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"Usonian" usually refers to a group of approximately 60 middle-income family homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright beginning in 1934 with the Willey House, [1] with most considering the Herbert and Katherine Jacobs First House, 1937, to be the first true "Usonian."
Also known simply as the Frank Lloyd Wright House, the Weltzheimer-Johnson House is the first of nine Usonian homes to be built in Ohio, and the only non-Californian Usonian to use redwood.
Wright designed over 1,000 Usonian homes, and many of them are still in use today. They are a testament to his genius and his commitment to creating affordable, beautiful, and sustainable homes for the American people.
Discover the simple Usonian houses of Frank Lloyd Wright. See how the designs of one architect helped change the shape of housing for middle America.
If you’ve heard of Frank Lloyd Wright, you may have heard of one of his most lasting endeavors: the Usonian house. Rather than referring to a specific structure, the Usonian house actually refers to a concept—better yet, a manifesto of housing and living— that he started crafting in the 1930s.
Wright introduced Usonian homes as an alternative to the grand, expensive residences he had previously designed, shifting his focus toward creating homes that were both practical and accessible to the average American family.
To shelter Usonia’s citizens, Wright designed a series of appropriate housing schemes—the Usonian houses. Among the earliest to be built was the Rosenbaum House in 1939. Constructed for a...
Frank Lloyd Wright created the Usonian Houses and designed a model for Broadacre City in 1932 as potential solutions to the crisis in American urban areas. During the 1920s and 1930s, cities...
Completed in 1951, the Eric & Pat Pratt House is a shining example of Frank Lloyd Wright’s architectural creativity. Located in the esteemed Galesburg Country Homes community—also affectionately called “ The Acres” —this house sits within a stunning 70-acre landscape.
Such are the characteristics of the only Frank Lloyd Wright design in the state of Delaware: The Dudley Spencer house, which Wright named “Laurel” is also a Usonian and it blends well with the surrounding wooded environment in Wilmington.