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Given the recent discussion of the Mathews residence, I thought I'd initiate an informational thread about the home.
What are some published sources of info about the home? Were any apprentices involved during the construction phase? Also, do the original owners have any connection to the home? Finally, has anyone ever taken a tour of the home?
I wish we could still correspond with Mr. Geiger regarding these types of questions.
During planning of the 2003 Conference in San Francisco, Mathews was the only house we were unable to tour. Many efforts were made to contact the owner, who had lived there many years, but she did not respond. Several years later I found her work email address, and reached out to her to possibly see the house. She responded in a nice email that she does not show the home and prefers to enjoy her privacy.
At a Nor Cal Taliesin Fellows meeting, I found out the she was related to, if my memory is correct, a former apprentice, but for the life of me, I cannot remember her name.
I believe the home is still owned and occupied by the same person. Aaron Green I believe was involved with the house, but not sure if he was the supervising apprentice of it's original construction.
I found the owner's name, address, and age in about 2 minutes doing a public records search. For a small fee you can get phone number and email for her, but I am not about to publish this for an elderly woman who has requested privacy.
There is one interior shot in Storrer of the dining area, but it doesn't make clear the design of the divider between workspace and gallery, which seems to be a wood screen of some sort. That's the only interior I've seen.
Education Professor wrote:
Were the awning windows used in other Usonians?
EP
Our Lamberson windows are similar, but not operable. I was recently at the Kraus house, and those were operable. I believe they opened in the same manner.
The Richard Smith plan (S.377) is a flopped version of Mathews (S.331), with a fourth bedroom. The noticeable difference in the public spaces (on paper) is that the dining table in Smith is moved so that it confronts the fireplace.
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