Cedric G. Boulter and Patricia Neils House is a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed registered historic home in the Clifton neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. It was commissioned in 1953, with construction beginning in 1954,[3] and completed in 1956. Additions to the design were completed in 1958.
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| Location | 1 Rawson Woods Cir Cincinnati, OH 45220, Ohio |
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| Coordinates | 39°9′6.68″N 84°31′22.92″W / 39.1518556°N 84.5230333°W |
| Built | 1956 [2] |
| Architect | Frank Lloyd Wright[1] |
| Architectural style | Usonian |
| NRHP reference No. | 99000512[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 14, 1999[1] |
In 1949, Patricia's parents commissioned the Frieda and Henry J. Neils House in Minnesota and Wright promised to design a home for her when she married.[4]
The building was listed in the National Register on May 14, 1999.
History
editCedric and Patricia (Neils) Boulter were classics professors at the University of Cincinnati. Wright designed them a Usonian style house with a square module of 4 feet on a side. The house uses concrete block, with Douglas fir used as a structural wood.(Storrer, 407) The home is a split level, with the second floor (which has the first bathroom, the Master Bedroom and a study) overlooking the living room. Construction was initially completed in 1956 with plans for another bedroom and bath on the other side of the carport. These were completed two years later under the direction of Benjamin "Ben" Dombar, original construction manager, former member of the Taliesin Fellowship and area architect.
The Boulters lived in the home until the 1980s. After the death of Cedric, Patricia sold the home to David and Miriam Gosling. The Goslings had the building placed on the National Register of Historic Places and enclosed the carport. The third owners were Chuck Lohre and Janet Groeber who worked on the house for 15 years. They carried out needed restoration work, updated the kitchen, and addressed energy efficiency as possible.[3]
When they were ready to sell the home, they put it on auction in February 2019. Their intention, as they said, was to get a buyer sensitive to owning a Wright structure.[5] The home was at auction for one day and was purchased site-unseen by Brook Smith, with the intention of "using the house as a retreat space for creatives.[6] A fire occurred at the house in August 2019 while the owner was absent. It was estimated to cause US$100,000 in damages.[7]
The home was sold via private sale to venture capitalists Candice Matthews Brackeen and Brian Brackeen, on March 15, 2021.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "National Register Information System - OHIO - Hamilton County". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-06-30.
- ^ "Wright in Ohio". Frank Lloyd Wright's Westcott House. The Westcott House Foundation. Archived from the original on 2009-02-19.
- ^ a b "Boulter House". 21 June 2018.
- ^ Janet Groeber; Chuck Lohre. "The Boulter House". Retrieved 2009-05-11.
- ^ "Frank Lloyd Wright's Boulter House in Cincinnati Sold in One Day". 15 February 2019.
- ^ "Inside Frank Lloyd Wright's Boulter House in Clifton". 3 May 2019.
- ^ "A Frank Lloyd Wright Home Catches Fire, Suffering $100K in Damages". 20 August 2019.
- Storrer, William Allin. The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion. University Of Chicago Press, 2006, ISBN 0-226-77621-2 (S.379)
External links
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Media related to Cedric G. and Patricia Neils Boulter House at Wikimedia Commons
- Owner's website
- Documentation from the University of Cincinnati
- Architectural drawings from Columbia University
- Boulter house on peterbeers.net
- Archived web page with interior photographs
- Historical information, and interior and exterior photographs of the Boulter house
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