- Frieda and Henry J. Neils House
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Frieda and Henry J. Neils House
Location: 2801 Burnham Boulevard, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Coordinates: 44°57′28.44″N 93°19′2.6″W / 44.9579°N 93.317389°WCoordinates: 44°57′28.44″N 93°19′2.6″W / 44.9579°N 93.317389°W Built: 1951[2] Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright; Lyle Halverson Architectural style: Usonian Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 04000531 [1] Added to NRHP: May 26, 2004 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.[2] The home was designed through close collaboration between the architect and the Neils who were knowledgeable about architecture.[2] 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.[2] Unlike Wright's normal use of wooden window frames, the home used aluminum frames made by Neils' company.[2]
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 (5.2 m)-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.[2]
Located on 2801 Burnham Boulevard, the home is visible from public streets but remains privately owned by members of the Neils family.[2]
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2006-03-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Wright in Minnesota". http://www.dgunning.org/architecture/Minn/neils.htm. Retrieved 2007-03-28.
- ^ "Minnesota Preservation Planner". Minnesota Historical Society. January-February 2005. http://www.mnhs.org/about/publications/planner/jan-feb2005.pdf. Retrieved 2007-03-28.
Different angle of the home from the street corner
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