730's ... it was originally called chinn's ordinary, at which george washington would stop in his surveying days moving about the shenendoah valley in his 20's. beautiful weekend all around with my beautiful wife.
