Lewis House

Tallahassee, United States

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Built in 1954 in Tallahassee, Florida, the Lewis House is a distinctive modernist residence designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for bank executive George Lewis II and his wife, community activist Clifton Lewis. One of a small number of hemicycles Wright created during his lifetime, the two-story structure features the architect's characteristic integration of local materials—red tidewater cypress, limestone, concrete, and glass—and a striking American football–shaped floor plan formed by curved facades on its west and east sides. A mechanical tower rises from the western facade, while the interior arranges an open-plan living–dining room and kitchen on the first floor, with three bedrooms and two bathrooms on a partially overhanging second level. Though the family occupied the house from its completion through 2010 and the structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places, decades of deferred maintenance have placed it among America's most endangered historic properties; conservation efforts began in earnest only in 2013.

Architect

Frank Lloyd Wright

Movement

modern architecture

Built: 1954
Type: single-family detached home
Heritage: National Register of Historic Places listed place, America's Most Endangered Historic Places
Place: Tallahassee, United States

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