Jump to content

Rose Pauson House

Edit links
Coordinates: 33°31′11″N 112°00′48″W / 33.519825°N 112.013406°W / 33.519825; -112.013406
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Rood (talk | contribs) at 20:49, 5 November 2010 (The rear chimney mass has been preserved. The living room fireplace mass was destroyed.). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Shiprock Ruins, 1979
Shiprock chimney, 2010

The Rose Pauson House in Phoenix, Arizona was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1939 and built in 1940.

In 1942 the house burned down when a fallen ember from the fireplace ignited a hand-woven curtain on a nearby window. All that remained was the ruins of the foundation and walls. The ruins became a local landmark known as "Shiprock" due to their prominent shape and location. The building was located on a hillock on the present alignment of 32nd Street.

Plans to remove the ruins, in order to extend 32nd Street through the site, created a public protest. The road was extended, but only after the protests resulted in the loss of federal funds intended for the project. The rear chimney mass (serving the master bedroom fireplace/furnace flues), all that remains of the ruins, was moved south in 1979 as a permanent monument marking the entrance to the Alta Vista subdivision of the land.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rose Pauson House.

33°31′11″N 112°00′48″W / 33.519825°N 112.013406°W / 33.519825; -112.013406

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rose_Pauson_House&oldid=395050260"