{"id":3089,"date":"2021-03-28T13:14:17","date_gmt":"2021-03-28T13:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omnihomeideas.com\/design\/organic-architecture\/frank-lloyd-wright\/taliesin-spring-green-wisconsin\/"},"modified":"2024-01-14T21:05:53","modified_gmt":"2024-01-14T21:05:53","slug":"taliesin-spring-green-wisconsin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.omnihomeideas.com\/design\/organic-architecture\/frank-lloyd-wright\/taliesin-spring-green-wisconsin\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliesin Spring Green, Wisconsin"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What kind of Frank Lloyd Wright fan would I be if I didn’t havemy Taliesin photos up on my web site???\u00a0 A forgetful one.\u00a0 In allthe moving and re-organizing that we’ve done around the house, I lost a box thathad most of my Taliesin photos in it.<\/p>\n

A Few Interior Photos<\/p>\n

2004 Photos<\/p>\n

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River Terrace Visitor’s center.<\/p>\n

We traveled to Wisconsin in mid April.\u00a0 This is a greattime to visit.\u00a0 The weather is wonderful and the trees are green andlush.\u00a0 The flowers are starting to come out and it is nice and cool.\u00a0The down side of coming in April is that regular tours at Taliesin East do notstart until May 1.\u00a0 There wasn’t a way to re-schedule this trip, since itwas in conjunction with a work junket I was on, so we saw what we could.<\/p>\n

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View from the meadow<\/p>\n

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View from the hill.<\/p>\n

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Looking up at the Wright’s bedroom wing.<\/p>\n

The basic tour that was available gave us a nice drive aroundthe grounds.\u00a0 We got to see a lot of the buildings from the tour bus.\u00a0At the end of the tour we got to walk around the main Taliesin home andbuildings and tour the living room.\u00a0 The guide was wonderful and introducedus to many of the people (and felines) that we met.<\/p>\n

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From the meadow.<\/p>\n

The views from Taliesin are wonderful.\u00a0 You get a greatchance to see the ponds that Wright had built as well as a look at the smallhydro-electric generator that he designed.<\/p>\n

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Road leading to the house<\/p>\n

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The ponds were very full.<\/p>\n

I knew Taliesin was intended to be a working farm, but all ofthe photos tend to dwell on the buildings, rather than the landscape.\u00a0Being there really gives you an idea that you’re in the middle of productiveagricultural land.<\/p>\n

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View of the fields that are now grasslands.<\/p>\n

One of the highlights of the main Taliesin complex is thecourtyard.\u00a0 This private area has many great places to sit and relax.<\/p>\n

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Buildings along the courtyard.<\/p>\n

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Looking up the courtyard towards the apprentice housing<\/p>\n

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Looking back down the courtyard at the main entrance to thehouse.<\/p>\n

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Looking back towards the Wright’s bedroom wing<\/p>\n

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The terrace outside the Wright’s bedroom.<\/p>\n

We got to see many of the other buildings around Taliesin.\u00a0I’d like to go back next summer and take the full tour.\u00a0 It would be greatto be able to see inside many of the homes and buildings that are there.\u00a0 Iimagine the place is completely different when Fellowship members are livingthere.\u00a0 Taliesin West was sure a lively place during the winter.\u00a0 Iimagine the sleepy nature of Taliesin East in the early spring wouldn’t existduring the summer and early fall.<\/p>\n

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This small bungalo was designed and built by an apprentice<\/p>\n

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This is another home designed and built by apprentices.<\/p>\n

Since we were there early in the season, the interior was stillbeing worked on in preparation for the return of fellowship members as well asmore tourists.\u00a0 For that reason, we got to see Taliesin as many peopledon’t get to see it.\u00a0 I thought it was a plus to see it more in its naturalstate than all polished and clean.\u00a0 I guess I’m a weirdo that way.<\/p>\n

Interior Photos<\/p>\n

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Living Room Fireplace<\/p>\n

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Living room preparing for paint.<\/p>\n

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The Taliesin Lamp next to the Taliesin Ladder<\/p>\n

This tour was a great testament to the need for the TaliesinTrust’s need for funds.\u00a0 Much of the home was used as a guinea pig forexperimental building techniques.\u00a0 Mr. Wright would have apprentices trythings out on his own home before he did it with a client’s.\u00a0 In addition,much of the building was done during the depression and other lean years whenthey had no money for construction.\u00a0 For those reasons, there are a lot ofthings that need fixing around Taliesin.\u00a0 Oh yeah…. the hill that thehome is built on is sliding into the lake.\u00a0 They need some serious work tostabilize that and get it shored up.\u00a0 The amount of work that needed to bedone was a little startling.\u00a0 I guess that is why I want to go backagain… give them some of my hard earned disposable income.<\/p>\n

2004 Photographs<\/p>\n

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Taliesin from across the valley<\/p>\n

Taliesin was built in 1911, 1914 and 1925. It is pretty widely known that the name Taliesin comes from the Welsh word meaning “Shining Brow”. It signifies that the home is built on the side of the hill, rather than the top of it. Wright’s claimed reason for building it was originally as a home for his mother. It became evident quickly that it was a home for himself and Mamah Chaney where they could get away from people in Oak Park where such a scandal was left in their wake.<\/p>\n

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Slightly closer up view of Taliesin<\/p>\n

Taliesin was rebuilt the first time after a fire that was set by an employee that had just been fired. Mamah Chaney, some of her childrenand many others were killed in that fire. Others survived, but were severely injured.<\/p>\n

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Another look up at Taliesin from the meadow<\/p>\n

It was mostly the living quarters that were destroyed by fire.Other parts survived and still do today.<\/p>\n

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The Wright’s bedroom from outside<\/p>\n

Taliesin much as you see it here was built again after a fire in 1925. Many things were added to the home through the 30s, 40s and 50s as it was home to the Taliesin Fellowship.<\/p>\n

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Fellowship member living space.<\/p>\n

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Carports and garage space<\/p>\n

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Another view of the carports looking back at the fellowship living space<\/p>\n

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Carports<\/a> and garages<\/p>\n

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More living space<\/p>\n

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The back of Mr. Wright’s office.<\/p>\n

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Another look at the stairs, looking towards the Taliesin living room<\/p>\n

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Looking down the stairs<\/p>\n

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The Wrights’ living space from the entry<\/p>\n

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The plunge pool in the court yard<\/p>\n

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Another view of the Wrights’ bedroom and Mr. Wright’s office<\/p>\n

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Plunge Pool<\/p>\n

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The courtyard<\/p>\n

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Another view of fellowship and architect residences<\/p>\n

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And again<\/p>\n

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Taliesin from the top of the court yard<\/p>\n

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View of the fields from Taliesin<\/p>\n

Other buildings related to Taliesin:<\/p>\n

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Hillside Home School II<\/p>\n

Unity Chapel<\/p>\n

FLW Visitor’s Center<\/p>\n

Romeo and Juliet Windmill<\/p>\n

Tanyderi<\/p>\n

Midway Barns<\/p>\n

Apprentice Homes<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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