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{{For|the house in Massachusetts|A. Kinney House}}
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The '''Patrick and Margaret Kinney House''' was designed by architect [[Frank Lloyd Wright]] and it was built in 1951. The home is located in [[Lancaster, Wisconsin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://landmarkhunter.com/145858-patrick-and-margaret-kinney-house/|title=Patrick and Margaret Kinney House|publisher=LandmarkHunter.com|accessdate=2018-04-28}}</ref> The house was added to the State Register of Historic Places in 2007 and to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] the following year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/NationalRegister/NR2159|title=424 North Fillmore Street|publisher=Wisconsin Historical Society|accessdate=2018-04-28}}</ref>
The '''Patrick and Margaret Kinney House''' was designed by architect [[Frank Lloyd Wright]] and it was built in 1951. The home is located in [[Lancaster, Wisconsin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://landmarkhunter.com/145858-patrick-and-margaret-kinney-house/|title=Patrick and Margaret Kinney House|publisher=LandmarkHunter.com|access-date=2018-04-28}}</ref> The house was added to the State Register of Historic Places in 2007 and to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] the following year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/NationalRegister/NR2159|title=424 North Fillmore Street|publisher=Wisconsin Historical Society|access-date=2018-04-28}}</ref>
[[File:Patrick and Margaret Kinney House in Lancaster, Wisconsin.jpg|thumb|right]]

==History==
==History==
Patrick Kinney and his wife, Margaret, built the house to raise their three children in. They hired Wright as the architect as Margaret had worked for Wright's sister, Jane Porter, while a college student. Patrick Kinney, a prominent lawyer, worked as the general contractor on the building in order to cut down on costs. Additionally, while Wright suggested the building should be made out of concrete blocks, the Kinneys decided on using stone. Every day Patrick Kinney "would be up at the crack of dawn and quarry two loads of stone and deliver them to the site... before heading off to court or the office."<ref>Storrer, William Allin. ''The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion''. University of Chicago Press, 2006, p. 364.</ref> An addition designed by John H. Howe was later constructed as the Kinney family continued to grow.
Patrick Kinney and his wife, Margaret, built the house to raise their three children in. They hired Wright as the architect because Margaret had worked for Wright's sister, Jane Porter, while a college student. Patrick Kinney, a prominent lawyer, worked as the general contractor on the building in order to cut down on costs. Additionally, while Wright suggested the building should be made out of concrete blocks, the Kinneys decided on using stone. Every day Patrick Kinney "would be up at the crack of dawn and quarry two loads of stone and deliver them to the site... before heading off to court or the office."<ref>Storrer, William Allin. ''The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion''. University of Chicago Press, 2006, p. 364.</ref>

The building is set on a grid of 30-and 60-degree equilateral parallelograms with the master bedroom as a hexagon at the head, with the children's bedrooms coming off of it. It was originally designed with two, instead of three, children's bedrooms because Wright misunderstood how many children the Kinneys had. Therefore, his apprentice, [[John H. "Jack" Howe]], later enlarged the building.<ref>Storrer, William Allin. ''The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion''. University of Chicago Press, 2006, p. 365.</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of Frank Lloyd Wright works]]


==References==
==References==
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* Storrer, William Allin. ''The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion''. University of Chicago Press, 2006, {{ISBN|0-226-77621-2}} (S.342)
* Storrer, William Allin. ''The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion''. University of Chicago Press, 2006, {{ISBN|0-226-77621-2}} (S.342)


==External links==
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* [http://www.flwright.us/FLW342.htm Exterior photographs of the house]

{{Frank Lloyd Wright}}

[[Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin]]
[[Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Grant County, Wisconsin]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Grant County, Wisconsin]]

Latest revision as of 05:15, 17 April 2024

For the house in Massachusetts, see A. Kinney House.
Patrick and Margaret Kinney House
Patrick and Margaret Kinney House
Location424 N. Fillmore St., Lancaster, Wisconsin
Coordinates42°51′06″N 90°43′10″W / 42.85167°N 90.71944°W / 42.85167; -90.71944 (Patrick and Margaret Kinney House)
Area2.9 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1951-1953, 1964
ArchitectFrank Lloyd Wright/John H. Howe
Architectural styleModern Movement
NRHP reference No.08000160[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 6, 2008

The Patrick and Margaret Kinney House was designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright and it was built in 1951. The home is located in Lancaster, Wisconsin.[2] The house was added to the State Register of Historic Places in 2007 and to the National Register of Historic Places the following year.[3]

History[edit]

Patrick Kinney and his wife, Margaret, built the house to raise their three children in. They hired Wright as the architect because Margaret had worked for Wright's sister, Jane Porter, while a college student. Patrick Kinney, a prominent lawyer, worked as the general contractor on the building in order to cut down on costs. Additionally, while Wright suggested the building should be made out of concrete blocks, the Kinneys decided on using stone. Every day Patrick Kinney "would be up at the crack of dawn and quarry two loads of stone and deliver them to the site... before heading off to court or the office."[4]

The building is set on a grid of 30-and 60-degree equilateral parallelograms with the master bedroom as a hexagon at the head, with the children's bedrooms coming off of it. It was originally designed with two, instead of three, children's bedrooms because Wright misunderstood how many children the Kinneys had. Therefore, his apprentice, John H. "Jack" Howe, later enlarged the building.[5]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "Patrick and Margaret Kinney House". LandmarkHunter.com. Retrieved April 28, 2018.
  3. ^ "424 North Fillmore Street". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved April 28, 2018.
  4. ^ Storrer, William Allin. The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion. University of Chicago Press, 2006, p. 364.
  5. ^ Storrer, William Allin. The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion. University of Chicago Press, 2006, p. 365.
  • Storrer, William Allin. The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion. University of Chicago Press, 2006, ISBN 0-226-77621-2 (S.342)

External links[edit]

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