Video: Sutton House (1905) - McCook, NE

DavidC · Post by **DavidC** » Thu Aug 13, 2015 7:56 am

Frank Lloyd Wright McCook House - [3:06]

David

Roderick Grant · Post by **Roderick Grant** » Thu Aug 13, 2015 12:32 pm

It's looking good, especially considering what it went through with the clinic.

A granddaughter of the Suttons was on "Antiques Roadshow" a few years back with a perspective and some letters between her grandmother and FLW. Her booty was valued at $125K. She literally jumped for joy. So I assume all that documentation has slipped into someone's private collection, not to be seen again until it has appreciated substantially.

Paul Ringstrom · Post by **Paul Ringstrom** » Fri Aug 14, 2015 7:38 pm

This house had an addition designed to the rear of the house and a garage. Then the entire interior of the house was restored to the original plan. All of this work was done for the current owners by John Thorpe.

There is also a book written on this house: http://www.mccookgazette.com/story/1463017.html

Robert Clark · Post by **Robert Clark** » Sat Aug 15, 2015 8:55 pm

I assume it's the entrance to the home in the monumental square wall.
Almost immediately I thought of the V.C. Morris gift shop.

SDR · Post by **SDR** » Sat Aug 15, 2015 9:56 pm

We've had previous discussions about this house:

http://savewright.org/wright_chat/viewtopic.php?t=3516

http://savewright.org/wright_chat/viewtopic.php?t=4241

http://savewright.org/wright_chat/viewtopic.php?t=5215

There is no sign online, today, of the book mentioned in the linked article, from which I quote:

"Classmates from the McCook High School Class of 1959 Donald Morgan, now of St Petersburg, Fla. and John Altberg of Berkeley, Calif. and Orcas Island, Wash., were in McCook until Wednesday to verify documentation of McCook's rare architectural gem.

"With new photographs taken by Altberg, now an architectural photographer, The 100th anniversary of the Frank Lloyd Wright Sutton House is based on Morgan's 1964 University of Nebraska School of Architecture thesis of the building, first produced in 1964."

The book was expected to be published before the end of 2008 . . .

SDR

Roderick Grant · Post by **Roderick Grant** » Sun Aug 16, 2015 3:27 pm

"The Sutton House" was published in 2008 by:
Cornhusker Press
451 West 2nd Street
Hastings, NE 68901
Phone: 402-463-6702
Fax: 402-460-4612
I think you need to go to the source to find a copy. I don't recall what I paid for mine. It's a fine book, with all the pertinent information. At least 3 designs were proposed, and the final went through some alterations. The new single-story addition extends north from the dining room, and was handled very sensitively.

SDR · Post by **SDR** » Sun Aug 16, 2015 4:19 pm

Thanks.

Now I'm wondering what about the design reminds poster Robert Clark of the V. C. Morris gift shop . . .

Mr Clark ? Welcome to the forum.

SDR

Paul Ringstrom · Post by **Paul Ringstrom** » Sun Aug 16, 2015 7:40 pm

The Sutton House
Author: Donald Morgan; John Altberg
Year: 2009 Format: Paperback 152 page
ISBN 13: 9780933909151 (978-0-933909-15-1)
ISBN: 0933909152 (0-933909-15-2)

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Sutton-McCook-Neb ... 0933909152

Directtextbook.com
http://www.directtextbook.com/isbn/9780933909151

Finderscheapers.com
http://finderscheapers.com/product-pric ... 0933909151

Roderick Grant · Post by **Roderick Grant** » Mon Aug 17, 2015 11:45 am

It's the main entrance that I find strange in this design. It seems arbitrary and abrupt. A more interesting solution might have been to set the door in the corner on the north side of the reception room next to bedroom #6, and rearrange the closets and stairs to suit.

Robert Clark · Post by **Robert Clark** » Tue Aug 18, 2015 10:49 am

Thank you for the welcome. I agree the entry seems strange and abrupt. I might be seeing too much in it, but I see at least an idea, of space breaking through a border. Not unlike what we see in the drawings, later on, where the landscape breaks through a border. Just a thought.

DavidC · Post by **DavidC** » Tue Nov 17, 2015 4:00 pm

Public television crew films segment on landmark Frank Lloyd Wright home

David

Kelly Johnston · Post by **Kelly Johnston** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 6:08 pm

Sutton House video via Nebraska PBS

http://nebraskastories.org/videos/the-sutton-house/

SREcklund · Post by **SREcklund** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 10:00 pm

I am so impressed by people like the Korells who take on a project like this. Truly a labor of love.

Paul Ringstrom · Post by **Paul Ringstrom** » Tue Jan 31, 2017 2:37 pm

The Korells lived in the basement while the construction went on. They were also involved with the building of a new bank building downtown at the same time.

This has to be one of the most unknown/least visited FLW homes.

John Thorpe's firm was responsible for the new addition and the restoration of the rest of the house. They did a beautiful job.

Reidy · Post by **Reidy** » Tue Jan 31, 2017 3:06 pm

Does anybody know if they undid Mrs. Sutton's changes, mentioned in the video?