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Mosher attribution may not be resolved.

Of course, I forgot! Boswell I in Cincinatti. The first "draft" of their house–too small for the brood of active children. The house is on the market now and it is a good time to see it since it is in a gated community. There are indeed 12 FLW Houses: the 1902 John E. Mosher residence wa...

Of course, I forgot! the Boswell I in Cincinatti. The first "draft" of their house–too small for the brood of active children. The house is on the market and it is a good time to see it since it is in a gated community. There are indeed 12 FLW Houses: the 1902 John E. Mosher residence wa...

To add to SRD's list of unbuilt designs from the TREASURES OF TALIESIN- At the W-J House we have identified from the Taliesin Monographs 6 unbuilt designs for the State of Ohio 1.) the E.L. Marting House, 1947 (in Treasures book) a solarhemiscycle, larger and "grander" than Jacobs II and w...

Paul, Thank you! We enjoy the conversations your House and work bring to the table here at this Usonian. Palli

After reading the Davenport Residence discussion clarifying the FLW and Tomlison partnership, I returned to the book quoted: FLW to 1910. SDR was guoting from Manson's book and I found it on page 137 of the book. Manson refers to a student pouring through the CONSTRUCTION NEWS to find subtle indicat...

Mosher House, 1902
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Sorry- got pulled away.

The second reason for my interest is that Usonian thread...this 1904 house lies on the land in that confidant way Usonians use...the comfortable sprawl of barnyards.

Another project on Hitchcock's Chronological list is the John A. Mosher House, and the drawing is in the Monographs. Many of the items from that list came from the Chicago Architectural Club's exhibition of 1902. Anyway, you know all this. I am intrigued for two reasons. ONE: (I wonder is if this wa...

So where did you find the "Wood and Plaster House, 1904" Taliesin Monographs? the Archives or is it someone else? Is some of the drawing quality lost in the internet reproduction? An extenuated cottage with unadorned retaining walls.

It is repose (FLW uses the word), the comfort of body spread over the bed, the assurance of no distance to fall...the joy of the reclining gesture, body at rest. Like the bodies in the (new age foam) mattress commercials, the lay of the mattress and body are one. When the structure grows organically...

Yes, this information would be so helpful as we puzzle out the idiosyncracies of the buuildings, the school and the influence of FLW as a teacher, mentor, taskmaster. I suspect the panels are also wonderfully designed. Are the artifacts of the celebration going to be available as a traveling exhibit...

Friends- I have a sad note...Jeanne Rubin died on Friday, September 21, night. Jeanne and her husband, Nathan, built the first Usonian House in the FLW Canton cluster. Jeanne reveled in the special quality her home brought to her life, her music and her scholarship. Her original research and writing...

Thanks. It was a great article and it is a great project. Kids, ages 12-17 years, are puzzling out the building sheets, measuring and reconciling the original Taliesin plans- with the revised plans- with the "as is" plans. It turns out to be a pretty active process. The lie on the floor lo...

My impression is that Margaret visited Taliesin and met FLW. I will make additional inquiries with Margret's friends. One of the Weltzheimer docents was a close friend for many years. Palli Davis Holubar