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Frank Lloyd Wright's Pope-Leighey House / Steven M. Reiss.

Author/creator Reiss, Steven M., 1948-
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, [2014]
Descriptionxx, 189 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Subject(s)
Contents 1. The Falls Church years : Inspiration and commission ; Design of the Pope house ; Wright's apprentice ; The master carpenter ; Construction ; Living in the house ; Departure ; The Leigheys in Falls Church ; The Leigheys and the Pope house ; Landscaping ; The threat ; The rescue ; Marjorie Leighey in Japan ; The move to Woodlawn -- 2. The Woodlawn years : The house at Woodlawn ; Disrepair ; Completing the landscaping ; Furniture repair ; Roof maintenance ; Structural issues ; Marjorie Leighey's death -- 3. The second move : Uncertainty ; A new life for the house ; The second move ; Compromises ; The second rebuild ; Today ; The architecture of the Pope house -- Appendices : Loren Pope-Frank Lloyd Wright correspondence, 1947 to 1959 ; Essays from the original edition of The Pope-Leighey House ; Marjorie Leighey-John Pearce correspondence, 1967 ; Building instructions for the Pope house ; Glossary of architectural terms.
General noteIncludes index.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2013024704
ISBN9780813934976 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0813934974 (cloth : alk. paper)

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