Seamour and Gerte Shavin House, National Register of Historic Places residence in Missionary Ridge, Chattanooga, United States.
The Seamour and Gerte Shavin House is a single-family home built in 1952 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright. The house sits on a hillside and is built from locally quarried crab orchard stone and Louisiana cypress wood, with floor-to-ceiling windows facing Lookout Mountain.
Seamour and Gerte Shavin first met Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin in 1949 to discuss the project, and the house was completed three years later. It remains the only structure designed by Wright in the state of Tennessee.
The Usonian style that Wright developed was meant to make good design accessible to ordinary American families, and this house is a direct example of that idea. Visitors can see how the low roofline, natural stone, and warm wood create a home that feels grounded in its surroundings.
The house sits in a residential area of Chattanooga and is best reached by car. Because it is a private home, it is worth checking in advance whether visits are available and when tours are scheduled.
The den fireplace is flanked by corner windows made entirely of glass that swing fully open, removing any solid wall between the interior and the outdoors. Radiant heating runs through the red concrete floors, which means the home has no visible radiators or vents anywhere.
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