Keland House

The Keland House, also known as the Keland-Johnson House, located in Racine, Wisconsin, in the United States, was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1954,^[1] almost 50 years after he designed the Thomas P. Hardy House in Racine. It is currently known as the Boyd Home.

Background

The residence is on a bluff, cantilevered over the Root River and overlooking Colonial Park. The only furniture that Wright designed for the home were built-ins: ledges, bookcases, cabinets and sofas. The first time Wright visited the home after it was completed, he proceeded to rearrange the furniture.^[2] It has multiple wings, with an inner atrium. The primary construction material is brick, with a copper roof.^[3]

The Keland House is an example of Wright's Usonian Homes, though larger than most of his Usonian homes.^[4] The dining area flows into the living room, with the kitchen at the "hinge" of the dining room and living room.^[2]

The home was designed for the daughter of Herbert Fisk Johnson Jr., Karen, and her first husband Willard Keland. The home was transferred upon their divorce to Karen Johnson, later Karen Johnson Boyd,^[5] who lived there until her death in 2016.^[6]

References

^ Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Selected Events in Frank Lloyd Wright's Life, Retrieved April 1, 2014.
^ ^a ^b Mark Hertzberg, Wright in Racine: The Architect's Vision for One American City, Pomegranate Communications, Inc., 2004.
^ Madison Public Library, "Frank Lloyd Wright Architecture in Wisconsin", A list of publicly-accessible Frank Lloyd Wright architecture organized geographically. Developed in 1997 in conjunction with a library program., Retrieved April 1, 2014.
^ Robert Twombly, Frank Lloyd Wright: His Life and His Architecture, Wiley-Interscience. 1987.
^ North Carolina Modernist Homes, Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959), Retrieved April 1, 2014.
^ Schumacher, Mary Louise (29 January 2016). "Philanthropist Boyd made Racine Art Museum a powerhouse of craft art". Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 30 January 2016.