This is as good a place as any to post this question.
Just wondering and thinking that I remembered something about train travel having an influence on Wright. Didn't he say something about the "miniaturization of the future" because of this influence ... I can't remember.
Anyway I was inside an older passenger car recently and thought this experience could well have influenced the Usonians, anything documented on this?
...having difficulty posting the link.
Google: "building Lincoln's funeral car"
New Book on The Pope-Leighey House
Yes. Mr. Wright was particularly impressed by the efficiency of the kitchens on passenger trains .... everything snug and handy without the cooks having to make unnecessary to-and-fro movements. He attempted to duplicate those efficiencies in the Usonian "Workspace".Tom wrote:This is as good a place as any to post this question.
Just wondering and thinking that I remembered something about train travel having an influence on Wright. Didn't he say something about the "miniaturization of the future" because of this influence ... I can't remember.
Anyway I was inside an older passenger car recently and thought this experience could well have influenced the Usonians, anything documented on this?
I believe he was also influenced by the efficiency experimental work of the Frank and Lillian (Cheaper By The Dozen) Gilbreth family at the turn of the century.
See: http://en.wikipedia.com/wiki/Lillian_Moller_Gilbreth
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I am intrigued with the landscape plan for the house. Is the a resource for a larger picture of the plan? Are there any plans to recreate the landscaping?
I remember when the house was at the original location on Woodlawn Plantation, mention was made of the semi circular garden at the rear of the house, but hadn't heard anything about it after the last move.
I remember when the house was at the original location on Woodlawn Plantation, mention was made of the semi circular garden at the rear of the house, but hadn't heard anything about it after the last move.
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Thanks for the larger view of the garden. From the original post, there appeared to be another garden area just below the last image posted. Is there more to the image?
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The plan posted above was the first proposal, which was not built for cost reasons. The plan as built was smaller, and the circular garden was deleted. It's obvious that FLW was disappointed that the house was not built as originally planned; "The Natural House" includes the photos of the house as built, but the plan and perspective are of the larger version (pp 143-6). Storrer shows the plan as built (S 268).
When I saw P/L on a Conservancy trip, the ladies who show people through the plantation mansion (which tour we did not take) seemed puzzled that we would want to visit Pope/Leighey.
When I saw P/L on a Conservancy trip, the ladies who show people through the plantation mansion (which tour we did not take) seemed puzzled that we would want to visit Pope/Leighey.
Pope Leighey
I thought the approach was corrected when the house was moved the second time.
You really aught to go through Woodlawn Plantation. It is a lovely building with terrific views. You can almost feel back in the 1700's. I applaud them for the decision to allow Mr. Wright's house to be a part of their campus. The house as a plantation has an interesting history. It was built for the niece or grand daughter of George Washington (Mount Vernon is not far away) and had a fairly liberal policy of housing freed "slaves" after the War Between the States.
(Or so I remember reading).
I recall a group of docents from the Pope-Leighey house visiting the Weltzheimer/Johnson house and remarking that all of our screw heads were not horizontally oriented. We haven't had the experience of being de-assembled and re-aasembled two times!
You really aught to go through Woodlawn Plantation. It is a lovely building with terrific views. You can almost feel back in the 1700's. I applaud them for the decision to allow Mr. Wright's house to be a part of their campus. The house as a plantation has an interesting history. It was built for the niece or grand daughter of George Washington (Mount Vernon is not far away) and had a fairly liberal policy of housing freed "slaves" after the War Between the States.
(Or so I remember reading).
I recall a group of docents from the Pope-Leighey house visiting the Weltzheimer/Johnson house and remarking that all of our screw heads were not horizontally oriented. We haven't had the experience of being de-assembled and re-aasembled two times!