Property Record
3465 S SHORE DR
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | A. P. Johnson House |
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| Reference Number: | 9808 |
| Location (Address): | 3465 S SHORE DR |
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| County: | Walworth |
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| Township/Village: | Delavan |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 2 |
| Range: | 16 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 33 |
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| Year Built: | 1905 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 1974 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Prairie School |
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| Wall Material: | Stucco |
| Architect: | FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT |
| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Johnson, A.P., House |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 7/9/1982 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
| National Register Multiple Property Name: |
| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. J photo roll refers to J.A. Sewell negatives. This small-scale Prairie house, designed for furniture dealer A. P. Johnson and his family, was the last of five that Wright created on Delavan Lake. The architect fully exploited the dramatic six-acre site, situating the house atop a small wooded knoll with a commanding view of the water. One-story covered porches extend from either side of the two-story core, like the wings of an airplane hovering close to the ground. An open veranda connects the porches across the front. Bands of art-glass windows open the first-floor living room on three sides to views and breezes from the lake. Upstairs, more bands light the bedrooms. The ribbons of windows, low-pitched hipped roofs with cantilevered eaves, and horizontal siding, whose tongue-and-groove joints suggest boards with sunken battens, make the house appear to hug the ground. Subsequent owners enclosed one of the porches and removed some interior walls. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Buildings of Wisconsin manuscript. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |