University of Arkansas, Fayetteville ScholarWorks@UARK Architecture Undergraduate Honors Theses Architecture 5-2013 A Study of the Influence of Women Clients on Residential Architectural Design through the Work of E. Fay Jones Calli Verkamp University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.uark.edu/archuht Part of the Architectural History and Criticism Commons, and the Women's Studies Commons Recommended Citation Verkamp, Calli, "A Study of the Influence of Women Clients on Residential Architectural Design through the Work of E. Fay Jones" (2013). Architecture Undergraduate Honors Theses. 5. http://scholarworks.uark.edu/archuht/5 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Architecture at ScholarWorks@UARK. It has been accepted for inclusion in Architecture Undergraduate Honors Theses by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UARK. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. A Study of the Influence of Women Clients on Residential Architectural Design through the Work of E. Fay Jones A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Honors Program of the Department of Architecture in the Fay Jones School of Architecture, University of Arkansas. Calli M. Verkamp Thesis Committee: Chair, Dr. Ethel Goodstein-Murphree Member, Greg Herman Member, Dr. Lynda Coon Spring 2013 ©2013 by Calli M. Verkamp All rights reserved. ii TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Illustrations ........................................................................................................................................ iv Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 1 Chapter 1: “Houses, Homes and Spheres” ................................................................................................... 7 Existing Literature .......................................................................................................................... 11 Chapter 2: “Frank Lloyd Wright” ................................................................................................................. 16 Dana House .................................................................................................................................... 22 Goetsch-Winckler House I .............................................................................................................. 32 Chapter 3: “E. Fay Jones” ............................................................................................................................ 44 Relationship with Wright ............................................................................................................... 44 Goetsch-Winckler House III ............................................................................................................ 53 Alice Walton House ........................................................................................................................ 65 Conclusion ................................................................................................................................................... 81 Bibliography ................................................................................................................................................ 94 Illustration/Photograph Credits .................................................................................................................. 96 iii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Figure 1: Frank Lloyd Wright, circa 1889 .................................................................................................... 16 Figure 2: Mamah Borthwick Cheney, 1909 ................................................................................................. 18 Figure 3: Title Page, Love and Ethics ........................................................................................................... 19 Figure 4: Olgivanna Lloyd Wright, circa 1924 ............................................................................................. 20 Figure5: Frank Lloyd Wright working with apprentices at Taliesin, 1945 ................................................... 21 Figure 6: Susan Lawrence Dana .................................................................................................................. 22 Figure 7: R.D. Lawrence’s original villa ....................................................................................................... 24 Figure 8: Dana House, Preliminary First Floor Plan .................................................................................... 24 Figure 9: Dana House, First Floor Plan ........................................................................................................ 26 Figure 10: “Flower in the Crannied Wall,” looking north into hall ............................................................. 27 Figure 11: Dana House, Dining Hall ............................................................................................................. 28 Figure 12: Dana House, Gallery ................................................................................................................... 28 Figure 13: Dana House, sketch of dining room ........................................................................................... 29 Figure 14: Dana House, Exterior Photograph ............................................................................................. 30 Figure 15: Dana House, Longitudinal Section ............................................................................................. 30 Figure 16: Dana House, plans ..................................................................................................................... 31 Figure 17: Alma Goetsch, with “Littlebit” ................................................................................................... 32 Figure 18: Kathrine Winckler, circa 1921 – 1925 ........................................................................................ 32 Figure 19: Untitled, Watercolor on Paper, Alma Goetsch, 1947 ................................................................ 33 Figure 20: Title Unknown, Katherine Winckler, circa 1960 ........................................................................ 33 Figure 21: Ground Plan for Usonia II, September 1, 1939 .......................................................................... 35 Figure 22: Header from a preliminary plan for Goetsch-Winckler House .................................................. 37 Figure 23: Goetsch-Winckler House, Plan ................................................................................................... 38 Figure 24: Goetsch Winckler House, Interior Photograph .......................................................................... 39 Figure 25: Goetsch-Winckler House, Interior Photograph ......................................................................... 40 Figure 26: Goetsch-Winckler House, Interior Photograph ......................................................................... 41 Figure 27: Goetsch-Winckler House, Interior Photograph ......................................................................... 41 Figure 28: Goetsch-Winckler House, Exterior Photograph ......................................................................... 42 Figure 29: E. Fay Jones ............................................................................................................................... 44 Figure 30: Wright takes afternoon tea with the Fellowship apprentices and their families ...................... 46 Figure 31: Fay Jones greets Frank Lloyd Wright as he arrives to Arkansas................................................. 47 Figure 32: House of the Ozarks ................................................................................................................... 51 Figure 33: House of the Ozarks, Interior ..................................................................................................... 52 Figure 34: Ferrochrome, Kathrine Winckler, 1953 ..................................................................................... 55 Figure 35: Weeds and Old Lace, Alma Goetsch, 1961 ................................................................................ 56 Figure 36: Goetsch-Winckler III, East Elevation .......................................................................................... 58 Figure 37: Goetsch-Winckler III, Plan .......................................................................................................... 59 Figure 38: Goetsch-Winckler III, Interior Rendering ................................................................................... 60 iv Figure 39: Goetsch-Winckler III, Section ..................................................................................................... 61 Figure 40: Goetsch-Winckler III, Interior Photograph ................................................................................. 62 Figure 41: Goetsch-Winckler III, Exterior .................................................................................................... 63 Figure 42: Goetsch-Winckler III, Kathrine Winckler’s suite from living room ............................................. 63 Figure 43: Goetsch-Winckler III, Plan .......................................................................................................... 64 Figure 44: Alice