Frank Lloyd Wright

GREGOR AFFLECK HOUSE (1940 - S.274)


	Date: 1978 Title: Gregor Affleck House Exterior 1978. Gregor S. Affleck House (1940 - S.274), Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Description: Clipping taped to verso: "Southfield College will Get Mansion. One of Detroit area’s most famous houses, the Affleck House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, has been donated to the Lawrence Institute of Technology... The Home in Bloomfield Hills was given to the college by the children of the late George S. and Elizabeth B. Affleck. A chemical engineer, Affleck was president of Colloidal Paint Products. "Mother and Dad loved the house and we wanted to help LIT by providing students an historic and creative architectural example from which to learn," said Mrs.. Mary Ann Lutomski of Bloomfield Hills. She and her brother, Gregor Affleck of Royal Oak, gave the house jointly. The house was completed in 1941 and is considered a fine example from the period of Wright’s architectural career he called ‘;Usonian’ - a way of building a structure in harmony with a site. The style included open planning in the living area and small bedrooms. It features shiplapped siding and then-novel radiant heating n polished concrete floors..." Stamped on verso: "Feb 21 1978"; "Walt Bizon". Hand written on verso: "78J6R1-20 #6". Acquired from the archives of the Detroit free Press. Size: Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. ST#: 1978.39.1011


	Date: 1978 Title: Gregor Affleck House Window Detail Description: Gregor S. Affleck House (1940 - S.274), Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Photographed by Walt Bizon for the Lawrence Institute of Technology. The home was donated to the Lawrence Institute of Technology in 1977. It was restored in the 1980s. "There are two things wrong with a Frank Lloyd Wright house. People will hardly let you get one built and will hardly let you live in it when it's done." client Gregor Affleck. Dating photograph: The thee lined printing "THIS PAPER / MANUFACTURED / BY KODAK" was commonly used in the 1970s-80s. #78J6R1-24. Size: Original 5 x 7 silver gelatin photograph ST#: 1978.26.0207

	Date: 1979 Title: Gregor Affleck House Exterior Description: Gregor S. Affleck House (1940 - S.274), Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Stamped on verso: "Detroit Free Press, Dec 4 1979. Photo by Mary Schroeder". Caption pasted to verso, dated Jan 8 1980: "Before he sat down to his drawing board, Frank Lloyd Wright had Gregor Affleck select a site where no other architect would build. This house Wright designed in Bloomfield Hills sweeps over a steep ravine split by a brook." Article pasted to verso, dated Dec 12 1988: "500 inspect house built by Wright. By Jeanne May, Free Press Staff Writer. "When you walk through the Affleck House – the Bloomfield Hills house that architect Frank Lloyd Wright built in 1941 – you often feel squeezed from above above by low ceilings or squeezed from both sides by narrow hallways. ‘You have that continually in Wright buildings, because he wanted you to have the feeling you were moving through space.’ said Anthony Gholz, a member of the board of governors of the Friends of Frank Lloyd Wright-Affleck house. The land-hugging house – L-shaped and built on three levels – has an entrance room, a living-and... Dirt and waxed, through which ran hot water pipes that heat the house. Caption: The Frank Lloyd Wright-Affleck House, designed by Wright in 1941, sweeps over a steep ravine split by a brook in Bloomfield Hills." Acquired from the archives of the Detroit Free Press. Size: Original 8 x 10 B&W Print. ST#: 1979.24.0411

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