Bachman-Wilson House, Usonian residence in Millstone, New Jersey.
The Bachman-Wilson House is a single-story residence designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, now located on the grounds of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas. It is built with Philippine mahogany and features floor-to-ceiling glass walls, cantilevered balconies, and an open floor plan centered around a fireplace.
Wright designed the house in 1954 as part of his Usonian series, a group of plans for affordable homes aimed at the American middle class. After repeated flooding at its original site in New Jersey, it was carefully taken apart and moved to its current location in Arkansas.
The house now sits on the grounds of the Crystal Bridges Museum in Bentonville and is part of its collection of American architecture. Visitors can walk through the rooms and experience firsthand how Wright imagined daily life flowing between interior spaces and the surrounding landscape.
The house is accessible as part of a visit to Crystal Bridges Museum, and guided tours are available for those who want a closer look at the design. The interior spaces are compact, so it helps to visit in a small group to move comfortably through the rooms.
Wright specified that the house should be built with numbered and marked components so that it could theoretically be taken apart and rebuilt. That detail turned out to matter greatly when the decision was made to move it across the country.
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