Fallingwater or Kaufmann Residence - F.L. Wright (Designed by Myself)
Image by Vincenzo Spina
Design and construction
The structural design for Fallingwater was undertaken by Wright in association with staff engineers Mendel Glickman and William Wesley Peters, who had been responsible for the columns featured in Wright’s revolutionary design for the Johnson Wax Headquarters.
Preliminary plans were issued to Kaufmann for approval on October 15, 1935,[9] after which Wright made a further visit to the site and provided a cost estimate for the job. In December 1935 an old rock quarry was reopened to the west of the site to provide the stones needed for the house’s walls. Wright only made periodic visits during construction, instead assigning his apprentice Robert Mosher as his permanent on-site representative.[9] The final working drawings were issued by Wright in March 1936 with work beginning on the bridge and main house in April 1936.
The construction was plagued by conflicts between Wright, Kaufmann, and the construction contractor. Uncomfortable with what he perceived as Wright's insufficient experience using reinforced concrete Kaufmann had the architect's daring cantilever design reviewed by a firm of consulting engineers. Upon receiving their report Wright took offense and immediately requested Kaufmann to return his drawings and indicated he was withdrawing from the project. Kaufmann relented to Wright's gambit and the engineer’s report was subsequently buried within a stone wall of the house.[9]
After a visit to the site in June 1936, Wright rejected the stone masonry for the bridge, which had to be rebuilt.[citation needed]
For the cantilevered floors, Wright and his team used upside down T-shaped beams integrated into a monolithic concrete slab which both formed the ceiling of the space below and provided resistance against compression. The contractor, Walter Hall, also an engineer, produced independent computations and argued for increasing the reinforcing steel in the first floor’s slab. Wright rebuffed the contractor. While some sources state that it was the contractor who quietly doubled the amount of reinforcement,[10] according to others,[9] it was at Kaufmann’s request that his consulting engineers redrew Wright’s reinforcing drawings and doubled the amount of steel specified by Wright. This additional steel not only added weight to the slab but was set so close together that the concrete often could not properly fill in between the steel, which weakened the slab.[citation needed] In addition, the contractor did not build in a slight upward incline in the formwork for the cantilever to compensate for the settling and deflection of the cantilever once the concrete formwork was removed. As a result, the cantilever developed a noticeable sag. Upon learning of the steel addition without his approval Wright recalled Mosher.[11]
With Kaufmann’s approval, the consulting engineers arranged for the contractor to install a supporting wall under the main supporting beam for the west terrace. When Wright discovered it on a site visit he had Mosher discreetly remove the top course of stones. When Kaufmann later confessed to what had been done, Wright showed him what Mosher had done and pointed out that the cantilever had held up for the past month under test loads without the wall’s support.[12]
In October 1937, the main house was completed.
25c Foy House - HCM-8 (E)
Image by Kansas Sebastian
National Register of Historic Places No. 76000488, Added April 22, 1976
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 8, Added September 21, 1962
Angelino Heights Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (HPOZ)
__________
Foy House, 1873
1335-1341 1/2 Carroll Avenue [Previously located at 633 S Witmer Street, Mac Arthur Park, East]
This was once an esteemed residential district with a nice view of the city, previously reached by streetcar. It has been coming back in the last decade, due mainly to attempts by is proud residents to improve the surroundings. Two Victoria houses have eve been moved in to take the place of ones demolised long ago. We begin at the East end of the block.
One of the few remaining Italianate houses still to be found in Los Angeles. The house was built on a site near Wilshire Boulevard and was moved to this location. The design is a typical Italianate L-shape plan with a service wing and a central hall. Paired brackets support the extended roof over the gables and the eaves. The front porch has lost its upper railing and is now partially enclosed. [Note: Informatio was written when the house was still located on Witmer Street. The porch is no longer partially enclosed, but the upper railing is still missing.]
Other houses on Carroll Avenue are wothy of preservation and restoration. In fact, the whole Angelino Heights is a delight to anyone who can, in the mind's eye, see these houses and their gardens restored to their original conditions.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winter
Mac Arthur Park, East, No. 22
__________
Residence. Residence of Mary E. Foy who became the first woman to hold the office of city librarian in 1880. Moved from Witmer Street in 1993
Echo Park Historic Society (EPHS), www.historicechopark.org or www.historicechopark.org/id6.html
__________
Back in the 1800s, the houses were private homes to the higher class people, such as old City Councilman Daniel Innes. Daniel Innes' house was used for Charmed. The street was first used for Charmed in 1998 when an episode was filmed in one of the houses on the street. After that episode, they just used the house for exterior rather than interior. Other people that lived there in the Victorian era include merchant Aaron P. Philips, in 1887, real estate agent Charles C. Haskin, 1894, and warehouse operator Michael Sanders, 1887. As you can see, it is not a shy neighbourhood for the famous. The house next door to this is used in the television series Journeyman, which, like Charmed, is set in San Francisco.
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carroll_Avenue
25b Foy House - HCM-8 (E)
Image by Kansas Sebastian
National Register of Historic Places No. 76000488, Added April 22, 1976
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 8, Added September 21, 1962
Angelino Heights Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (HPOZ)
__________
Foy House, 1873
1335-1341 1/2 Carroll Avenue [Previously located at 633 S Witmer Street, Mac Arthur Park, East]
This was once an esteemed residential district with a nice view of the city, previously reached by streetcar. It has been coming back in the last decade, due mainly to attempts by is proud residents to improve the surroundings. Two Victoria houses have eve been moved in to take the place of ones demolised long ago. We begin at the East end of the block.
