Jacobs House (Madison, Wis.)

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Name (Latin)
Jacobs House (Madison, Wis.)
Other forms of name
First Herbert and Katherine Jacobs House (Madison, Wis.)
First Jacobs House (Madison, Wis.)
Herbert and Katherine Jacobs First House (Madison, Wis.)
Jacobs I (Madison, Wis.)
Jacobs First House (Madison, Wis.)
Jacobs House I (Madison, Wis.)
Usonia 1 (Madison, Wis.)
Coordinates
-89.441389 -89.441389 43.058611 43.058611 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Dwellings Wisconsin
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q11680575
Library of congress: sh2014002781
Sources of Information
  • Work cat: Usonia 1, 2002-, viewed Nov. 7, 2014:historical background (Usonia 1; Jacobs House; First Herbert and Katherine Jacobs House; designed and constructed in 1936-1937; located in Madison, Wisconsin) historical importance (First Jacobs House)
  • Geddes, R. Fit: an architect's manifesto, 2012:illustrations list (Usonia 1 in Madison, Wisconsin, was the first in Frank Lloyd Wright's brilliant series of affordable houses, designed for families throughout agrarian America ("Usonia" was Wright's name for the United States of North America"))
  • Klinkowitz, J. Frank Lloyd Wright and his manner of thought, 2014:p. 198 (index listing: Jacobs First House)
  • Bone, K. Lessons from Modernism, 2014:contents (Jacobs House I / Frank Lloyd Wright)
  • Wikipedia, Nov. 7, 2014(Herbert and Katherine Jacobs First House; commonly referred to as Jacobs I; 441 Toepfer Ave., Madison, Wisconsin)
  • Weston, R. Key buildings of the 20th century, c2010:table of contents (Jacobs House/Frank Lloyd Wright)
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Wikipedia description:

Herbert and Katherine Jacobs First House, commonly referred to as Jacobs I, is a single family home located at 441 Toepfer Avenue in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Designed by the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, it was constructed in 1937 and may have been the first Usonian home. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2003. The house was inscribed on the World Heritage List under the title "The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright" in July 2019.

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