Duey and Julia Wright House is a

Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator. He designed more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of 70 years. Wright played a key role in the architectural movements o ...

designed

Usonian Usonia () is a word that was used by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright to refer to the United States in general (in preference to ''America''), and more specifically to his vision for the landscape of the country, including the planning of ...

home that was constructed on a bluff above the

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in 1958. Viewed from the sky, the house resembles a musical note. The client owned a Wausau music store, and later founded the broadcasting company

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through his ownership of

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radio. The home also has perforated boards on the clerestories "represent the rhythm of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony Allegro con brio first theme."William Allin Storrer. ''The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion''. University Of Chicago Press. 2006, , 452. A photograph showing the perforated panels is in the web page on the National Register application. The use of materials in the home (concrete blocks), its single floor, suggests that the home is a Usonian design, however it is larger than most: 4,337 square feet (402.92 sq. meters). Yet, the arrangement of the floor plan uses Usonian principles: the kitchen is open to the living room and dining area, and the four bedrooms are accessible from a gallery, and there is a clerestory that uses perforated plywood panels designed specifically for the home. The living room has a builtin bench around the wall, to allow seating for 30 people during live concerts. The home was designed by Wright, but completed after his death under the direction of John H. "Jack" Howe and

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, former apprentices of Wright and members of the Taliesin Fellowship. At that time, both Hill and Howe were architects in

Taliesin Associated Architects Taliesin Associated Architects was an architectural firm founded by apprentices of Frank Lloyd Wright to carry on his architectural vision after his death in 1959. The firm disbanded in 2003. It was headquartered at Taliesin West in Scottsdale, Ar ...

, Wright's successor firm.

References

* Storrer, William Allin. ''The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion''. University Of Chicago Press, 2006, (S.420)

External links

Text of application for State RegisterWright house on waymarking.com
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wright House Wausau, Wisconsin Frank Lloyd Wright buildings Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin Houses in Marathon County, Wisconsin National Register of Historic Places in Marathon County, Wisconsin

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