Hardest to see?

[Reidy]

The Alpaugh thread raises a question I've never seen anyone take up explicitly: what is the hardest Wright building to see outside from public property?

Baird is in the woods, well back from the road and barricaded by thick shrubs. Bazett is up on a small bluff, far enough back from the edge to be invisible from the street. Ablin is on a heavily-planted lot, over the crest of a slope (though Wright's gate is down at street level). Lloyd Lewis is on a large wooded lot, but you could always float down the river.

[Jeff Myers]

Harold Price Jr. Residence in OK and Price Sr. in AZ.
Sander, Palmer, Samara, Hoffman, Dobkins

[Roderick Grant]

Betcha can't see Griggs from any public perch. Peter Beer's photo of Cooke amounted to a gravel drive disappearing into the brush, which the owner insisted be deleted from Peter's site. I think Lovness may be glimpsed a tad from the road?

[Roderick Grant]

Jeff, Price, Sr. is easily visible from the busy street it's on. Palmer and Hoffman show slightly, enough to tell what they are.

[Paul Ringstrom]

John Rayward (Tirranna) House cannot be seen at all from the street or the gated fence.

[Jeff Myers]

Thanks for correcting my error Roderick.

[Wrightgeek]

The Hoffman Residence is within a gated community, and I believe that the Pearce Residence may be as well.

Since the original Charoudi Cottage is on a private island, I would think it might qualify as difficult to see?

The Lindholm Residence is not visible from the public road in front of the property. Not sure if the Lovness Estate is visible from the lake it fronts onto?

The Greenberg Residence is not visible from any public areas that I know of, and the Harold Price, Jr. Residence is also not visible from public view.

I'm sure there are more, these are just the ones I'm most familiar with. I've also not mentioned any structures that are open to the public for visits or overnight stays.

[Wrightgeek]

From personal experience I can say that Price, Sr., Dobkins, Palmer, and Samara are all visible from public roads.

Hoffman is not visible from the street because it is on a gated/limited access island, but it is probably visible from the bay or sound that it fronts onto.

[Jeff Myers]

Thanks for that Wrightgeek, I was thinking of the forested areas around Dobkins, Palmer and Samara...

[Wrightgeek]

I think that both the Blair Residence in Wyoming, as well as the house in Pecos, NM are both not able to be viewed from the road. That is only conjecture on my part, as I have not tried to see either of these buildings in person. Maybe someone can confirm or refute these suggestions?

[Jeff Myers]

Teater..... is that visable? Obler is one I think

[KevinW]

About a month ago we went to try to view the Walton house in Modesto, but really cant see much at all from the street. Fawcett sits about a 1/4 mile of the road, and is not visible at all when either corn or winter wheat are above 4 feet tall.

[Roderick Grant]

Lovness is on Wood Lake, so-called. In Minnesota, to qualify as a lake, a body of water must cover a minimum of ten acres of at least three feet depth, which makes it sound like Wood Lake should be called Wood Pond. The entire body of water is encircled by the Loveness property, which in turn is almost entirely encircled by private farm land, so access to the 'lake' requires access to the property. But I believe a view up the drive gives one a glimpse of the west end of the main house, but not the cottage.

Teater and Stromquist?

[Reidy]

Oboler is quite easy to see from Mullholland. Had they gone ahead with Eaglefeather it might be invisible from the street but not from PCH below.

Pearce is in a gated community but visible at from the freeway below. Don't try this if you're driving.

[FTA]

The Andrew B and Maude Cooke house in Virginia Beach is not visible from the street. However, it is visible from the body of water if faces.

The Kraus House in St Louis is not visible from the street.