Stockman House

[Paul Ringstrom]

new website

www.stockmanhouse.org

[SDR]

Image from an older Pomegranate calendar, and a detail.

SDR

[Paul Ringstrom]

The furniture in the living room is a combination of Gustav Stickley and reproductions of furniture found in old photos of the house. The dining room furniture are locally built reproductions of Wright furniture from measured drawings of other Wright furniture from approximately the same time period.

[Paul Ringstrom]

The Stockman House has opened for the 2016 Tourist Season (May-October).

This year we are open seven days a week with regularly scheduled tours at:

10AM, 11AM on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday

10AM, 11AM, 1PM, 2PM, 3PM on Thurs thru Saturday

1PM, 2PM, 3PM on Sunday

Reminder: If you want to stay in the Historic Park Inn hotel make your reservations far in advance. They only have 27 rooms.

[Roderick Grant]

And to think I could have bought Stockman in 1984 for $15,000! Of course, it had to be moved to a new lot to make way for a church expansion. And it needed a massive amount of restoration. Nevertheless....

[Paul Ringstrom]

No trouble in River City
http://www.startribune.com/midwest-trav ... 381027971/

[jmcnally]

No trouble in River City
http://www.startribune.com/midwest-trav ... 381027971/

It's nice to see a city draw from so much history. I won't say they have redefined themselves, because the definition was always there. My daughter visited the Park Inn shortly after the renovation and was treated like a queen by the staff. Every time I mention a weekend trip from Chicago, Mason City is at the top of her suggestions.

[g.dorn]

ArtStore drawings

https://library.artstor.org/#/search/ar ... e=1;sort=1

[Tom]

Gem of a house really.
Interesting how this section is so thickly furred out from the structural 2x4 frame.
One would expect that from a section through a planter as on the first floor.
The section thru the second floor level is what I find curious.
I'm wondering if that is something of standard practice for the time or if Wright means something architectural by this?
Odds are it's not standard practice considering the architect.

Section at bottom length of sheet:
https://library.artstor.org/#/asset/284 ... 9460052857

[SDR]

I'm not quite clear. What "section" is furred out ?

S

[g.dorn]

yes, your right Tom, those exterior walls are like 10 + inch's thick - maybe he was just converting the 8" concrete earth walls in the 'fireproof house' to 8" timber framing . Its almost like modern double stud framing!

I have noticed on Mr Wrights Designs that he does tend to favour thick walls, piers and the like - adds to the monumental sense of the mass - solid like.

[SDR]

I see. That is odd. Note that the rim joist is called a "joist header."

"I have noticed on Mr Wrights Designs that he does tend to favour thick walls, piers and the like - adds to the monumental sense of the mass - solid like."

I agree, and that's something not often-enough remarked upon. There's not much that delicate or flimsy-looking in the work, unless we're talking about the stained glass "light screens," which one could equate to dragon-fly wings or Queen Anne's Lace . . .?

S

[Tom]

Did not notice the rim joist placement.
Is that typical practice for balloon framing?

[Tom]

No - not typical of balloon framing:
https://images.search.yahoo.com/yhs/sea ... tion=click

[SDR]

But it is typical of the further development of the balloon frame, dubbed Western or platform framing:



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