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More than 100 Frank Lloyd Wright commissions have special place names (e.g. "Hollyhock House" or "Fallingwater"). These titles were often bestowed by Wright on his designs but some were applied by clients. Only Wright projects with nicknames appear in this search.

Alternative placename: "Usonia II"

Site Plan for Usonian Homes, Inc., "Usonia II" [Pleasantville, New York] (1947)

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.

Name of client: Usonia II.

Sobriquet or alternative place name: Usonia II.

Design Status (as of 2011): Unbuilt.

Occupancy form or use: SITE PLANNING/City/Broadacre.

Principal building materials: Not assigned.

Number of drawings for this project detailed in the database: 2.

Drawing Number and Description

4720.001     Site plan, very early
4720.002     Site plan

Notes And References

Comments by John Geiger and/or sources of attribution (a) What is this? Geiger 03/04/02.

Note: The information shown above is collected from a series of data table columns intended originally to record not only comments or notes, but also to cite sources of attribution for dates assigned to the various stages of drawing preparation in the design process. As with any primary archival source material, the references and sources of attribution shown here should be consulted where possible to affirm the data provided.

This commission is referenced and/or illustrated in the following publications:

Aguar, Charles E. and Berdeanna. Wrightscapes: Frank Lloyd Wright''s Landscape Designs. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Pfeiffer, Bruce Brooks. Frank Lloyd Wright: The Complete Works 1943-1959 (Volume 3). Cologne, Germany: Taschen. [ISBN: 978-8228-5770-0].