Wright Chat

Horizon, Vol. IV, No. 2, Nov. 1961, pp 42-47, "Pavilions on the Prairie," by John Canaday (can't find credit for photography) was the first time I heard of Goff. The article includes Price (before the extensive additions), Ford, Gutman, Wilson and Bavinger. An interior shot of Bavinger po...

The two aspects of this property that interest me most are the landscape plan and the (as far as I know) unpublished octagon. Dividing an octagonal house into rooms is difficult and usually less than satisfying. As a guest cottage, I imagine the interiors are quite simple, however. Not the best ima...

The landscape rehabilitation plans for the Charnley-Norwood Property are now out to bid and available to view at the link below.

http://www.dmr.ms.gov/index.php/dmr-inf ... ifbd-00014

Though I normally decry the double-naming of Wright properties, in this case Charnley-Norwood seem appropriate -- in order to distinguish it from the "other" Charnley house ! WLOX (and others ?) are hedging their historic bets by assigning the design to both Sullivan and Wright . . . SDR ...

MDAH did acquire a c.1900 collection of photographs from a Norwood family descendant. These images helped quite a bit during the restoration. MDAH is in the process of cataloging and digitizing the collection to make it available to the public. But I am not sure of the time line for that work to be ...

I'm glad on this Wright forum there is an interest in one of the more significant yet lease studied aspects of Sullivan life. The Charnley-Norwood House is possibly the synthesis of Sullivan's form ever following function. With miles and miles of empty shoreline post Katrina it always amazes me that...

Hello, I was the Mississippi Department of Archives and History preservation specialist for the post Katrina restorations of the Charnley-Norwood House and for the Guest Cottage. As far as I am aware the Sullivan lot is still owed by the same owner of the property at the time of Katrina. There is a ...