Carroll Alsop House
Appearance
Carroll Alsop House | |
Location | 1907 A Ave., E., Oskaloosa, Iowa |
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Coordinates | 41°17′48.6″N 92°37′22.6″W / 41.296833°N 92.622944°W |
Area | 1.75 acres (0.71 ha) |
Built | 1951 |
Architect | Frank Lloyd Wright |
Architectural style | Usonian |
NRHP reference No. | 88002142[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 9, 1988 |
Carroll Alsop House) is a historic house located at 1907 A Avenue East in Oskaloosa, Iowa.
Description and history
It is one of seven Frank Lloyd Wright designed Usonian houses located in Iowa, and one of two that were constructed in Oskaloosa.[2] Both were completed in 1951. This house is an L-plan, unless you count the carport, which makes it a T-plan. It was a custom-built house that embodied the ideals of "free and simple living, in touch with nature, for the family of moderate means."[2]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 9, 1988.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b Chery Peterson, Ralph J. Christian. "Carroll Alsop House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
- Storrer, William Allin. The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion. University Of Chicago Press, 2006, ISBN 0-226-77621-2 (S.304)
External links
Categories:
- Houses completed in 1951
- Frank Lloyd Wright buildings
- Houses in Mahaska County, Iowa
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa
- National Register of Historic Places in Mahaska County, Iowa
- Oskaloosa, Iowa
- Modernist architecture in Iowa
- South Iowa Registered Historic Place stubs
- Iowa building and structure stubs