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The Edith Farnsworth House, formerly the Farnsworth House, [6] is a historical house designed and constructed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe between 1945 and 1951. The house was constructed as a one-room weekend retreat in a rural setting in Plano, Illinois , about 60 miles (96 km) southwest of Chicago 's downtown.
The Samuel Farnsworth House is located in northwestern West Hartford, on the west side of Mountain Road, a busy local north–south main road. It is set on a rise above the road, the lot fronted by a dry-laid brownstone retaining wall. It is a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story wood-frame structure with a front gable roof and central brick chimney. Its front ...
The Farnsworth House, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, has been described as "the proportions, within the glass walls, approach 1:2" [43] and "with a width to length ratio of 1:1.75 (nearly the golden section)" [44] and has been studied with his other works in relation to the golden ratio.
Ninde-Mead-Farnsworth House, also known as Iriscrest and the Philo T. Farnsworth House, is a historic home located at Fort Wayne, Indiana. It was built about 1910, and is a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 -story, side gabled, Colonial Revival style frame dwelling.
Original – The Farnsworth House in Plano, Illinois, was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in 1945 and completed in 1951. The 1,500-square-foot (140m²) house is widely recognized as an iconic masterpiece of International Style. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2006 (the year this picture was taken), and currently operates ...
The Julia P.M. Farnsworth Barn, at the rear of 180 W. Center St. in Beaver, Utah, was built around 1880. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982, as was the Julia Farnsworth House at the front of the property. [1] It is a work of local black rock stonemason Thomas Frazer, who possibly also built the house in front. In ...
Shepard Farnsworth was a native of Muscatine, Iowa who began his banking career in Washington, Iowa before serving in the American Civil War, where he was under the command of his future father-in-law. [3] After establishing a private bank in McGregor, Iowa with his brother, Farnsworth settled in Council Bluffs in 1869. He purchased a half ...
The Farnsworth House is a historic house on Maine State Route 117 in North Bridgton, Maine. Built in 1825 for a local doctor, it is a particularly sophisticated example of Federal period architecture for a remote inland setting, featuring well-preserved interior woodwork. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1]