The Albert and Edith Adelman House is a mid-scale home in
Fox Point,
Wisconsin
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designed by
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 ...
and built in 1948.
[ With ]
Albert "Ollie" Adelman and wife Edith had three young sons
[ ( Lynn, Gary & Craig) in 1948 when Ollie asked Frank Lloyd Wright to design a home for the family on his lot at Fox Point. The house should cost about $75,000.][ Albert was the son of Benjamin Adelman, who founded a large laundry and dry cleaning business in the Milwaukee area.][
The Adelman house brings together the long, low profile of some of Wright's turn-of-the-century Prairie school homes with Wright's ]Usonian
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ideals for low-maintenance buildings. It is built of buff
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-colored concrete block and cypress, neither of which requires paint or
plaster. The roof is covered with hand split cedar shakes and has wide overhangs. Wright also
designed many of the interior furnishings: shelves, wardrobes, desks and sofas. The long home has three bedrooms on one
end, a kitchen and dining room at the other end, and a large living/reception area in the
center.[ A covered walkway leads from the end of the house to the garage, forming an "L"
shape.
This house is built on a long, lot and set back well from the road at the end of a
long, winding drive.][ The lot has a deep, wooded ravine at one end. The house sits at the rear
of the lot, overlooking the ravine, and faces south/southeast to take maximum advantage of natural light.][
The house, still occupied by members of the Adelman family, was restored in 2015 by Kubala Washatko Architects.]
See also
* List of Frank Lloyd Wright works
Frank Lloyd Wright designed over 425 houses, commercial buildings and other works.
"The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright" is a UNESCO World Heritage Site consisting of a selection of eight buildings across the United States designe ...
References
* Storrer, William Allin. ''The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion''. University Of Chicago Press, 2006, (S.308)
External links
'Residential Architect' - Albert and Edith Adelman Residence Restoration
Milwaukee Historic Photos - Adelman House
( ttps://web.archive.org/web/20091028051149/http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1469/flw_wi.html Archived2009-10-25)
Original 1948 Frank Lloyd Wright design board and vintage fabrics for the Albert Adelman House
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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin
Frank Lloyd Wright buildings
Houses in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Houses completed in 1948
National Register of Historic Places in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin