I visited Frank Lloyd Wright's Kentuck Knob, a Usonian home built for I.N. Hagan in the late 50's.  The house is just down the road from Fallingwater.  The entire house plan and details are based on a hexagon.  Frank actually never visited the site before designing the house since he was rather busy at the time.  The house sits on 79 acres of land with breathtaking mountain vistas, which the Hagan's paid $9000 for.

 

Some bird mansions

 

 

Carport, entry area

 

 

 

 

 

 

portions of the wood cutouts have screens on the inside and open to allow for cross ventilation

 

 

The back terrace with hexagon skylight openings in the overhanging roof

 

 

 

 

 

Mrs. Hagan insisted that the dining area be enlarged.  So it was extended out onto the terrace space and enclosed. 

 

 

Back patio

 

 

 

backside of house

 

 

 

This was the view from the back terrace before 50 years of tree growth totally blocked it.

 

I "just imagine" all that shaded masonry staying "cool" on a hot summer day.  The house would always be a comfortable place in which to hide.  Now I speak a little Usonian.

Nice. I love the contrast of rather rough stonemasonry and finely-finished wood. Places like that often smell good, too.

Eh @ the house but the view is fantastic.

Eh @ the house but the view is fantastic.

 

Yep, interior is MUCH cooler and exterior is ok.  Unfortunately, they make you check your cameras at the door so I couldn't get interior pics.

Yep, what CDM said. Although I love Fallingwater and the Laurel Highlands are beautiful.

I agree about Fallingwater as I took several interior and exterior pics when I visited.

Nice. Thanks for sharing.

Reminds me of that neighborhood in Worthington (Columbus). I'm not a fan of most FLW homes, though some are really nice - it just depends on the design. I do like his carports.

Frank Lloyd Wright = Overrated

yeah. sure falling water is awesome. i like the price office tower and the johnson wax interior a little bit. otoh his homes seem to be to precious and unliveable. worse they almost promote suburbia. and the guggenheim is a terrible place to view art, it's a failure.

Gorgeous place.

This place is sweet!

Eh @ the house but the view is fantastic.

 

I second that!  Eh at the yard as well.  too much grass!

I tried to visit this place but they have an absolute rule that no children are ever allowed on the premises, even infants in a sling.

 

Rando, FLW was anti-urban but he did beautiful work.  Not one bad design pre WWII.  When he was in his 80's and 90's yeah he did some of the curlycue flying saucer stuff, but Johnson wax office space is genius.  Robie house (circa 1909!) totally earth shattering. 

^ Agreed. His designs were avant-garde for the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Not my favorite by FLW, but he still is a genius.

gorgeous landscape!  I've visited the driveway of Kentuck Knob once... but didn't want to pay the admission for a tour... the Ohiopyle area is a very fun area filled with waterfalls, whitewater rafting and "natural" waterslides

I agree about Fallingwater as I took several interior and exterior pics when I visited.

 

Falling water is interesting to view, but what struck me about the place was 1) how short the people who lived there would have had to have been...I spent the majority of the tour with my head bowed trying to fit through doorways, etc.

 

2) how hard it is to maintain that place. Seems like they were always concerned about water damage.

 

This is a beautiful house. I like the stone / finished wood combination as well. I'd be curious to see if they have the same problems with long term maintenance there that they had at Falling Water.

I agree about Fallingwater as I took several interior and exterior pics when I visited.

 

Falling water is interesting to view, but what struck me about the place was 1) how short the people who lived there would have had to have been...I spent the majority of the tour with my head bowed trying to fit through doorways, etc.

 

Maybe this is where GoTribe's, tribe is located.  He he he he  :wink: :wave: