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Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 3:04 pm
by Guest
rgrant wrote:The Melvin Maxwell Smith House is one of FLW's best Usonians. Mrs. Smith recently died in her late 90s. She wrote a book about the experience of building and living in the house. There is another masterpiece in nearby Bloomington Hills, the Affleck House, which may be open for tours. It is quite spectactular.
Does anyone know what the book written by Mrs. Smith was called.
I would love to contact her son. He worked with my Dad many years
ago.
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 4:41 pm
by Guest
The book is called "Building A Dream: The Sara Smith Story" by Kathryn Watterson. Its a wonderful book about two fascinating people. Unfortuantly their son (their only child) died recently, as did Mrs. Smith. The house is open occasionally by nearby Cranbrook. A wonderful house.
Bio of Mrs. M. M. Smith
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 5:02 pm
by Bill C.
The Sara Smith biography is available from The Taliesin Book Store
for $20.00
Bill C.
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 9:30 pm
by hertz
The Haddock house was built under the supervision of Charles Montooth, reprising Wright's (unbuilt) Roy Petersen house (Racine, 1941), which came from Wright's (unbuilt) Edith Carlson house in Superior, Wisconsin.
Mark Hertzberg
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 9:32 pm
by Guest
Anyone have an address for the Haddock house in Ann Arbor? Its one of FLW's underated designs.
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 6:41 am
by hertz
The Haddock house was built under the supervision of Charles Montooth, using the desigtn of Wright's (unbuilt) Roy Petersen house (Racine, 1941), which came from Wright's (unbuilt) Edith Carlson house in Superior, Wisconsin.
Mark Hertzberg
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 8:24 am
by guestnow
As such, I would not count it as a "Wright house", but instead as an influenced project of interest.
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 9:36 am
by Guest
Yippee Skippee for you!
Roy Petersen house
Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 10:32 am
by geraghty
I live in Racine, WI. Roy Petersen was my great uncle. My brother is big on architecture and just yesterday happened upon Mark's book. We had no idea our uncle had these house plans. It appears to be around the time he and my aunt made the decision to move out west, therefore never building it. I'm picking up the book today for my parents. If anyone has any more information on this house, floor plan, pictures of the Haddock house, please let me know.
Thanks!
Colleen