Granger House and The Perch, International Style residence in central Austin, United States.
The Granger House and The Perch are two residential buildings in the International Style built between 1945 and 1952 on West 16th Street. The structures display clean geometric forms and functional spaces without unnecessary decoration.
Charles Granger, an Austin native who founded the Fehr and Granger firm after World War II, built The Perch in 1945 and the larger Granger House in 1952. The firm went on to design many Austin buildings, among them the award-winning Robert Mueller Municipal Airport. Both homes were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.
The name The Perch refers to the smaller 1945 house that preceded Charles Granger's 1952 main residence on the same lot. Both buildings keep their original boxy Mid-Century modern form almost unaltered, and current owners Jeff Harper and Mark Seeger have renovated them to retain that style. The houses are private homes, visible from West 16th Street.
The two houses stand at 805 West 16th Street in central Austin and are private homes, not open to the public. Visitors can only view the boxy facades from the public street; do not enter the grounds or disturb the residents.
The smaller building, The Perch, was actually completed before the main house and showcased modernist living principles ahead of its time. This unusual sequence reveals how early the architect experimented with bold design ideas in residential architecture.
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