George Clark blueprints

KevinW · Post by **KevinW** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 12:29 pm

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SDR · Post by **SDR** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 1:59 pm

W A Storrer says that the Jorgine Boomer house of 1953 is "virtually identical to a design for George Clark for seaside Carmel in 1951, although rotated 180 degrees to turn its back to the sun."

SDR

BBuck · Post by **BBuck** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 7:06 pm

I just love the the fact that with a compact design such as Boomer, Wright gives a room for your Chauffeur!

Since I had to fire mine, that would be my home office.

-Bbuck

SDR · Post by **SDR** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 8:10 pm

It looks like Mr Clark didn't have a servant problem -- the foundation plan omits the triangle that would contain the chauffeur's quarters ?

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CEP · Post by **CEP** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 4:27 am

George Clark was a piece of work. he'd originally approached Wright about designing the Carmel beach house with a very specific $15,000 cost ceiling in mind (already a red flag), but also added that he wanted a $25,000 home for $15,000 initially and could he (FLW) design in some expansion ideas to the basic design (of which an office was one).

as regards the chauffeur's quarters - this wouldn't have been out of place for Jorgine Boomer. her husband Lucius Boomer was Chairman of the Board of the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York and he'd originally contacted Wright about buying the Paulson property and rebuilding the home after the fire. they wanted to expand on the original design but Wright refused (they wanted to add servants quarters and a garage - Wright gave them both but in stand alone structures.). after Lucius' untimely death, Jorgine moved forward with a new design for another nearby property.

when Clark originally received these plans, his only two changes were to request a move of the lanai to the opposite corner of the front lot and to expand the garage to two spaces.

one of the presentation drawings for Boomer was clearly altered from the Clark project - it shows shows a Cypress tree, a beach umbrella and shoreline tidepool as landscape features! Hardly desert fare.

I'd love to see this full set of plans but don't have that kind of free scratch at the moment...

m.perrino · Post by **m.perrino** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 9:06 am

I had the great opportunity to visit the Boomer house in the early '90s when Mrs. Boomer was gracious in opening her house to T-W docents. Small, compact, tight spaces, but the second level bedroom had tremendous views of the mountains. Loved that comment about 'servants' quarters.....

Palli Davis Holubar · Post by **Palli Davis Holubar** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 4:24 pm

I cannot clearly see the perf design on the Clark Cottage drawings in the COLL WKS 43-59 book but Clark and Boomer are on my Tal W Archives study list.

I am always interested in any changes to the perfs when there are different design iterations of a building.
Is anyone in a position to inspect these sheets before the auction?
If so, I'd like to learn about it. Meanwhile, I'll write Rago to ask for general info.