Early 1900's West Coast Residential Architecture

Early 1900s West Coast Residential architecture By: Samuel Becker

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Table of Contents Mission Inn:4,5 Sam Hill House:6,7 The Satterlee House:8,9 Frank Lloyd Wright:10,11,12,13 citations-14,15

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Mission Inn 1902

The Mission inn is located in Riverside California and is one of the earliest and most influential pieces of residential architecture on the west coast that is still standing and operational to this day. The original building was designed by Arthur B Benton however it was also worked on by Myron Hunt and G. Stanley Wilson.

The Inn was originally The Glenwood Cottage, built by Christopher Columbus Miller. in 1880 Frank Miller purchased the building and land from his father and thanks to californias economic boom it became very popular. In 1902 he changed the name to the Glenwood Mission Inn and began building in a variety of styles and taking inspiration from architecture all over the world and throughout the ages.

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Mission Inn, California 1902

One of my favorite features about the Mission Inn is the entryway. The grand and imposing archway gives you a hint as to what to expect inside the house, while being reminiscent of The Alamo in its shape and stonework. the archway also holds bells of various sizes, providing an even more historic atmosphere.

Inside the inn i believe the most beautiful space is this massive spiral staircase spanning multiple floors. The contrast between the red floors and tan walls emphasize the circular shape of the room, while the spiral staircase provides you with an easy path to follow with your eyes. the elegant columns and numerous archways add to the already prestigious atmosphere of the rest of the inn

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Sam Hill House 1910

The Sam Hill House was constructed between 1909 and 1910 in preperation for a belgian royal family memers visit to seattle. Following Sam Hills death in 1931 the house was purchased by a local preservationist named Guendolen plestcheeff who lived there until her death in 1994. the house then was listed again in 2016.

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The architecture of the Sam Hill house is very blocky, as was typical in the area at various points in time. Due to its blocked out structure the scale of the house is very easily lost, and its very easy to forgot you are looking at an enourmous mansion just by picture.

In direct contrast to the blocked out architecture the entrance to the house consists of a quarter circle shaped driveway and a similarly curved staircase. This style of entrance prevents the blockiness from becoming overwhelming while simultaineously emphasizing it.

One of the things i found most interesting about this house was its historical signifigance. aside from the very important reason it was built and the notable people who have lived there the house also contains the oldest functional sundial in seattle.

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Satterlee House 1906

The Satterlee House, with an unknown architect and builder, was originally owned by Ina Baker in 1910. In 1981 it was declared a historical site because of its status as the last remaining original "seattle classic box" style house. The large front yard is one of the staples of this style and is something very unique to see when walking in a beach town. The structure of the roof provides a tiered effect to the house, and emphasizes the facade. The most amazing thing about the satterlee house is how it has withstood through the years despite taking up a large amount of land and being a style that was mostly lost at this point in time.

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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Textile Block Houses 1920-1930

Dr. John Storer house

The John Storer house was one of Frank Lloyd Wrights earliest residential buildings in california. he drew from the traditional blocky structure and stone material typically seen in the area while adding a twist of his own with the expansive windows stretching from floor to roof.

The Alice Millard house represents Frank Lloyd Wrights desire to branch out from his reputation as the prairie house architect. he decided to experiment with concrete blocks as a building material because it was "the cheapest (and ugliest) thing in the building world," and he wanted to take on the challenge. the result is a beautifully ornamented piece of classic californian architecture.

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Alice Millard House

The Ennis house was the fourth and largest of wright’s textile block houses. He uses the blocks to create a feeling of movement throughout the exterior of the house that makes it feel like it would be a waste to rest your eyes on any one thing in particular and lose the movement effect. Due to construction complications the owners of the house took over construction after a certain point and deviated from wrights original design.

Charles Ennis House

The Samuel Freeman House is another one of the four textile block style houses. The green and tan colors off the stone and accents compliment eachother very well. I also find the ornamentation on the blocks to be the most beautiful in this house.

The house was given to the USC school of architecture and in 2005 the produced a 3200 page document detailing the condition of the house.

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Samuel Freeman House

Hanna “Honeycomb� House

Frank Lloyd Wright 1930-1950

As Frank Lloyd Wright continued to expand his architectural experience he also continued to make the scenery of west coast neighborhoods more and more beautiful. Although his Californian works in the 1920s were very blocky in nature due to his choice of building materials following these he began designing with unigue shapes and materials that were not as common on the west coast at the time. seen above is the "honeycomb" house lovingly called so due to its honeycomb-like shapes seen throughout the house wich was very unique. The red exterior and expansive windows are also a step outside the box compared to the typical houses of the time. To the right is the Bazett house, built in 1939. I chose to show this house from an aerial view because it best demonstrates the unique shapes and structure that Frank Lloyd Wright was experimenting with at the time.

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The Arizona Biltmore Hotel was designed

by Albert Chase Mcarthur however credit is typically mistakenly given to Frank Lloyd Wright. the reason for this is due to Wrights involvement during the construction process on the textile block materials he was so familiar with from his prior californian works. While it is very unfortunate that the actual architect is often overlooked when discussing this beautiful design this fact demonstrates just how influential Wright was in californian residential architecture.

Arizona Biltmore Hotel

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Bazett House

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