By James Day When famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright was working on his Usonian house design, one of the goals was to integrate as much as possible the outdoor spaces and the home’s interior. The Gordon House, the lone Wright-designed home in Oregon, has received nearly $30,000 in grant funds to help upgrade the landscape in an effort to fulfill […]
By James Day For Faith Rockenstein, it was love at first sight. The accomplished artist, arts educator and long-time museum manager, who has traveled widely in the U.S and abroad, was blown away a couple of years ago when she entered Oregon’s Columbia River Gorge. “I was just overwhelmed,” she said. Rockenstein decided to stay in Oregon and eventually found […]
By Brenna Wiegand Last month the Oregon Cultural Trust awarded the Gordon House Conservancy a grant of $13,325 toward ongoing preservation of the Frank Lloyd Wright designed home. The money goes a long way toward funding the stabilization of a sagging 20-foot beam spanning its living room, thereby preserving the home’s structural integrity and protecting the Conservancy’s mission of educating […]
By Brenna Wiegand A home that improves upon the landscape? This is what Frank Lloyd Wright determined to do in the creation of his “Usonian” line of homes. The only Frank Lloyd Wright building in Oregon was rescued from demolition in 2001 and relocated from Aurora to an oak savannah at the foot of The Oregon Garden. One of the […]
By Brenna Wiegand Twelve years ago a serendipitous string of events resulted in a dedicated band of people rescuing Oregon’s only Frank Lloyd Wright structure from demolition. The spacious oak savannah tucked below The Oregon Garden couldn’t have been a better setting, and as the classic house touched down, the spirit of the famed architect began wafting its way through […]
Imagine 4,000 to 5,000 people tromping through your house every year – up and down the stairs, opening and closing cupboards and doors. For any house built for single-family use, wear and tear would be inevitable.
Architect Frank Lloyd Wright was a “foodie” say organizers of a fundraiser benefiting the Gordon House – the only Wright-designed building open to the public in the Pacific Northwest. The event’s planners point to Wright’s innovations for a small but functional kitchen he designed to be efficient, convenient and inspirational for food preparation.
Wright designed the home for Conrad and Evelyn Gordon, who built the house on their Clackamas County farm in 1964. To raise funds to maintain the Gordon House, now located next to The Oregon Garden in Silverton, there will be an evening of food and wine, a silent auction and a drawing with a “wine wall.”
