Dudley Spencer House

Wilmington, United States

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

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The Dudley Spencer House, also known as Laurel, is a Frank Lloyd Wright–designed Usonian home completed in Wilmington, Delaware, between 1956 and 1961. Built of irregularly coursed fieldstone, this single-story dwelling exemplifies Wright's hemicycle design with a flat roof, curvilinear extensions, and ribbon windows positioned beneath the roof overhangs. The interior fireplace and hearth function as the home's dominant structural and aesthetic element, while the design characteristically integrates the residence into its wooded surroundings. The owner, Dudley Spencer, constructed much of the home himself, personally fabricating the steel structures and enlisting assistance from a local prison work gang. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974, the residence remains private and inaccessible to the public.