Frank Lloyd Wright: Historic American Buildings Survey, Volume 1

The Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) was started in 1933 as one of the New Deal make-work programs, to employ jobless architects, draftspeople, and photographers. Its purpose is to document the nation's architectural heritage, especially those buildings that are in danger of ruin or deliberate destruction. Today, the HABS is part of the National Park Service and its repository is in the Library of Congress, much of which is available online at loc.gov.Of the tens of thousands...
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The Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) was started in 1933 as one of the New Deal make-work programs, to employ jobless architects, draftspeople, and photographers. Its purpose is to document the nation's architectural heritage, especially those buildings that are in danger of ruin or deliberate destruction. Today, the HABS is part of the National Park Service and its repository is in the Library of Congress, much of which is available online at loc.gov.Of the tens of thousands HABS buildings, I found 44 Frank Lloyd Wright designs that have been digitized. Each HABS survey includes photographs and/or drawings and/or a report. I've included here what the Library of Congress had-sometimes all three, sometimes two of the three, and sometimes just one. There might be a single photo or drawing, or, such as in the case of Florida Southern College (in volume two), over a hundred.While all of the documents in these books are on the Library of Congress website, they're inconvenient to access. It's time consuming to download the drawings as PDFs, which is what you have to do if you want to see their detail. The reports are separate PDFs, too. But I've done all that for you, and even turned the drawings on their side so that they fill the page.None of the text in these books other than the introduction is from me. The photo captions are verbatim from the Library of Congress, and all of the documents are shown without alteration, except that I adjusted the brightness and contrast of a few of the photos and converted the few color photos to B&W. No photos were cropped or straightened, and I've retained the negative edges. A few reports that have only one page that says "Photographs" or "Drawings" have been left out, as they contain no useful information.CONTENTS OF VOLUME 1 (this volume)American System-Built HomesAuldbrassEmil Bach HouseBarnsdall ParkBarnsdall Park - Hollyhock HouseBarnsdall Park - Residence ABeth Sholom SynagogueF. C. Bogk HousePatricia Boulter HouseE. E. Boynton HouseB. Harley Bradley HouseBroad MarginJames Charnley House Avery Coonley HouseSusan Lawrence Dana HouseEnnis HouseFallingwaterCONTENTS OF VOLUME 2Florida Southern CollegeFrancis ApartmentsSamuel Freeman HouseA. Glasner HouseIsaac N. Hagan HouseR. Heath HouseIsidore Heller HouseF. B. Henderson HouseJohnson Wax Corporation BuildingLindholm Oil Company Service StationDarwin D. Martin HouseWilliam E. Martin HouseMeyer S. May HouseV. C. Morris StorePark Inn & City National BankRose Pauson HousePrice TowerRavine Bluffs Development BridgeCONTENTS OF VOLUME 3Frederick C. Robie HouseRookery BuildingPope-Leighey HouseOscar Steffens HouseStorer HouseAlbert W. Sullivan HouseLouis H. Sullivan Summer HouseSuntop HousesTaliesin - Tan-Y-DeriUnity TempleLowell Walter HouseWilliam H. Winslow HouseWright Home & StudioReverend Jessie R. Ziegler HouseYou can download a free sample (F. C. Bogk House) at basepath.com/Wright.