Jersey01 Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 (edited) What do you all know about the Kempner House by Edward Durell Stone that was on Willowick?I've never seen images, plans...anything. This is a spectacular E.D. Stone house in Dallas Edited January 15, 2009 by Jersey01 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Just for reference, it is mentioned in this thread as being in Stephen Fox's Texas Modernism lecture in April 18, 1995:3688 Willowick Road, 1952, Edward Durrell Stone with Thomas E. Greacen, IIThe Houston Architectural Guide has no picture but states:This contemporary style house by the New York architect Edward Durrell Stone-designed prior to his fixation with masonry solar screens-was an important model locally for architects who wanted to go modern but were not willing to commit themselves unreservedly to the precepts of Frank Lloyd Wright or Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The house is not visible from the street. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenH Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 I've been trying to track that one down for a while. It evidently wasn't very opulent, not like the Dallas house. More like a ranch house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenH Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 The University of Arkansas Special Collections have Stone's papers. Their curator tells me that they have two black & white photos of the house. I'll see what I can do about getting copies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Good find - maybe they can photocopy or scan/email the images...Kemper Residence1st Accession-Job Files 502nd Accession-Images http://libinfo.uark.edu/SpecialCollections...e/projindx.htmledit---is Kemper a typo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Also - the current residence on that lot (built in 2000) is huge (almost 12,000 sq ft) and the appraisal is getting near $10 million Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenH Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 Good find - maybe they can photocopy or scan/email the images...Kemper Residence1st Accession-Job Files 502nd Accession-Images http://libinfo.uark.edu/SpecialCollections...e/projindx.htmledit---is Kemper a typo?I think so. I'm thinking of the Kempner family (Imperial Sugar, right?). Plus, Howard Barnstone did a Kempner house on Del Monte; probably the same family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumber2 Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 I think so. I'm thinking of the Kempner family (Imperial Sugar, right?). Plus, Howard Barnstone did a Kempner house on Del Monte; probably the same family.Lyda Ann Thomas, the current mayor of Galveston, is a Kempner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenH Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 Enjoy!http://www.houstonmod.org/bldg_detail.asp?id=131&by=lost&ss=2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strickn Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Thanks guys.http://www2.houstonlibrary.org/cgi-bin/archives/architecture.pl?single_key=3572 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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