HOUSE FOR MR AND MRS JOHN D HAYNES

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, ARCHITECT

Architectural Driving Tour

www.HaynesHouseLLC.com 

(1) (Private Residence.  Can easily be seen from the road). 

This house is brand new and was designed by Taliesin Apprentice Anthony Puttnam who worked directly with Frank Lloyd Wright.  The layout of the house is based on a V shaped plan with one wing dedicated as a bedroom wing and the other wing dedicated to a master bedroom and bathroom.  The central part (seen here) is a kitchen, dining area and living room overlooking a sloping hill with a western view - perfect for sunsets.  The house features a full copper roof with one section of the roof extending so far that it almost touches the ground.   All the stone was trucked in from Wisconsin.

 

(2) (Private Residence.  Located in "Forest Ridge" subdivision.  Can esily be seen from the road). 

This was Michael Graves first professional commission.  He designed the Hanselmann House in 1967 in an otherwise traditional housing development.  Constructed as a three-story home and box like in appearance, the Hanselmann House features smooth planes of white walls and tall expanses of window glass.  The main entrance to the house is located on the second floor, reached by a stair of 18 steps and a bridge crossing a stream that runs diagonally across the property.  The interior emphasizes light, cleanly streamlined furniture and breathtaking views of the natural landscape.  There is also a huge mural painted on the living room wall that Graves painted himself but never signed until he finally returned to the house for the first time in 2004. 

 

(3) (Open to Public.  Easily accessible.)

The Chapel is the highlight and the front door usually always open.  Don't miss!  Must see!

Saarinen designed the campus to resemble the  Layout of an old-world style European village, with the academic halls and dormitories clustering around Kramer Chapel, the symbolic and literal focus of campus.  Saarinen wrote that he grouped the buildings purposefully so as to “provide a quiet, unified environment into which the students could find complete, balanced life and yet one which was related to the outside world.”

Soaring more than 100 feet high and featuring a stylized freestanding bell tower, the Kramer Chapel rises far above the other snug buildings on campus.  Other buildings on campus also make use of triangles and other shapes to achieve a consistency of design.  The interior of these structures continues the clean angles and modern style of the exterior.  Saarinen designed the mezzanines for both the library and dining hall to create an open, loft-like partial second floor.  In 1959, Concordia received an Honor Award from the American Institute of Architects for outstanding achievement.

 

 

(4) Private Residence and can NOT be seen from the road.)

The Wermuth House is actually a house designed by Eliel and Eero Saarinen.  Furnishings were designed by Eliel's wife. It was built in 1941 for A.C. Wermuth, a concrete contractor. The story goes that Wermuth worked on the
Cranbrook buildings, and spoke enough Finnish that he and Eliel could communicate quite well, and became friends.  

 

(5) Private Residences.  Both can esily be seen from the street). 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(6) (Private Residence.  Can esily be seen from the road). 

John & Amelia Franke House

The architects who designed this house were trained by Frank Lloyd Wright at his Oak Park, Illinois studio.  The low hipped roofs, wide eves, geometric leaded glass and bands windows are all hallmarks of the prarie style which emphasized the horizontal lines found in the Midwestern landscape.  Franke was founder and President of the Perfection Biscuit Company.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OTHER SUGGESTIONS: 

 

Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg Museum, Auburn, IN

(www.ACDMuseum.org)

27 miles or 30 minute drive from Haynes.

 

They have 2 of Mr. Wright's cars on display. They are his 1929 L-29 Cord Cabriolet and the other is his 1952 Crosley Super Roadster.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Kokomo Opalescent Glass, Kokomo, IN

(www.KOG.com)

81 miles or 1 hour 30 minute drive from the Haynes house.

 

It has been documented that Frank Lloyd Wright and L.C. Tiffany & Company have used Kokomo Opalescent Glass for their stained glass creations.  The company has been in business since 1888.  I suggest taking the plant tour as well as visiting their quaint gift shop.  It is definitely off the beaten path.