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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