E. Clarke and Julia Arnold House
Columbus, United States
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Visible from the street; the inside is private.
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The E. Clarke and Julia Arnold House is a Frank Lloyd Wright–designed Usonian home in Columbus, Wisconsin, built in 1955–1956 for attorney E. Clarke Arnold and his wife Julia. Sited on the city's west edge overlooking farmland, this low one-story residence exemplifies Wright's diamond module system, employing 60° and 120° angles to create equilateral parallelogram units with 4-foot sides. Constructed of Wisconsin limestone, redwood board and batten, and glass, the home originally featured a V-shaped plan with living and bedroom wings flanking a central core housing the fireplace, kitchen, and utilities. The Arnolds, inspired by Wright's nearby Kinney House, commissioned the design after the architect's death in 1959; apprentice John H. Howe drafted a revised addition in response to the family's growing needs, reconfiguring the plan into its final Y-shape. The house departs from typical Usonian color schemes with golden ocher floors, and is listed in the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places and the National Register of Historic Places.
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- Built
- Type
- single-family detached home
- Materials
- limestone
- Heritage
- listed in the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places, National Register of Historic Places listed place
- Place
- Columbus, United States
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