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Westhope, also known as the Richard Lloyd Jones House, is a Frank Lloyd Wright designed Textile Block home that was constructed in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1929. Richard Lloyd Jones was Wright's cousin and the publisher of the Tulsa Tribune.
This building is located at 3700 South Birmingham Avenue. It was listed in the National Register on April 10, 1975. It was listed under National Register Criteria C, g, and its NRIS number is 75001575.
Westhope is the location of a frequently-quoted anecdote about Wright: Richard Lloyd Jones called Wright in the middle of a storm to complain that the roof was leaking on his desk, and Wright replied, "Richard, why don't you move your desk?"
Video Westhope
References
- Storrer, William Allin. The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion. University Of Chicago Press, 2006, ISBN 0-226-77621-2 (S.227)
Maps Westhope
External links
- Westhope on peterbeers.net
- Photos of Westhope on galenfrysinger.com
- Westhope on exploringart.net
- Photos of Westhope on Flickr
- Westhope at the archINFORM database
- Westhope on steinrag.com
- Richard Lloyd Jones bio on Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
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