Usonian inspired house along Highway 1 north of Iowa City??

[peterm]

https://retroranchrevamp.com/2011/01/07 ... rousel-120

Or: http://retrorenovation.com/2013/11/22/m ... minnesota/

Then the question of window trim color comes into play. Monochrome or contrast? I would downplay the windows by painting them the same color, at least if the goal is to make the house appear as Wrightian as possible without modifying anything other than color.

[SDR]

Yes. A feature of some favorite buildings from previous eras was the contrasting sash color, adding sparkle to the whole. Trim color might be a darker version of the body color, perhaps, with sash picked out in a brighter or at least a contrasting color. One thinks of spoke wheels on a Model A Ford, as analogous.

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/426856870907867997/

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/6825836906123086/

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/73 ... e60c6a.jpg

In the houses we're looking at, sash color might better match the trim, minimizing the difference between operating and fixed glass. And doors would not call attention to themselves; typical MCM bright-colored front doors have no place in Wright's palette, where all solid doors would be as plain as possible and colored to match sash and/or trim color -- i.e., not painted but natural-wood-hued.

SDR

[peterm]

If the house were stucco, I would use the Taliesin/Sweeton color scheme, but because it's wood, I would simulate a wood color, or strip it to its natural color.

[Jjen]

Roland Wenger is the name of the architect. He designed the home in the late 50's and has lived in it ever since. I have spoke to him several times. Very nice man. Fllw fan. I think the house is for sale.

[Jjen]

Zillow has it as 3112 Highway 1 NE. Iowa city. Is. 52240

[peterm]

Jjen- Perhaps you meant Roland Wehner?

The house is for sale (certainly not the one that we've been looking at on the previous page?):

http://ateamlistens.com/3112hwy1.html

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FuFi5zQmNRQ

https://www.nps.gov/Nr/feature/places/13000691.htm

https://discover.research.uiowa.edu/his ... r-historic

Wehner worked with Henry Fisk:

http://www.press-citizen.com/story/opin ... /92843586/

He also designed and built 25 houses for Habitat for Humanity!

[Roderick Grant]

Little wonder no one could Google a view of the house; it's enclosed by a dense copse that probably wasn't there when it was first built.

Handsome house. Built with care and thought.

[DavidC]

Iowa City Time Capsule Inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright Hits the Market for $650K


David

[Oak Park Jogger]

None of these look right, or Wright to me.