Frank Lloyd Wright's House on Kentuck Knob by Donald Hoffmann

Frank Lloyd Wright's House on Kentuck Knob by Donald Hoffmann

Architectural critic Donald Hoffmann shares his insight into Frank Lloyd Wright and the designing of the I. N. and Bernardine Hagan House, affectionately known as Kentuck Knob. Filled with historical and architectural notes, Frank Lloyd Wright's House on Kentuck Knob offers a glimpse into Mr. Wright's design aesthetic during the mid-1950s and his Usonian style. Hoffmann often utilizes graphics to show the versatility of the hexagonal modules which form the geometric base of the home.

Frank Lloyd Wright's House on Kentuck Knob by Donald Hoffmann is available in stores and online at Amazon and other booksellers.

Kentuck Knob on Pittsburgh G20 Summit Site

An article about Frank Lloyd Wright's House on Kentuck Knob is now up on the Pittsburgh G20 Summit website under the Cultural Phenomenon section:

http://www.g20pittsburghsummit.org/quality-of-life/cultural-phenomenon/house-on-kentuck-knob/

Entrance to Kentuck Knob as seen through the carport

Photo by Jason Jack Miller

SYNOPSIS
In 1954, Hagan Ice Cream owners I.N. and Bernardine Hagan contacted architect Frank Lloyd Wright via their friend Edgar J. Kauffmann, owner of Kaufmann's Department Stores and the architectural masterpiece Fallingwater. The Hagans wanted a Wright-designed home of their own for 80 acres of timbered farmland on a hilltop which maps referred to as Kentuck Knob, located in the Appalachians. The house, now owned by Lord Peter Palumbo, exemplifies Usonian traits such as horizontal lines and built-in furnishings, while conforming to Mr. Wright's principles of organic architecture through the use of natural materials like Pottsville Sandstone and Tidewater Red Cypress.

Kentuck Knob's Southern Terrace Tour

For a special treat on Friday, August 21 and Friday, September 4, 2009, try Kentuck Knob's Southern Terrace Tour.

After an extended evening tour of the house, guests will be invited to enjoy apple pie and Hagan's Pennsylvania Vanilla Ice Cream on the southern terrace adjacent to the living room, relaxing while the sun illuminates the home and surrounding foliage as it sets over the mountain.

The tour is $100.00 per person and limited to 10 guests, but no less than two.

For more information, please email Marketing Director Patricia Coyle at pcoyle@kentuckknob.com.

To make reservations, please visit http://www.kentuckknob.com/reservationinfo.html or call 724/329-1901.

PHOTO BY Jason Jack Miller