James B. Christie House
New Jersey, United States
Exterior only
Visible from the street; the inside is private.
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Nestled on a wooded site in Bernardsville, New Jersey, the James B. Christie House stands as Frank Lloyd Wright's oldest and largest residential work in the state. Built in 1940, this single-story Usonian home spans 2,000 square feet and exemplifies Wright's integration of architecture with landscape. Constructed of brick, cypress, and redwood, the house employs a distinctive L-shaped plan that separates public and private realms: a rectangular living room and dining area perpendicular to a three-bedroom, three-bath wing, with the kitchen positioned at the corner as a hinge between the two sections. The flat roof with overhanging soffit reinforces the structure's horizontal sprawl across the natural terrain. Wright had counseled his first New Jersey client to seek a setting rich in topographic individuality and natural features—stream, trees, and freedom from neighboring structures—principles fully realized in this pioneering design.
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- single-family detached home
- Place
- New Jersey, United States
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