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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: "Cottage Group Center"

Resort Development for Huntington Hartford, scheme 2, project [Hollywood, California] (1948)

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: Hartford, Huntington.

Sobriquet or alternative place name: Cottage Group Center.

Design Status (as of 2011): Unbuilt.

Occupancy form or use: COMMERCIAL/Hotel/Motel.

Principal building materials: Not assigned.

Number of drawings for this project detailed in the database: 9.

Drawing Number and Description

4837.001     Conceptual sketch by Wright
4837.001     Sits plan, original sketch bu Wright
4837.036     Floor plan at level 575
4837.039     Floor plan at level 605
4837.040     Floor plan at level 615
4837.041     Cross sections, 6
4837.045     Aerial perspevtive
4837.046     Perspective
4837.047     Perspective

Notes And References

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