Westhope, also known as the Richard Lloyd Jones 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 Textile Block home that was constructed in

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in 1929. This was Wright's only Textile Block house outside of California. The client,

Richard Lloyd Jones Richard Lloyd Jones (April 14, 1873 – December 4, 1963) was an American journalist who was the long-time editor and publisher of the now defunct ''Tulsa Tribune''. He was noted for his controversial positions on political issues. The son of a n ...

, was Wright's cousin and the publisher of the ''

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''. This building is located at 3700 South Birmingham Avenue. It was listed in the National Register on April 10, 1975. It was listed under National Register Criteria C, g, and its NRIS number is 75001575. Westhope is the location of a frequently-quoted anecdote about Wright: Richard Lloyd Jones called Wright in the middle of a storm to complain that the roof was leaking on his desk, and Wright replied, "Richard, why don't you move your desk?"Meryle Secrest, ''Frank Lloyd Wright: A Biography'' (reprint ed.,

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, 1998), , pp. 372.
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). But Jones’ wife Georgia had an equally memorable perspective regarding the leaking structure: she said, “This is what we get for leaving a work of art out in the rain.” As of mid-2017, the owner of the house was Barbara Tyson, a member of the family that founded

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"Local commercial real estate developer Stuart Price recently bought the unique block and glass home, 3704 S. Birmingham Ave., from Bat, LLC, an Arkansas limited liability company, for $2.5 million, Tulsa County land records show."

References

* Storrer, William Allin. ''The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion''. University Of Chicago Press, 2006, (S.227)

External links

Westhope on peterbeers.netWesthope on exploringart.netPhotos of Westhope on Flickr
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