Kentuck Knob
Kentuck Knob is a private house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for the IN Hagan family from Pennsylvania / USA, who used it as a summer home.
In 1953 the Hagan family bought a large piece of land of approx. 32 hectares in the western mountains of Pennsylvania above Uniontown / USA. Her ancestors had lived in this area for generations. They were friends with the owners of the Fallingwater summer residence , 11 kilometers to the north , the Kaufmann family, and had hoped to be able to build such a beautiful domicile.
The Kaufmann family made contact with Frank Lloyd Wright, who was 86 years old at the time and who built the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City, the Beth Sholom Synagogue in Elkins Park , Pennsylvania and around 13 years old other private houses. He designed the house without ever having entered the property or the construction site, only knowing the landscape profile and photos that were presented to him. He placed the building on the summit of the approx. 620 meter high hill that gave it its name, which at the time was still without trees. This was only later planted by Mrs. Hagan in particular.
The general construction principle for Kentuck Knob is the hexagon ( hexagon ). In the center is the kitchen as a hexagon, from which the living, sleeping and guest rooms branch off. In keeping with the organic architecture, the architect made sure that the building blends harmoniously into the surroundings and that the separation between the interior and exterior space is softened. The light and the landscape are brought into the house through a spacious terrace and window areas and merged into one unit. Wood and natural stone from the area dominate the building materials. Kentuck Knob is one of the first houses that Frank Lloyd Wright signed as a work of art by attaching an embossed metal plaque.
The Hagan family used Kentuck Knob as a private home during the summer months for more than 30 years. The heirs sold it to Lord Peter Palumbo of London , England, after Mrs. Hagan's death in 1986 . He uses the house privately but has made it accessible to the public since 1996.
Lord Peter Palumbo significantly expanded the property belonging to the house through acquisitions and had sculptures and Land Art by Andy Goldsworthy , Claes Oldenburg , Sir Anthony Caro and Ray Smith installed here. A visitor center was also set up.
The Kentuck Knob has been a National Historic Landmark since May 2000 and is on the National Register of Historic Places .
Web links
- Web site Kentuck Knob (English)
- Photos: terrace with hexagonal skylights , living room , exterior view
- Exterior views and property photographs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.kentuckknob.com/
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Pennsylvania. National Park Service , accessed February 13, 2020.
Hagan, Isaac Newton, House on the National Register of Historic Places , accessed February 13, 2020.
Coordinates: 39 ° 52 ′ 9.8 " N , 79 ° 31 ′ 11.7" W.