Recent from talks
Bernard Schwartz House
Knowledge base stats:
Talk channels stats:
Members stats:
Bernard Schwartz House
The Bernard and Fern Schwartz House, also known as Still Bend, is a Usonian–style house at 3425 Adams Street, next to the East Twin River, in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, United States. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the house was completed in 1940 for the businessman Bernard Schwartz and his wife Fern. The Schwartz House is one of two based on a 1938 "dream house" design published in Life magazine, the other being the Gordon House in Oregon. Over the years, the Schwartz House has received extensive architectural commentary and has been depicted in numerous exhibits, TV shows, and books. The house is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Life magazine invited Wright to design a modern–style house for the Blackbourn family of Minneapolis, who selected an alternate design. After Schwartz saw Wright's design in the September 26, 1938, issue of Life magazine, he asked Wright to build the design for him. Construction had commenced by October 1939, and the Schwartz family moved to the house in June 1940, staying there for three decades. Paul Anderson bought the house in 1970, and his wife Edie continued to own the house until 2003, making various repairs to the house. Jason Nordhougen and Terry Records bought the Schwartz House in 2003, and their friends Michael Ditmer and Lisa Proechel helped renovate it into a short-term homestay, which opened in mid-2004. Ditmer and his brother Gary acquired the house in 2006 and have rented it out on Airbnb since 2010.
The house consists of a main section oriented northwest–southeast and a wing extending northeast. The exterior is made of red brick and tidewater cypress, interspersed with large glass windows and perforated decorative boards; there are also clerestory windows, overhanging flat roofs, and terraces. Adjoining the house are a sunken courtyard to the north and a patio to the south. The interior covers 3,000 square feet (280 m2), with a radiant heating system, as well as tidewater cypress and brick decoration. The master bedroom, living room, dining room, and kitchen are on the first floor, while the other bedrooms are on the second floor; there is no attic or basement. Wright also designed built-in furniture and custom furnishings for the house.
The Schwartz House is located at 3425 Adams Street in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, United States, approximately 99 miles (159 km) north of Milwaukee. It occupies the southeast corner of Adams and 36th streets, overlooking a bend on the East Twin River. The house's nickname, Still Bend, comes from the name of the nearby subdivision and its position near the river. Next to the house, the river widens and flows through a marshy area. The Still Bend subdivision was platted out during the 1920s and became part of Two Rivers' city limits in 1955.
The Schwartz House occupies a flat land lot and is surrounded by other single-family residences, which are designed in the Minimal Traditional or Ranch styles. Unlike these other buildings, which are set back parallel to the street, the Schwartz House runs at an angle to Adams Street. A circular driveway outside the house surrounds a landscaped lawn; this driveway is bordered with red bark. In addition, there is a depressed courtyard on the north side of the house and a concrete terrace on the south side.
The house was built for Bernard Schwartz, a businessman from Two Rivers who manufactured dairy filters. Schwartz's family had emigrated from Russia in the 1890s, settling in Two Rivers in 1910. After Bernard married Fern Korn in 1936, the couple settled in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, where their only child Stephen was born in 1937. Simultaneously, the architect Frank Lloyd Wright had received significant press coverage after having completed the house Fallingwater in Pennsylvania. Wright mostly designed houses for wealthy clients until the 1930s, when he began to design lower-cost Usonian houses for middle-class families. In general, his Usonian houses tended to have open plans, geometric floor grids, in-floor heating, and a carport, without a garage or basement.
In mid-1938, Life magazine invited eight architects (including Wright) to draw up "dream houses" for four families, each in a different income bracket. Each architect drew up either a modern design or a traditional design for each family, for a total of eight plans. Wright was asked to create a modern–style design for a middle-income family, the Blackbourn family of Minneapolis, who owned a site on a hill. Wright described his design as "a little private club" with an open plan first floor, bedrooms on the second story, an enclosed patio, a flat roof, and an outdoor pool or sunken garden. The plan was based on his earlier design for the Storer House in Los Angeles. Meanwhile, Royal Barry Wills created a traditional–style design for the Blackbourns, which varied in height from one to three stories.
Wills's plans took into account the terrain and Minneapolis's snowy climate. Wills placed the living spaces in the rear to provide space for large windows at the front, overlooking a nearby lake; the steeply sloped roof allowed snow to slide off. By contrast, Wright's design entirely disregarded the climate and terrain, and one author wrote that the flat roof, outdoor patio, and glass walls were more suited for a flat site in Arizona. The Blackbourns ultimately selected Wills's design, despite reportedly expressing admiration for Wright's design. The eight dream house plans were published in Life magazine on September 26, 1938, and rapidly gained large amounts of attention. Several days after the article was published, the lawyer Eugene M. Lawton reached out to Wright, saying that the Schwartz family was interested in using his design.
