James McBean Residence
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The James McBean Residence is a house in Rochester, Minnesota
designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
. This Usonian house is an example of the second type (Prefab #2) of the Marshall Erdman Prefab Houses
. This house and the Walter Rudin House
have the same floor plan and vary only in minor details such as paint color and siting.
Rochester, Minnesota
Rochester is a city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and is the county seat of Olmsted County. Located on both banks of the Zumbro River, The city has a population of 106,769 according to the 2010 United States Census, making it Minnesota's third-largest city and the largest outside of the...
designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright was an American architect, interior designer, writer and educator, who designed more than 1,000 structures and completed 500 works. Wright believed in designing structures which were in harmony with humanity and its environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture...
. This Usonian house is an example of the second type (Prefab #2) of the Marshall Erdman Prefab Houses
Marshall Erdman Prefab Houses
Throughout his career, Frank Lloyd Wright was interested in mass production of housing. In 1954, he discovered that Marshall Erdman, who contracted the First Unitarian Society of Madison, was selling modest prefabricated homes...
. This house and the Walter Rudin House
Walter Rudin House
The Walter Rudin House is a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Marshall Erdman prefab building located at 110 Marinette Trail, Madison, Wisconsin. Designed in 1957, it is the first of the only two examples of the second type of the Marshall Erdman Prefab Houses...
have the same floor plan and vary only in minor details such as paint color and siting.