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Fall Newsletter Perit inci et, vel utpatum san- dio commy nit lore digna con eugueri ureros essi ea facil delismodiat, vel et augait ut wismod mod eliscilismod tion velis eugaitPUBLISHED augiat. Ut lut BYerae- strud mod molorercing ea con-THE sendre estrud. Fall 2011 THIRTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING Vol. 12 no. 2 SET FOR 23 JUNE ISSN: 1542-0884 Walter Burley Griffin IN MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA Society of America 1152 Center Drive The thirteenth annual meeting of the Walter Burley Griffin Society of America St. Louis, MO 63117 314.644.4546 will be held in Minneapolis on Saturday, 23 June 2012. Similar to this past Website: www.WBGriffinSociety.org year, the meeting will be centered around the work of the Griffins’ mentors Email: [email protected] and associates among the architects of the Prairie School, including most im- Society President portantly Purcell & Elmslie. A special showing of the Griffin material held at Peter Burley Griffin Board of Directors the Northwest Architectural Archives of the University of Minnesota has been Rich H. Berry arranged. The meeting is being coordinated by architectural historian Richard Griffin Homeowner, Edwardsville, IL Kronick. An optional tour the next day is being planned, including a visit to Kathleen Cummings Architectural Historian, Chicago, IL Louis Sullivan’s National Farmers’ Bank in Owatonna. Eleanor E. Grumman Equibase Capital Group, LLC Chicago, IL WELCOME ABOARD! Tom Hagensick Architect, Evanston, IL Two new members were appointed to the Griffin Society Board of Directors W. R. Hasbrouck, FAIA Chicago, IL at the June meeting: Anthony Rubano and Thomas Hagensick. Anthony is Paul Kruty a well-known preservationist with the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, Prof. of Architectural History while Tom is a preservation architect in Chicago, with experience ranging from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Seattle to Indiana. Both have architecture degrees from the University of Il- Tannys Langdon, AIA linois. Langdon Associates, LLC Architects Griffin Homeowner, Chicago, IL Mati Maldre Prof. Emeritus of Art/Photography GRINNELL SHOW Chicago State University Griffin Homeowner, Chicago, IL The exhibition “Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin in Iowa” Robert E. McCoy, Hon. AIA opened on 23 September at the Faulconer Gallery of Grinnell College and will Griffin Homeowner, Mason City, IA Jon S. Pohl, AIA continue through 11 December. The exhibition of renderings and photographs AIA/Sarasota, FL of the Griffin’s Iowa projects, primarily in Grinnell, highlights the one hun- Anthony Rubano dredth anniversary of the College’s restored treasure, the 1911 Benjamin and Illinois Historic Preservation Agency Springfield, IL Mabel Ricker house. Bob McCoy of the Griffin Society reports that, among George Shutack the objects on display, Mahony’s drawings of the Melson and Blythe houses, Prairie Multimedia, Inc., Wayne, IL Paul E. Sprague plus her colored version of the Rock Crest/Rock Glen aerial perspective, make Prof. Emeritus of Architectural History the show a must-see. Curated by Daniel Strong, Associate Director and Cura- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee tor of Exhibitions at the Faulconer Gallery, the exhibition is accompanied by Mary K. Woolever Art & Architecture Archivist a full-color catalogue, including essays on “The Griffins in Grinnell” by Paul Art Institute of Chicago Kruty, Professor of Architectural History, University of Illinois, and “Ricker Honorary Director James Weirick House Since 2000” by Daniel Strong. The catalog sells for $20, tax included. President of the Walter Burley Griffin For more information, contact Daniel Strong, [email protected] Society, Inc. , Sydney, Australia Faculty of Architecture University of New South Wales PRAIRIE SCHOOL TILES Editor: Paul Kruty [email protected] Art tile expert and longtime Griffin Society member Richard Mohr has pub- Designer: George Shutack lished the first in a series of articles in the Journal of the American Art Pottery [email protected] Please email news items to the Association on the use of art tiles by members of the Prairie School, with exam- editor or designer. ples from the firms of Purcell & Elmslie, Spencer & Powers and Tallmadge & Watson, as well as Frank Lloyd Wright, Walter Burley Parks,” in which she demonstrated the depth of our Griffin and Marion Mahony. Griffin Society mem- park system and accompanying architectural trea- bers will recall that Mohr lectured on the subject in sures, as well as her personal “discovery,” the work 2008 at the Grand Rapids meeting. of Clarence Hatzfeld. This was followed by architect Featured prominently in the first article are buildings John Eifler’s presentation of his restoration plan for Mohr has visited with the Griffin Society through the Griffin’s Cooley House in Monroe, Louisiana. The years, including Wright’s hotel and bank and Griffin’s home, originally designed in 1908 and built in 1926, Blythe and Schneider houses in Mason City (seen at is the last Griffin design built in