| Charles Ross House ("Forest House") | |
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| General information | |
| Type | House |
| Architectural style | Prairie School |
| Location | Delavan, Wisconsin |
| Coordinates | 42°35′51″N 88°36′22″W / 42.597634°N 88.606230°W |
| Construction started | 1902 |
| Governing body | Private |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Frank Lloyd Wright |
Forest House or Charles Ross House is a house designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1902 on the south shore of Lake Delavan in Walworth County, Wisconsin. The home is known as one of the finest examples of Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie style design, as well as a prime example of Wright's dismembering of the traditional box. The Forest House was constructed in 1902 by members from the Prairie School.
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Hi I'm rick McClure, Heritage Program Manager for the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. One of the special historic places on this particular national forest was the Peterson Prairie Guard Station, an old ranger cabin built in 1926. Tragically, it burned down in September of this last year. And, what we're hoping to do is replace that cabin with this particular historic structure behind me. This is a guard station built in 1940 by the Civilian Conservation Corps, and it was scheduled for demolition. It was no longer needed by the Forest Service. It's been empty for about 12 years, and had been on the list for removal. So we now have a plan, that perhaps you can participate in, that involves moving this historic building to the site of the Peterson Cabin and restoring it, rehabilitating it, and making it available for public use through our cabin rental program. So we have about 50, 55 of these historic buildings available in the Pacific Northwest Region for the public to rent out. We'd like to see this one added to the list, and here's how you can help to get involved. Number one, we have a volunteer program called Passport in Time that enables you to pick up a hammer and get right down to the nuts and bolts aspects of hands-on restoration. We'll be doing a project in August or September that you can join this year. Or, another way to get involved is through the Mt. Adams Institute, our partner on this particular project. See their Website for more information. http://www.mtadamsinstitute.com/support/petersen-prairie-cabin-replacement-project/
History
Around the turn of the 20th century, wealthy families from Chicago flocked to scenic destinations in Wisconsin for summer vacation. Wright designed a handful of lakeside cottages during this time, the Charles Ross summerhouse among them. The house retains many of the characteristics that are shared by other of Wright's nearby cottages, including board and batten siding, hipped roofs, and ribbon windows situated just below widely projecting soffits. This home features a hipped roof with overhanging eaves, a large lakeside patio, a water tower, a central fireplace, 6 bedrooms, 6.2 baths, and a 2 bedroom guest apartment. Like with many of Wright's homes, the entryway is not obvious, the ceilings are lower as Wright was a shorter man, and the lead windows are embedded with Wright' signature double grid with orange panes.
The house is cruciform in plan and, rather than simply expanding the openings between the house's rooms to create a sense of free-flowing space—as he did in his Shingle style designs—Wright began to eliminate traditional room divisions by breaking down the box-like contours of house's interior spaces. The dining and living rooms, for instance, penetrate one another on an angle, creating a dynamic relationship and oblique views that anticipate the complex spatial arrangements found in Wright's Ward Willits house and other of his more advanced prairie-style designs.
Today, the home still remains a private residence. The house is occasionally open to the public as part of the Wright in Wisconsin[1] program of guided educational tours.
See also
- List of Frank Lloyd Wright works
- Fred B. Jones House, another Wright Prairie style residence
Bibliography
- Storrer, William Allin. The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion. University Of Chicago Press, 2006, ISBN 0226776212 (S.082)
- Visser, Kristin. Frank Lloyd Wright & the Prairie School in Wisconsin. Madison, Wis.: Prairie Oak Press, 1998 (Second Edition), p. 90–91.
References
External links
- http://www.franklloydwright.org/web/Chronology.html
- http://www.wrightinwisconsin.org/
- Brooks, H. Allen (1979). "Frank Lloyd Wright and the Destruction of the Box". Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 38 (1): 7–14. doi:10.2307/989345. JSTOR 989345.
- http://flwright.org/researchexplore/wrightbuildings/charlesrosssummerhouse
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