Frank Lloyd Wright Farmhouse

Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1955, this distinctive house is located on a 76-acre parcel in California’s Central Valley. The 4,041-square-foot, seven-bedroom, six-bath residence was inbuilt 1961 by Buck Fawcett, a university soccer star who enrolled in Wright’s structure programs at Stanford College within the Forties.

The situation is uncommon for certainly one of Wright’s designs: a farm homesteaded by Fawcett’s father to which Fawcett returned when his father’s well being declined, forsaking his choice by the Chicago Bears within the 1944 NFL draft.

Wright’s signature inside and exterior design parts make this a really elegant, but family-friendly farmhouse. (Courtesy of Crosby Doe)

The house was offered by the Fawcetts in 2012, at which period the brand new house owners consulted with Wright’s grandson, Eric Lloyd Wright, and utterly renovated the residence and grounds. The house was subsequently awarded a 2019 Preservation Design Award by the California Preservation Basis.

The house’s heat, wood-paneled bedrooms function giant home windows and glass partitions that open to offer unobstructed views of and entry to the pool and backyard. (Courtesy of Crosby Doe)

With privateness offered via an enormous metallic gate, the flat-roofed major residence showcases clear, elegant parts together with a horizontal roofline and exterior concrete blocks with copper accents. Beneficiant use of expansive home windows within the bedrooms and glass partitions within the widespread areas present a panoramic view of the property’s pool and intensive landscaping, in addition to the adjoining farm areas and the mountains within the distance.

The wood-lined inside options quite a few examples of built-in and freestanding furnishings designed by Wright. The lounge is exceptionally ethereal, with a formidable 12-foot fire for cold evenings adjoining to an integral seating space, plus recessed lighting, customized millwork, and a financial institution of horizontal home windows above the partitions of glass, which may be opened.

The main bedroom’s rest room encompasses a twin self-importance, an outsized walk-in bathe, tile flooring, and gleaming woodwork. (Courtesy of Crosby Doe)

The kitchen is supplied with stainless-steel home equipment, a big meals prep island, and outsized marble counter tops. The house’s bedrooms all have wood-and-marble-accented loos, in addition to unobstructed views afforded by giant home windows and glass partitions that open for straightforward entry to the pool, koi pond, Japanese backyard, indifferent workshop, and visitor quarters.

The roomy kitchen is supplied with stainless-steel home equipment, ornamental woodwork, a big meals preparation island, and outsized marble counter tops. (Courtesy of Crosby Doe)

Situated a two-hour drive from San Francisco, the majority of the property’s acreage is presently underneath lease to an alfalfa producer.

The house’s wood-framed glass partitions may be opened to permit in cooling breezes. Tile flooring, recessed lighting, and wooden paneling present a heat ambiance. (Courtesy of Crosby Doe)

Central Valley Farm
Los Banos, California
$4.25 million

7 bedrooms, 6 baths
4,041 sq. ft
76 acres

Key Options

Frank Lloyd Wright design
Wright-designed furnishings
Koi pond, pool, and visitor quarters

Agent

Crosby Doe Associates
Crosby Doe
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The house is shaded by a cover of mature bushes, and is designed to mix in seamlessly with the landscaping. (Courtesy of Crosby Doe)

The house’s workplace options freestanding and built-in furnishings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, in addition to a terrific view of the encompassing countryside. (Courtesy of Crosby Doe)

The house options glass partitions that may be opened to benefit from the manicured landscaping in addition to views of the adjoining farmlands and distant mountains. (Courtesy of Crosby Doe)

A tranquil koi pond is a central component of the house’s intensive landscaping. (Courtesy of Crosby Doe)