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In the Summer of 2011, my friend Dave and I drove across US to see Frank Lloyd Wright buildings spread out throughout the country. Frank Lloyd Wright is, by far, the most well-known architect in America, and probably one of the most influential. You might know him from his famous buildings, Fallingwater or the Guggenheim, but his reach spread much farther than that. He designed more than 1,000 structures, 532 of which were built. Most of them were homes for middle-income Americans. He literally changed the American landscape and shaped the way we think about living. At the same time, he was a narcissist, a control freak, and an adulterer who ran off with one of his clients’ wives.

That Summer, Dave and I knocked on doors, heard stories from homeowners, did tours, and documented each FLW building. We visited more than 100 buildings, which I had documented in a blog.

Here’s my big mistake.

At that time, I didn’t understand this little important detail called File Size. I had uploaded almost five hundred - 3MB high-res. Photos taken straight out of my DSLR (because bigger is better, right?!) onto my blog, rendering it pretty much un-viewable to the mass audience. I figured this is a good time (travel ban? hello?) for me to dig into my old writing (maybe cringe at it a little), reduce that file size, and share with you some of the truly incredible buildings that shaped the American landscape.

Also, a side note - if you tell people that you’re studying their building, most people will let you into their homes. Just a little tip for all you murderers and psychopaths out there.

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Here are the buildings I will be writing about.

Buffalo, NY

Fontana Boathouse
Blue Sky Mausoleum
William R. Heath Residence (1904)
Walter V. Davidson Residence (1908)
Graycliff (1927)
Darwin D. Martin Residence (1904)

New York, NY

Edward E. Boynton Residence (1908)
Edward Serlin Residence (1949)
Reisley Residence (1951)
Guggenheim (1956)
Max Hoffman Auto Showroom (Mercedes) (1954)
Frank S. Sander Residence, Springbough (1954)
Ben Rebhuhn Residence
Crimson Beech
Stuart Richardson Residence

New Jersey

James B. Christie Residence (1940)
Bachman and Wilson Residence (1954}

Philadelphia

J.A. Sweeton House (1950)
Suntop Homes (1938)
Beth Sholom Synagogue (1954)

Delaware

Dudley Spencer Residence (1956)

Maryland

Joseph Euchtman House (1939)
Llewellyn Wright House (1953)

Virginia

Pope Leighey Residence (1939)
Luis Marden House (1952)

Mill Run, Pensylvannia

Lilliane S. and Edgar J. Kaufmann, Sr. Residence, Fallingwater (1938)
Kaufmann Guesthouse (1938)
Bernadine and I.N. Hagan Residence, Kentuck Knob (1954)

Pittsburg

Elizabeth and Don C. Duncan Residence (1957)
Balter House
Blum House

Cleveland, OH

John and Syd Dobkins House (1953)
Ellis A. Feiman House (1954)
Nathan Rubin Residence (1951)
Karl A. Staley House (1950)
Charles E. Weltzheimer Residence (1948)
John A. Mosher House

Toledo, OH

William Palmer Residence (1950)

Detroit, MI

Sara and Melvyn Maxwell Smith Residence (1946)
Wetmore Auto Service Station
Dr. H. and Dorothy H. Turkel Residence (1955)

Okemos, MI

Don and Mary Lou Schaberg Residence (1950)
Goetsch-Winckler Residence for Alma Goetsch and Katherine Winckler (1939)
Erling P. Brauner Residence (1948)
James Edwards Residence (1949)

Kalamazoo

Meyer May Residence (1908)
David and Christine Weisblat Residence (1948)
Samuel Eppstein Residence (1948)
Eric and Pat Pratt Residence (1948)
Anne and Eric V. Brown Residence (1949, 1950)
Robert D. Winn Residence (1950)
Dr. R. Bradford Harper Residence (1950)
Carl E. Schultz Residence (1957)
Ernest Vosburgh Summer Residence (1916)
K. C. DeRhodes Residence (1906)
Herman T. Mossberg Residence (1948)

Chicago, IL (YOU READY??)

Andrew F. H. Armstrong Residence (1939)
Ingwald Moe Residence
Wilbur Wynant Residence
Frederick D. Nichols Residence
S. A. Foster House and Stable (1900)
H. Howard Hyde Residence (1917)
Guy C. Smith Residence (1917)
William and Jessie M. Adams Residence (1900)
Raymond W. Evans Residence (1908)
Robie Residence (1906)
Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio (1890, 1897)
Unity Temple (1904)
Robert P. Parker House (1892)
Thomas H. Gale Residence (1893)
Walter H. Gale House
Nathan G. Moore House
Hills-DeCaro House
Arthur B. Heurtley House
Laura Gale House
Peter A. Beachy House
Frank Wright Thomas Residence, The Harem (1901) for James C. Rogers
Harrison P. Young Residence remodelling (1895)
Rookery Building Entryway and Lobby Remodeling (1905)
Ferdinand Frederick and Emily Tomek Residence (1904)
Avery Coonley Residence (1907)
Coonley Gardener's Cottage (1911)
Coonley Garage with Stables (1911)
Robert G. Emmond Residence (1892)
Peter Goan Residence (1893)
W. Irving Clark Residence (1893)
Stephen M. B. Hunt Residence I (1907)
Frederick Bagley Residence (1894)
O.B. Balch Residence (1911)
Henry S. Adams Residence and Garage (1913)
William E. Martin Residence (1902) and Pergola (1909)
Harry C. Goodrich Residence
Mamah Borthwick and Edwin H. Cheney Residence (1903)
Rollin Furbeck Residence (1897) and Residence Remodelling (1907)
William G. Fricke (Fricke-Martin) Residence (1901) and Emma Martin Garage (1907)
Charles E. Roberts Residence Remodelling (1896)
Charles E. Roberts Stable (ca. 1900)
George Furbeck Residence (1897)
Scoville Park Fountain (1903)
Franscisco Terrace Apartments for Edward Carson Waller (1895) (archway only)
George W. Smith Residence (1896)