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Frank Lloyd Wright Commission Titles

The information presented here exhibits the extent to which John Geiger considered many points of reference related to a given Frank Lloyd Wright project. Aside from basic information such as title, location, and project date, Geiger extended his interests to types of floor and roof plans, types of construction and building purpose, and where possible the dates of the various stages of development in the design process and construction. Geiger often included citations for bibliographic references as sources for the recorded information in an elaborate but unevenly developed series of attributions.

Project Information

House for Mr. and Mrs. Herman T. Mossberg [South Bend, Indiana] (1946)

Note: The following information concerning this project represents original research and analysis by John Geiger, and is based in his long and detailed study of the Frank Lloyd Wright literature as well as personal contacts with members of the Taliesin Fellowship and architectural historians. In addition, he added his own categories of building type and compositional form, as well as other points of consideration that he deemed important to understanding of the design. As with any primary archival source material, the references and sources of attribution should be consulted where possible to affirm the data provided. Sometimes there is an indication of attribution for which there is no matching footnote recorded. Some understanding of the intended source may be discovered in remaining notes or frequently cited publications which appear in the comment field.

Name of client: Mossberg, Herman T..

Sobriquet or alternative place name: None.

Design Status (as of 2011): Executed.

Occupancy form or use: HOUSING/Residential/Single Family.

Principal building materials: MASONRY/Brick.

Number of drawings for this project detailed in the database: 8.

Drawing Number and Description

4914.004     Two perspectives
4914.006     Main and mezzanine floor plans
4914.008     Floor plans, first and second floors
4914.009     Elevations
4914.010     Conc. floor reinforcing, wood roof framing, and cross section
4914.011     Cross section of living room and fireplace details
4914.012     Cross section of workspace and suspended stair details
4914.018     Plot plan

Individuals recorded as contributing to project:

Note: Not everyone who contributed to a project may be named; only those whose participation has been confirmed from a source appear above. Occasionally names presented as contributors to a project may seem chronologically anomalous. This usually occurs when an individual prepared drawings for publicity, exhibition, or publication long after the original date of a commission.

Individuals recorded as producing drawings for this project:
Howe, John
Matthews, Peter

Project Coordinator: Howe, John
Preliminary working drawings coordinator: Howe, John
Working drawings coordinator: Howe, John
Structural engineering: Peters, William Wesley
Construction supervision: Howe, John

Notes and References

Comments by John Geiger and/or sources of attribution: None recorded.