424 North Fillmore Street | National or State Registers Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

National or State Registers Record

424 North Fillmore Street

National or State Register of Historic Places
424 North Fillmore Street | National or State Registers Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Kinney, Patrick and Margaret, House
Reference Number:08000160
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):424 North Fillmore Street
County:Grant
City/Village:Lancaster
Township:
SUMMARY
Patrick and Margaret Kinney House
424 N. Fillmore Street
Lancaster, Grant County
Construction Dates: 1951-3/1964
Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright

The Kinney house occupies a large site overlooking farmlands to the west. It was built for Patrick Kinney, a successful Lancaster attorney, his wife, Margaret, and their growing family, in 1951-1953 from a design supplied by Frank Lloyd Wright. The Kinneys turned to Wright in large part because Margaret Kinney had experienced Wright's work firsthand at Taliesin. As a college student she worked as an assistant to Wright's sister, Jane Porter, when Porter was producing well-regarded amateur theatrical events in the Spring Green area.

The one-story house is clad in local limestone, all of which Kinney quarried himself, and is based on a 60-120-degree equilateral parallelogram module having four-foot-long sides. The Kinneys' house originally had a hexagonal central core containing its living space, kitchen, utilities, master bedroom, and a bathroom, while a bedroom wing containing two bedrooms and a second bathroom extended at a 60-degree angle from the south side of the core. Nine years after completion, the arrival of a fourth child necessitated the construction of a second bedroom wing. In the remodeling, the original master bedroom became a new dining room. Taliesin Fellow John H. Howe, who had also supervised the construction of the original house, designed the new wing. The house remains in the possession of the Kinney family. The house is a private residence. Please respect the privacy of the owners.

PROPERTY FEATURES
Period of Significance:1953-1964
Area of Significance:Architecture
Applicable Criteria:Architecture/Engineering
Historic Use:Domestic: Single Dwelling
Architectural Style:Modern Movement
Resource Type:Building
Architect:Wright, Frank Lloyd
Architect:Howe, John
DESIGNATIONS
Historic Status:Listed in the National Register
Historic Status:Listed in the State Register
National Register Listing Date:03/06/2008
State Register Listing Date:10/19/2007
NUMBER OF RESOURCES WITHIN PROPERTY
Number of Contributing Buildings:1
Number of Contributing Sites:0
Number of Contributing Structures:0
Number of Contributing Objects:0
Number of Non-Contributing Sites:0
Number of Non-Contributing Structures:0
Number of Non-Contributing Objects:0
RECORD LOCATION
National Register and State Register of Historic Places, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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