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Hello everyone!
I'm a new user and a new owner of a usonian style home as my first home. I'm joining here to learn, share and listen. Living in SW Wisconsin I've always been interested in FLLW and modern architecture. Ive bene looking to buy my first home for a while and i found this house. Reading other documentation blogs inspired me to start my own documentation blog. I picked usonianautomatic.com for the domain although my house is not a true "usonian automatic" as Frank Lloyd Wright defines it, it is made of block, mortar, and wood.
Lots of good information here and being a first time owner of a new home I'm sure I'll be asking my fare share of questions.
Anyway my name is Ian and i live in Wisconsin. I just purchased a Usonian home designed by a FLLW apprentice from Switzerland Ernst E. Anderegg in roughly 1958. The house is in basically original condition. About 15 years ago an addition was added to the house creating a bedroom and bathroom and also enclosing the 4 season porch into a living space. the addition was designed to tie into the original structure. I have all the original plans for the house and the addition.
At any rate I'll be posting some questions soon and asking for guidance. Below are some photos and more are available at my blog here: www.usonianautomatic.com
Congrats to you for your perserverance, and it certainly looks like the time and effort you put in was worthwhile. Seems like you have found a real diamond in the rough, but based on the photos not too rough at all. BTW, what town is your new treasure located in?
Glad you found us, welcome to the forum, and please keep us informed with your progress.
Wow - what a neat looking home - thanks for sharing. I am somewhat envious as when I was home shopping in my small town in central Wisconsin there was NOTHING of any architectural interest available.
Looking forward to seeing/reading more about your home.
Welcome to WrightChat and thanks for showing your home to us. Congratulations on your purchase - and I hope you enjoy all the home and landscape have to offer!
Congratulations on your house! It certainly has many of the signature Usonian details. Please keep us up to date on your restoration and renovations.
It looks like the house is quite spacious. Is it possible that some outdoor spaces were enclosed at a later date? Am I seeing french doors which open to adjoining rooms...
Studying the photos and Ian's comments, I am going to hazard that the original plan was an L, with bedrooms and open porch at the rear. The
wing to the right in the first photos, with square windows, added a bedroom/library and bath, while the four-season porch facing the pool and
built parallel to the original bedroom wing was enclosed with glass.
How did I do, Ian ? Those are unusual concrete blocks, aren't they -- made with a large chamfer on the top edge. The big paired beams and the
generous-sized continuous clerestory are also notable. . .
If you're curious to see what Anderegg went on to design, here is a link to a Google translation of Ruben Anderegg Architects, with links to photos of some of his later work:
SDR you nailed it! It's an L layout. I'll get some plans posted in a few hours. there was an origional terrace that is to the right in the photos that was converted into a bedoom/bath/libraby and the rear of the property had a porched area that has been converted into a living/office area. overall the house is about 2300sqft.
I also found the Anderegg website and also converted it. thanks for posting the link.
