For sale: Drummond's Ralph Baker House - Wilmette, IL

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Roderick Grant
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Post by Roderick Grant »

Other than an overhaul of the colors, it needs nothing.
SDR
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Post by SDR »

We've said before, I guess, that Drummond was one of Wright's more apt students. In this case one thinks of the 1909 George Stewart "cottage" in
Montecito as a precursor, with its glassy and symmetrical double-height central space, central fireplace, glazed first-floor extensions and overlooking
balconies. But here these elements are arranged differently . . .

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clydethecat
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Post by clydethecat »

Roderick Grant wrote:Other than an overhaul of the colors, it needs nothing.
Very nice, shame they painted over so much wood trim.
Reidy
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Post by Reidy »

Stewart in turn takes after Isabel Roberts, which Drummond is likelier to have seen.
Roderick Grant
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Post by Roderick Grant »

... but where did the art glass pattern come from? And those wonderful light fixtures?
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