I fished the 18 mile creek as it dumps into Lake Ontario right next to this property called Graycliff. Never knew it was an FLW, thank you, Becky. If you look on it satellite map, you will see double track railroad from Buffalo West all along Lake Erie to Sandusky, a great section of this was called “the grapevine” due to the fact that it was Cliffside next to the lake and apparently is great for growing grapes.
I was lucky to get a tour of the home a few years ago. It’s a very small house, but the stone is beautiful.
My house does have a connection to the local geology. It’s a cement block house with blocks partially made from sand that was quarried from Sharron Conglomerate sandstone only ten miles from my house.
I met the gentleman who made the blocks in a now demolished kiln just a few miles away. That’s like meeting the lumberjack who cut the trees for the wood in your house!
Wow, an unlimited budget! Oh I could think of hundreds of details I would include. For brevity’s sake I’ll just mention a few. An earth beamed house with a south facing window overlooking a pond that was a thermal heat exchanger for a passive heating and cooling system. Conifers to the north and deciduous trees to the south, sugar maple preferably. Stone walls are also a must, somewhere in the plan. Sky lights and solar panels for power. Ok, that’s it for now.
So cool! 😀 Can’t wait to visit Falling Water in PA 👍🏼😉
I fished the 18 mile creek as it dumps into Lake Ontario right next to this property called Graycliff. Never knew it was an FLW, thank you, Becky. If you look on it satellite map, you will see double track railroad from Buffalo West all along Lake Erie to Sandusky, a great section of this was called “the grapevine” due to the fact that it was Cliffside next to the lake and apparently is great for growing grapes.
I live close to Lake Erie in northeastern Ohio, and I was pleasantly surprised to find a Frank Lloyd Wright house right in my neighborhood. It’s called the Karl A. Staley house and it’s made of sandstone from a nearby creek. Here’s a link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_A._Staley_House#:~:text=The%20Karl%20A.,in%20an%20I%2Dplan%20form.
I was lucky to get a tour of the home a few years ago. It’s a very small house, but the stone is beautiful.
My house does have a connection to the local geology. It’s a cement block house with blocks partially made from sand that was quarried from Sharron Conglomerate sandstone only ten miles from my house.
I met the gentleman who made the blocks in a now demolished kiln just a few miles away. That’s like meeting the lumberjack who cut the trees for the wood in your house!
Wow, an unlimited budget! Oh I could think of hundreds of details I would include. For brevity’s sake I’ll just mention a few. An earth beamed house with a south facing window overlooking a pond that was a thermal heat exchanger for a passive heating and cooling system. Conifers to the north and deciduous trees to the south, sugar maple preferably. Stone walls are also a must, somewhere in the plan. Sky lights and solar panels for power. Ok, that’s it for now.