50 entries.
wrote on September 20, 2023
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2:34 pm
Way back in the 1980’s, when I was taking the bus to work at Chez Michel on the far west side, the highlight of my day was seeing your house as we flew by on the bus… so happy it’s been restored and is your home!
Thank you for taking care of this gem.
wrote on August 1, 2023
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11:06 pm
Looking forward to visiting this work of art by Frank Lloyd Wright, I have seen his homes here in California and I look forward to see and compare the difference in the building in how it relates to the environment.
wrote on September 12, 2022
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5:54 am
Your life's work, Jim! Along with your publications; and supporting and inspiring Art History students at UW-Madison for many years. This is a nice website, love the photos that include the red '66 Volvo in the car port. This house resides in a profoundly special place in my soul, thank you for sharing it. -an NYC girl from Middleton
wrote on January 14, 2022
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4:23 pm
I grew up on Birch Avenue, just down the street from this house, and used to babysit there in the 1960’s. I wish I had appreciated then how lucky I was not only to have lived that close to a FLW house, but that I actually got to spend time in there!
wrote on July 24, 2021
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4:32 pm
How exciting! I am so glad to read that my great uncle's Frank Lloyd Wright home is a historic site. I would love to bring my daughters to see the home. Please let me know if this would be possible in August.or September. Thank you for this beautiful website.
wrote on January 29, 2021
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10:46 pm
Ciertamente, Frank estaba adelantado a su época. Además, la idea de Usonia suena sacado de un libro de fantasía, aunque es una plan gigantesco bastante imposible crear una diferente manera de observar las vivencias humanas.
wrote on April 23, 2020
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6:27 pm
I enjoy seeing Mr. Wright's work. I like to reminisce to the fact that I stayed all night in each of two of his works; different locations. One of the two was a domestic home. The other was an apartment-office building combination. Ea. was a true Wright structure. I have visited many of his creations. Thanks.
wrote on July 21, 2019
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11:14 am
What a gorgeous house. FLW was a man way ahead of his time and has left us with so many beautiful buildings from the mind of a genius.
wrote on July 9, 2019
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9:26 pm
CONGRATULATIONS to Mr Dennis upon the World Heritage Site designation from UNESCO
for the Jacob's Usonia 1 house. You may recall a conversation we had some years ago when I mentioned that Mr Jacobs was my dad's first cousin and did the original furniture for the house "when the money ran out!" I feel a great personal connection and am so happy for you in this well deserved recognition.
wrote on July 8, 2019
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3:21 pm
In 1960 I was an architecture student. I visited The Kaufman House "Falling Water" Upon, and with some difficulty locating the home, I found it was not open to the public. I noticed a light on in the house so I knocked on the door. It was opened by the caretaker, who reluctantly let me in but limited me to the living room and the kitchen. Over time I have twice revisited the home. In 2005 I visited Taliesin In Wisconsin. I also visited the Hollyhock home while living in Los Angeles. The interior detail of these homes was was equally amazing as the exteriors.
wrote on July 7, 2019
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1:31 pm
Congratulations on being named a UNESCO World Heritage Site. I’m a life long admirer of Wright and am privileged to lead tours at Unity Temple (another newly named site in Chicago). I’d love to visit you in Madison. Just tell me when
wrote on June 21, 2019
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3:02 am
I'd love to visit the house with my girlfriend on Sunday, June 23 if possible.
Best Regards,
Kevin
wrote on May 31, 2019
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7:18 am
I have a degree in Architecture and currently researching Frank Lloyd Wright, the Prairie School and the Usonian periods. The main differences.
The reasons for Organic Architecture as opposed to Modernist Art and Architecture
wrote on May 21, 2019
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10:57 pm
I am an architect who will be visiting Madison Aug. 3-5 and would like to know if it is possible to tour the Jacobs House.
wrote on May 21, 2019
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10:56 pm
I hope to be able to visit the area in July. Wonder if I can visit the USONIA 1 - Jacob House.
wrote on May 21, 2019
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10:55 pm
I certainly hope to visit the beautiful Usonia 1, Jacobs House in the near future.
wrote on May 21, 2019
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10:54 pm
Fallingwater and the Usonian works are my favorite Wright endeavors. It's a shame Wright was hampered by the primitive building technology of his day, especially the poor sealants available (most of wright's homes seemed to have developed leaks). The claim that a Levittown house required 15 minutes to build is nonsense - that is simply how often a house was completed in that enormous development. The evils of Levittown can be attributed to the gigantic (and atypical) sudden demand for housing for the 10 million returning GIs after the war. The system was totally overloaded and produced the junk that is Levittown type developments. The builders held all the cards. Later developments that were not as frantic produced structures that owed a lot to Wright's Usonian models.
wrote on May 21, 2019
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10:53 pm
Grew up down the street on Birch Ave, and walked/biked everywhere as a child. Don't know which had a bigger impact on me, the uniqueness of the house, or how scared I was to walk past the forest on the Birch Ave side of the property! 🙂
wrote on May 21, 2019
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10:52 pm
Having grown up in SW Wisconsin, I'm a longtime fan of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture. I currently work in the FLW Museum Shop in Oak Park, IL, and I hope to visit the Jacobs House sometime soon - perhaps this year if possible. I'd like information on when (or if) tours are available. I've heard so many good things about the house, and I know how historically and architecturally significant it is.
wrote on May 19, 2019
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2:20 am
Would like to be alerted to upcoming tour opportunities.