Frieda and Henry J. Neils House
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| Frieda and Henry J. Neils House | |
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| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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| Location: | Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA |
| Coordinates: | Coordinates: |
| Built/Founded: | 1951[1] |
| Architect: | Frank Lloyd Wright; Lyle Halverson |
| Architectural style(s): | Usonian |
| Added to NRHP: | May 26, 2004 |
| NRHP Reference#: | 04000531 [2] |
| Governing body: | Private |
The Frieda and Henry J. Neils House is a house in Minneapolis, Minnesota, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. The home was designed for Henry J. Neils, a stone and architectural materials distributor, and his wife Frieda. It is unusual for a Wright-designed home both in the type of stone used as well as in its aluminum window framing.[3]
The Neils approached Wright in 1949 to help build a new home on property adjacent to their existing home, overlooking Cedar Lake.[1] The home was designed through close collaboration between the architect and the Neils who were knowledgeable about architecture.[1] It was Wright's only home to use marble walls: the small marble blocks were left over from other marble projects, and Henry Neil, who was a trustee of a marble company, was able to acquire them at a good price and convince Wright to use the material; however, the color of the completed walls did not satisfy either Wright or the Neils, and some of the blocks were later stained.[1] Unlike Wright's normal use of wooden window frames, the home used aluminum frames made by Neils' company.[1]
The house was designed in Wright's post-World War II Usonian architecture, with the goal of "affordable, beautiful housing for a democratic America." The L-shaped, one-story home's floor plan features a dominant living room and social and spatial separation into "active" and "quiet" areas.[4] The short side of the L consists of the "active" portion, centering on a living room with 17-foot-high vaulted ceiling and views of Cedar Lake; the "quiet" portion is the long side ending in a three-car carport and has bedrooms as well as a gallery leading to a hidden main entrance.[1]
Located on 2801 Burnham Boulevard, the home is visible from public streets but remains privately owned by members of the Neils family.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g Millett, Larry (2007). AIA Guide to the Twin Cities: The Essential Source on the Architecture of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Minnesota Historical Society Press, pp. 283-84. ISBN 0-87351-540-4.
- ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2006-03-15).
- ^ Wright in Minnesota. Retrieved on 2007-03-28.
- ^ Minnesota Preservation Planner. Minnesota Historical Society (January-February 2005). Retrieved on 2007-03-28.
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