One of the few remaining Italianate houses still to be found in Los Angeles. The house was built on a site near Wilshire Boulevard and was moved to this location. The design is a typical Italianate L-shape plan with a service wing and a central hall. Paired brackets support the extended roof over the gables and the eaves. The front porch has lost its upper railing and is now partially enclosed. [Note: Information was written when the house was still located on Witmer Street. The porch is no longer partially enclosed, but the upper railing is still missing.]
Other houses on Carroll Avenue are wothy of preservation and restoration. In fact, the whole Angelino Heights is a delight to anyone who can, in the mind's eye, see these houses and their gardens restored to their original conditions.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winter
Mac Arthur Park, East, No. 22
__________
Residence. Residence of Mary E. Foy who became the first woman to hold the office of city librarian in 1880. Moved from Witmer Street in 1993
Echo Park Historic Society (EPHS), www.historicechopark.org or www.historicechopark.org/id6.html
__________
Back in the 1800s, the houses were private homes to the higher class people, such as old City Councilman Daniel Innes. Daniel Innes' house was used for Charmed. The street was first used for Charmed in 1998 when an episode was filmed in one of the houses on the street. After that episode, they just used the house for exterior rather than interior. Other people that lived there in the Victorian era include merchant Aaron P. Philips, in 1887, real estate agent Charles C. Haskin, 1894, and warehouse operator Michael Sanders, 1887. As you can see, it is not a shy neighbourhood for the famous. The house next door to this is used in the television series Journeyman, which, like Charmed, is set in San Francisco.
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carroll_Avenue
25a Foy House - HCM-8 (E)
Image by Kansas Sebastian
National Register of Historic Places No. 76000488, Added April 22, 1976
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 8, Added September 21, 1962
Angelino Heights Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (HPOZ)
__________
Foy House, 1873
1335-1341 1/2 Carroll Avenue [Previously located at 633 S Witmer Street, Mac Arthur Park, East]
This was once an esteemed residential district with a nice view of the city, previously reached by streetcar. It has been coming back in the last decade, due mainly to attempts by is proud residents to improve the surroundings. Two Victoria houses have eve been moved in to take the place of ones demolised long ago. We begin at the East end of the block.
One of the few remaining Italianate houses still to be found in Los Angeles. The house was built on a site near Wilshire Boulevard and was moved to this location. The design is a typical Italianate L-shape plan with a service wing and a central hall. Paired brackets support the extended roof over the gables and the eaves. The front porch has lost its upper railing and is now partially enclosed. [Note: Informatio was written when the house was still located on Witmer Street. The porch is no longer partially enclosed, but the upper railing is still missing.]
Other houses on Carroll Avenue are wothy of preservation and restoration. In fact, the whole Angelino Heights is a delight to anyone who can, in the mind's eye, see these houses and their gardens restored to their original conditions.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winter
Mac Arthur Park, East, No. 22
__________
Residence. Residence of Mary E. Foy who became the first woman to hold the office of city librarian in 1880. Moved from Witmer Street in 1993
Echo Park Historic Society (EPHS), www.historicechopark.org or www.historicechopark.org/id6.html
__________
Back in the 1800s, the houses were private homes to the higher class people, such as old City Councilman Daniel Innes. Daniel Innes' house was used for Charmed. The street was first used for Charmed in 1998 when an episode was filmed in one of the houses on the street. After that episode, they just used the house for exterior rather than interior. Other people that lived there in the Victorian era include merchant Aaron P. Philips, in 1887, real estate agent Charles C. Haskin, 1894, and warehouse operator Michael Sanders, 1887. As you can see, it is not a shy neighbourhood for the famous. The house next door to this is used in the television series Journeyman, which, like Charmed, is set in San Francisco.
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carroll_Avenue
24d Foy House - HCM-8 (E)
Image by Kansas Sebastian
National Register of Historic Places No. 76000488, Added April 22, 1976
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 8, Added September 21, 1962
Angelino Heights Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (HPOZ)
__________
Foy House, 1873
1335-1341 1/2 Carroll Avenue [Previously located at 633 S Witmer Street, Mac Arthur Park, East]
This was once an esteemed residential district with a nice view of the city, previously reached by streetcar. It has been coming back in the last decade, due mainly to attempts by is proud residents to improve the surroundings. Two Victoria houses have eve been moved in to take the place of ones demolised long ago. We begin at the East end of the block.
One of the few remaining Italianate houses still to be found in Los Angeles. The house was built on a site near Wilshire Boulevard and was moved to this location. The design is a typical Italianate L-shape plan with a service wing and a central hall. Paired brackets support the extended roof over the gables and the eaves. The front porch has lost its upper railing and is now partially enclosed. [Note: Informatio was written when the house was still located on Witmer Street. The porch is no longer partially enclosed, but the upper railing is still missing.]
Other houses on Carroll Avenue are wothy of preservation and restoration. In fact, the whole Angelino Heights is a delight to anyone who can, in the mind's eye, see these houses and their gardens restored to their original conditions.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winter
Mac Arthur Park, East, No. 22
__________
Residence. Residence of Mary E. Foy who became the first woman to hold the office of city librarian in 1880. Moved from Witmer Street in 1993
Echo Park Historic Society (EPHS), www.historicechopark.org or www.historicechopark.org/id6.html
__________
Back in the 1800s, the houses were private homes to the higher class people, such as old City Councilman Daniel Innes. Daniel Innes' house was used for Charmed. The street was first used for Charmed in 1998 when an episode was filmed in one of the houses on the street. After that episode, they just used the house for exterior rather than interior. Other people that lived there in the Victorian era include merchant Aaron P. Philips, in 1887, real estate agent Charles C. Haskin, 1894, and warehouse operator Michael Sanders, 1887. As you can see, it is not a shy neighbourhood for the famous. The house next door to this is used in the television series Journeyman, which, like Charmed, is set in San Francisco.
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carroll_Avenue
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