Article: Fay Jones' Thorncrown Chapel

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DavidC
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Article: Fay Jones' Thorncrown Chapel

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Visit My Beautiful Arkansas: Thorncrown Chapel


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Roderick Grant
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Post by Roderick Grant »

First and best. Thorncrown Chapel is like the Jacobs I Usonian, a type in its earliest iteration, lyric in its simplicity, and superior by degrees to later examples.
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Thorncrown Chapel - Eureka Springs, Arkansas - [1:12]


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Post by SDR »

I hadn't previously noticed the slope of the site---asymmetrical drama in contrast to the symmetrical volume of the structure.

The specially-fabricated strap which produces the "empty" intersection of those internal trusses (?) has quite long legs:


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Education Professor
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Post by Education Professor »

First and best indeed, Mr. Grant.

Link to a great Fay Jones resource:

https://ahouseoftheozarks.uark.edu/image-gallery.html
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Post by DavidC »

Thanks, EP, for the terrific Jones site!

Here are a couple more I have:

Fay Jones (1921–2004)

EUINE FAY JONES (1921-2004)


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Re: Article: Fay Jones' Thorncrown Chapel

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The Story of Thorncrown Chapel


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Re: Article: Fay Jones' Thorncrown Chapel

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Thorncrown drawing - (2:09)


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