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Rocky Roost
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Rocky Roost, a vacation home west of Governor's Island, in Lake Mendota. Frank Lloyd Wright served as the architect in the remodeling (in 1901 and 1903) of three separate structures into this vacation home complex, which was then owned jointly by the Robert M. Lamp and Melville C. Clark families
1915
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Rocky Roost
1915
Rocky Roost, located west of Governor's Island, Lake Mendota. Robert Lamp, in 1902, had his friend Frank Lloyd Wright design a cottage to be called "Rocky Roost".
Rocky Roost
1915
Rocky Roost, west of Governor's Island in Lake Mendota. The structure was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for his childhood friend Robert Lamp. The home's windmill is in front of the dwelling.
Rocky Roost
View across Lake Mendota of Rocky Roost, also known as the Lamp Cottage, located west of Governor's Island.
Rocky Roost
May 24, 1896
Rocky Roost, a cottage designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for his friend Robert Lamp. Located west of Governor's Island in Lake Mendota.
Rocky Roost
1913
Rocky Roost, a cottage, which was located west of Governor's Island in Lake Mendota. The cottage was designed and built in 1893 (according to Taliesin Association of Architects) by Frank Lloyd Wrig...
Men on the Balcony of Rocky Roost
September 18, 1892
Four men sit on the balcony of Rocky Roost, the vacation home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Located west of Governor's Island in Lake Mendota. The men are (left to right) A.B. Morris, W.A.P. Morr...