Hub AI
Bernard Schwartz House AI simulator
(@Bernard Schwartz House_simulator)
Bernard Schwartz House
The Bernard and Fern Schwartz House, also known as Still Bend, is a Usonian–style house at 3425 Adams Street, next to the East Twin River, in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, United States. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the house was completed in 1940 for the businessman Bernard Schwartz and his wife Fern. The Schwartz House is one of two based on a 1938 "dream house" design published in Life magazine, the other being the Gordon House in Oregon. Over the years, the Schwartz House has received extensive architectural commentary and has been depicted in numerous exhibits, TV shows, and books. The house is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Life magazine invited Wright to design a modern–style house for the Blackbourn family of Minneapolis, who selected an alternate design. After Schwartz saw Wright's design in the September 26, 1938, issue of Life magazine, he asked Wright to build the design for him. Construction had commenced by October 1939, and the Schwartz family moved to the house in June 1940, staying there for three decades. Paul Anderson bought the house in 1970, and his wife Edie continued to own the house until 2003, making various repairs to the house. Jason Nordhougen and Terry Records bought the Schwartz House in 2003, and their friends Michael Ditmer and Lisa Proechel helped renovate it into a short-term homestay, which opened in mid-2004. Ditmer and his brother Gary acquired the house in 2006 and have rented it out on Airbnb since 2010.
The house consists of a main section oriented northwest–southeast and a wing extending northeast. The exterior is made of red brick and tidewater cypress, interspersed with large glass windows and perforated decorative boards; there are also clerestory windows, overhanging flat roofs, and terraces. Adjoining the house are a sunken courtyard to the north and a patio to the south. The interior covers 3,000 square feet (280 m2), with a radiant heating system, as well as tidewater cypress and brick decoration. The master bedroom, living room, dining room, and kitchen are on the first floor, while the other bedrooms are on the second floor; there is no attic or basement. Wright also designed built-in furniture and custom furnishings for the house.
The Schwartz House is located at 3425 Adams Street in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, United States, approximately 99 miles (159 km) north of Milwaukee. It occupies the southeast corner of Adams and 36th streets, overlooking a bend on the East Twin River. The house's nickname, Still Bend, comes from the name of the nearby subdivision and its position near the river. Next to the house, the river widens and flows through a marshy area. The Still Bend subdivision was platted out during the 1920s and became part of Two Rivers' city limits in 1955.
The Schwartz House occupies a flat land lot and is surrounded by other single-family residences, which are designed in the Minimal Traditional or Ranch styles. Unlike these other buildings, which are set back parallel to the street, the Schwartz House runs at an angle to Adams Street. A circular driveway outside the house surrounds a landscaped lawn; this driveway is bordered with red bark. In addition, there is a depressed courtyard on the north side of the house and a concrete terrace on the south side.
The house was built for Bernard Schwartz, a businessman from Two Rivers who manufactured dairy filters. Schwartz's family had emigrated from Russia in the 1890s, settling in Two Rivers in 1910. After Bernard married Fern Korn in 1936, the couple settled in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, where their only child Stephen was born in 1937. Simultaneously, the architect Frank Lloyd Wright had received significant press coverage after having completed the house Fallingwater in Pennsylvania. Wright mostly designed houses for wealthy clients until the 1930s, when he began to design lower-cost Usonian houses for middle-class families. In general, his Usonian houses tended to have open plans, geometric floor grids, in-floor heating, and a carport, without a garage or basement.
In mid-1938, Life magazine invited eight architects (including Wright) to draw up "dream houses" for four families, each in a different income bracket. Each architect drew up either a modern design or a traditional design for each family, for a total of eight plans. Wright was asked to create a modern–style design for a middle-income family, the Blackbourn family of Minneapolis, who owned a site on a hill. Wright described his design as "a little private club" with an open plan first floor, bedrooms on the second story, an enclosed patio, a flat roof, and an outdoor pool or sunken garden. The plan was based on his earlier design for the Storer House in Los Angeles. Meanwhile, Royal Barry Wills created a traditional–style design for the Blackbourns, which varied in height from one to three stories.
Wills's plans took into account the terrain and Minneapolis's snowy climate. Wills placed the living spaces in the rear to provide space for large windows at the front, overlooking a nearby lake; the steeply sloped roof allowed snow to slide off. By contrast, Wright's design entirely disregarded the climate and terrain, and one author wrote that the flat roof, outdoor patio, and glass walls were more suited for a flat site in Arizona. The Blackbourns ultimately selected Wills's design, despite reportedly expressing admiration for Wright's design. The eight dream house plans were published in Life magazine on September 26, 1938, and rapidly gained large amounts of attention. Several days after the article was published, the lawyer Eugene M. Lawton reached out to Wright, saying that the Schwartz family was interested in using his design.
Recent media