Wright Chat

The Pratt house is for sale for $499k. It is an off market sale so its not listed anywhere. This is one of four Wright homes in the Acres community in Galesburg Michigan. Serious potential buyers should contact Fred Taber at [email protected]

According to an article in the Cincinnati Enquirer (1/11/2019) the Boulter House will soon be up for sale. Asking price will be $695,000. The house can be viewed tomorrow from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. during a Great House Tour sponsored by The Architectural Foundation of Cincinnati. Cost for the tour...

If you go to the Facebook page for Parkwyn Village you can find the link to a recent TV coverage done by a Grand Rapids station covering Parkwyn Village, featuring an interview with the current owner of the Brown House.

The house in question, I believe, was built in the mid 1950's by Bill and Rosie Wechter. Like many of the original owners of Wright's homes in Parkwyn Village, Kalamazoo, and The Acres in Galesburg, Bill Wechter was a research scientist with The Upjohn Company. I have a faint memory of my father hel...

The Wikipedia article was created by my niece, Hannah Levin, with assistance from her father, Dr. James Levin. Regarding flying insects, they were primarily house flies. On the worst days we would kill in the dozens.

Thank you all who have posted on this subject. You have provided me with information about the house that is new to me. Regarding the question about the Winn family background: I gave incorrect information. From some Parkwyn Village archival information it seems that there were three children. Two w...

My apologies for misspelling Ben Dombar's name. Regarding the additions to the Kalamazoo house, there were two: the first was a utility/mudroom that was built sometime in the mid to late 50's. It was built off the hall that led from the living room/dining room/kitchen area to the hall that the bedro...

Of the three other Wright Home families my smallest amount of contact was with the Winns. I believe Mr. Winn was a businessman, and Mrs. Winn was an educator. I also remember that they had one daughter who was close to me in age. The daughter did not attend the same schools that I attended, so I did...

Hello All! I have been a long time reader, but this is my first time posting. My name is Richard Levin, and my parents were Robert and Rae Levin, the builders of the Levin House in Parkwyn Village, Kalamazoo, MI. The family moved into the home when I was just a few months old, and the family moved o...