The first Herbert and Katherine Jacobs in Madison, a national landmark (1937). This was the first Usonian house, a concept developed by Frank Lloyd Wright to provide modern architecture at affordable prices. Jacobs, who was a journalist at the Milwaukee Journal, challenged Wright to build the house for $5,000 (then a reasonable price for a home). Much of Wright's later works would revolve around the concept of a Usonian home.‹›
Herbert and Katherine Jacobs First House

Frank Lloyd Wright

Exterior · Madison, United States · 1937

Photo: Teemu008 from Palatine, Illinois · 2010-10-10 · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Original 3648×2283

The first Herbert and Katherine Jacobs in Madison, a national landmark (1937). This was the first Usonian house, a concept developed by Frank Lloyd Wright to provide modern architecture at affordable prices. Jacobs, who was a journalist at the Milwaukee Journal, challenged Wright to build the house for $5,000 (then a reasonable price for a home). Much of Wright's later works would revolve around the concept of a Usonian home.

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