the United States. the meeting of 2003); Mahony’s Irving and Muel- The house had suffered considerable alteration over ler houses in Decatur (meeting of 2007); Mahony’s the years but is in the beginning phases of restora- Amberg house in Grand Rapids (2008); and Spen- tion funded by the City of Monroe and the Cooley cer’s Broughton house in River Forest and Tallmadge House Foundation. It is intended to become a house & Watson’s Smith house in Oak Park this past June museum and cultural events center. Following a cof- (2011). fee break, Paul Kruty presented his paper “Robert Spencer in Oak Park and River Forest,” a captivating story of the life of and work of the Prairie School OAK PARK HOSTS TWELFTH ANNUAL architect and integral community member, whose MEETING AND TOURS work featured prominently on the afternoon tour. By Janna N. Hagensick, Architect Lastly, homeowner Dan Spillane spoke on the res- The Walter Burley Griffin Society of America held its toration of his Spencer home, the Broughton House twelfth annual meeting on Saturday, June 25, 2011 in River Forest. It was a truly dedicated effort over in Oak Park, Illinois. The event, including the Fri- the course of four years to restore the original ideas day Board of Directors meeting, was hosted by the and details and incorporate smart building systems Oak Park Historical Society at George Maher’s Far- to ensure the longevity of the refurbished building. son-Mills house, also known as “Pleasant Home.” As my first Society meeting, it was especially excit- ing for me personally as my husband, architect Tom Hagensick, was appointed to the Board of Directors at Friday’s Board meeting. Having both been taught by Paul Kruty as graduate students at the University of Illinois, we were grateful for Tom’s opportunity to share his voice and enthusiasm for the Prairie School. The meeting was followed by dinner in the entry hall of “Pleasant Home,” where we shared lively conversa- tion and listened to stories told by several of the “old- timers” on the Board. Saturday morning could not have been, dare I say, more pleasant. Approaching “Pleasant Home” one is lured by a wide processional walk, leading to a cov- Reception at Pleasant Home of the Griffin Board, including ered porch of considerable width and breadth, be- (l to r) Tom Hagensick, Paul Sprague, Jon Pohl, Marilyn Has- fore being swallowed up by the massive front door. brouck, Bob McCoy, Bonnie McCoy, and Peter B. Griffin. One could imagine what it would be like to attend Following lunch, all were ready for an enjoyable af- a party hosted by one of its original owners, as the ternoon touring four houses in Oak Park and near- house buzzed with anticipation of the conference. As by River Forest, as well as a planned visit to William the meeting began, we were greeted by Society Presi- Drummond’s River Forest Methodist Church (for dent Peter B. Griffin and Oak Park Historical So- some unknown reason, church members failed to ciety’s Laura Thompson, who shared with us recent open the building as promised and didn’t respond and future restoration work on “Pleasant Home.” to phone messages), not to mention the array of ar- Julia Bachrach, historian for the Chicago Park Dis- chitecture appreciated just on the exterior. The fol- trict, presented “Prairie School Buildings in Chicago lowing homeowners graciously opened their doors Page 2 Fall 2011 for our indulgence: Dan and Betsy Spillane (Brough- Cannon, Patrick F., with an introduction by Paul ton House, architects Spencer & Powers); Susan and Kruty. Hometown Architect: The Complete Buildings John Curran (Pellet House, architects Spencer & of Frank Lloyd Wright in Oak Park and River Forest, Il- Powers); Paul Harding (Davenport House, architect linois. San Francisco, CA: Pomegranate, 2006. Frank Lloyd Wright); and Marc Martinez and Susan Price (Smith House, architects Tallmadge & Watson). Cummings, Kathleen Ann. Pleasant Home: A History of the John Farson House, George Washington Maher, All in all, it was an exceptional event that would not Architect. Oak Park, IL: The Pleasant Home Founda- have been quite as wonderful without the effort and tion, 2002. support of so many dedicated people. I look forward to more great experiences with the Walter Burley Gebhard, David, ed. by Patricia Gebhard. Purcell & Griffin Society in the future. Elmslie, Prairie Progressive Architects. Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith, Publisher, 2006. MARION MAHONY GRIFFIN BOOK Griffin, Dustin, ed. The Writings of Walter Burley APPEARS TO RAVE REVIEWS Griffin. Port Melbourne, VIC: Cambridge Univer- After a gestation period of more than five years, the sity Press, 2008. much anticipated publication of the lectures on Mar- ion Mahony Griffin presented in November 2005 Hasbrouck, Wilbert R. The Chicago Architectural at Northwestern University has finally appeared. Club: Prelude to the Modern New York: The Mona- Marion Mahony Reconsidered (The University of celli Press, 2005. Chicago Press) includes an introduction by David Hertzberg, Mark, with an introduction by Neil Van Zanten, who served as editor, and essays by Al- Levine.
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