The Jack Lamberson House, also known as the Maunu house, is a historic residence located in

Oskaloosa, Iowa Oskaloosa is a city in, and the county seat of, Mahaska County, Iowa, United States. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, Oskaloosa was a national center of bituminous coal mining. The population was 11,558 in the 2020 U.S. Ce ...

, United States. It is one of seven

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 ...

houses located in Iowa, and one of two that were constructed in Oskaloosa. Both were completed in 1951. The Lamberson house is unique from the other Iowa Usonians for its extensive use of 60º and 120º angles. It features a low, sweeping pitched roof that makes the house look deceptively large, yet it is the second smallest of Iowa's Usonians. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

in 1988.

References

* Storrer, William Allin. ''The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion''. University Of Chicago Press, 2006, (S.305)

External links

Frank Lloyd Wright's Jack Lamberson House in Oskaloosa, IowaLamberson House on iowaarchitecture.orgLamberson House photos on flickr.comSAH Archipedia Building Entry
Frank Lloyd Wright buildings Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa National Register of Historic Places in Mahaska County, Iowa Houses in Mahaska County, Iowa Houses completed in 1948 Oskaloosa, Iowa Modernist architecture in Iowa {{Iowa-struct-stub