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Richard D. and Alma Brothers House, 665 North Gray Avenue, Fayetteville, Washington County, AR
- Title: Richard D. and Alma Brothers House, 665 North Gray Avenue, Fayetteville, Washington County, AR
- Creator(s): Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
- Related Names:
Jones, Euine Fay
Brothers, Richard D.
Brothers, Alma
University of Arkansas
University of Arkansas, Schola Cantorum
McKee, David
Jennings, Maurice
Brothers, Chris
Stoner, Gary
Allen, Kenneth
Allen, Elizabeth
Pittman, Vernon
S. H. Kemp Company
Morgan Supply Company
McKee Properties
Arzola, Robert R. , program coordinator
University of Arkansas, Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design , sponsor
Herman, Gregory , faculty sponsor
Cole, Nate , field team
Tabor, Devin , field team
McPartland, Mary , transmitter - Date Created/Published: Documentation compiled after 1933
- Medium:
Measured Drawing(s): 1
Data Page(s): 10 - Reproduction Number: ---
- Rights Advisory:
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html)
- Call Number: HABS AR-60
- Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
- Notes:
- 2022 Leicester B. Holland Prize, Honorable Mention
- Significance: The Richard and Alma Brothers House (Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1956) is an early example of Fay Jones's architecture, showcasing the influence of Frank Lloyd Wright on his work, as well as Jones's desire to connect with the Ozark vernacular of the region Richard Brothers founded the Schola Cantorum while instructing as a renowned professor of music in 1957. Richard Brothers' wife, Alma, was also a notable professor at the University of Arkansas. The house is located near the University of Arkansas campus, and it was noted that students frequented the house to practice with Richard Brothers in the designed Piano Room. Jones first became acquainted with future mentor Frank Lloyd Wright while a student attending Wright's AIA Gold Medal ceremony in Houston in 1949; Wright's work would continue to influence Jones in some manner throughout his career. Jones helped to develop what can now be termed the “Ozark Modern” style, most notably visible in the home he designed for himself and his family in Fayetteville, Arkansas, also in 1956. The seamless corners and alignment of facade elements displayed the modernist attention to detail and geometry, while the use of native stone as found, and wood siding, grounded the home in local styles and traditions, and connected the work to that of Wright. Low hanging eaves and horizontal tongue and groove siding distinguish the facades. The Wright-inspired influences would continue to evolve throughout Jones's career and include other Wright-inspired features: the plan-rotated fireplace, low ceilings, an off-centered ridge beam, strict alignment of plan elements, and other features often associated with Wright. The entire home is constructed on a 32-inch grid, with which Jones planned the entire home and surrounding landscape. The home displays Jones's rigorous attention to detail in the mitered joints and siding devoid of any evidence of construction markings. The mullion-less glazing in the corners preserved views and provided an appearance of organic seamlessness. Jones customized the home with repeated motifs in the screen doors, light grilles, and skylights.
- Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N2535
- Survey number: HABS AR-60
- Building/structure dates: 1956-1957 Initial Construction
- Building/structure dates: 1968 Subsequent Work
- Building/structure dates: 2008 Subsequent Work
- Subjects:
- houses
- siding (material)
- concrete foundations
- stone chimneys
- vinyl floors
- transoms
- chairs
- skylights
- light fixtures
- fieldstone
- basements
- music
- Modern architectural elements
- stone
- tongue-and-groove joints
- landscapes
- screen doors
- grid plan (spatial organization)
- walkways
- architects
- Prairie School architectural elements
- terraces
- balustrades
- wood decking
- fireplaces
- low hip roofs
- domestic life
- Place:
- Latitude/Longitude: 36.073232, -94.183008
- Collections:
- Part of: Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
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- Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
- Reproduction Number: ---
- Call Number: HABS AR-60
- Medium:
Measured Drawing(s): 1
Data Page(s): 10
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- Call Number: HABS AR-60
- Medium:
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Data Page(s): 10
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