Ultra Rare 1955 FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT USONIAN PRE-FABRICATED HOMES BROCHURE

Description: My father knew Frank Lloyd Wright personally and worked with him on his pre-fabricated homes. My father gave me this brochure many decades ago. He was in the redwood business in the mid-1950s, working for Simpson Timber Company of Eureka, California. (My grandfather was the President of Simpson Timber Company.) My father met with Frank Lloyd Wright in Chicago in 1955 and convinced him to use redwood battens in his pre-fabricated homes. (Redwood, as you may know, is 6/7ths water and virtually fireproof.) Around this time, my father also threw a cocktail party for Frank Lloyd Wright at the Chicago Club or the CAA, the Chicago Athletic Association. This party was documented in an issue of LOOK Magazine in the late 1950s. Eleven pre-fabricated houses in total were built. Offering in VERY GOOD CONDITION this oversize 8-page brochure on thick coated stock advertising three different FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT designed PRE-FABRICATED HOMES. It has some minor edgewear and handling marks throughout but looks rather good considering it is 66 years old. (Please see close-up pictures for details. What you see is what you get.) Dimensions are approximately 9 1/2 inches x 12 1/2 inches. EXTREMELY RARE and ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND. GRAB IT NOW WHILE YOU CAN WITH THE "BUY IT NOW" OPTION Buyer pays $20. for secure INSURED shipping between stiff boards via USPS PRIORITY MAIL with TRACKING (within the continental USA). Shipping elsewhere may be higher. Bid with confidence. I have over 4000 glowing positive feedbacks and over 100 delighted repeat customers over the past twenty-one years here on eBay. Thanks for looking! Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE More details: In 1954, Frank Lloyd Wright discovered Marshall Erdman and Associates of Madison, Wisconsin was selling modest prefabricated homes. Wright offered to design better prefabs, ones that he believed could be marketed for $15,000, which was half as much as Erdman was charging for his own version. By spring of 1956 Wright had final plans for three Usonian-type homes to be built exclusively by ME&A. Eleven homes in total were built. Nine examples of Prefab #1 were built. Two examples of Prefab #2 were built. No examples of Prefab #3 were ever built. The prefab package Erdman offered included all the major structural components, interior and exterior walls, floors, windows and doors, as well as cabinets and woodwork. In addition to a lot, the buyer had to provide the foundation, the plumbing fixtures, heating units, electric wiring, and drywall, plus the paint. Before the buyer could purchase the house, he or she had to submit a topographic map and photos of the lot to Wright, who would then determine where the home should sit on the lot. Wright also intended to inspect each home after completion, and to apply his famous glazed red signature brick to the home if it had been completed as planned. Prefab #1 Houses: Eugene Van Tamelen House – Madison, Wisconsin (1956) Arnold Jackson House "Skyview" – moved from Madison to Beaver Dam, Wisconsin in 1985 (built 1957) Donald C. Duncan House – moved from Lisle, Illinois to Polymath Park in 2002 (built 1957) Frank Iber House – Plover, Wisconsin (1957) Al Borah / Carl Post House – Barrington Hills, Illinois (1957) Catherine and William Cass House "The Crimson Beech" – Staten Island, New York (1959) Socrates Zaferiou House – Blauvelt, New York (built 1961) Joseph Mollica House – Bayside, Wisconsin (1958) Dr. Edward & Laura Jane LaFond House – St. Joseph, Minnesota (1960) Prefab #2 Houses: Walter Rudin House – Madison, Wisconsin (1957)James McBean Residence – Rochester, Minnesota (1957)

Price: 1000 USD

Location: Lake Forest, Illinois

End Time: 2023-12-29T18:05:39.000Z

Shipping Cost: 20 USD