Eric and Margaret Ann (Davis) Brown House
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| Location | 2806 Taliesin Dr., Kalamazoo, Michigan |
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| Coordinates | 42°15′48″N 85°37′58″W / 42.26333°N 85.63278°W |
| Area | about 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1950 |
| Built by | David Corning |
| Architect | Frank Lloyd Wright |
| Architectural style | Modern, Usonian |
| NRHP reference No. | 16000200[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 26, 2016 |
The Eric and Margaret Ann (Davis) Brown House is a single-family home located at 2806 Taliesin Drive in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.[1] It is perhaps one of the best preserved Usonian houses designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.[2]
Eric Brown was born in Royal Oak, Michigan, in 1914, graduated from Wayne State University, and received a law degree from the University of Michigan in 1937. He married Margaret Ann Davis in 1939. She was born in Plainwell, Michigan in 1913, and. She graduated from Carleton College in 1935. The couple lived in Grand Rapids for a few years, then moved to Kalamazoo in 1941. After a few years, Eric Brown started his own law firm. In 1946, the Browns and five other families established the Parkwyn Village Association, with the intention of constructing a "congenial housing community" where they could raise their families. The association contacted Frank Lloyd Wright about designing homes for the planned community.[2]
Construction began on the Brown's home in 1950, and the family moved in in 1951. The couple lived in the house until 2002, when health issued forced them to move, Eric Brown died later that year, and Margaret followed in 2006. In 2002, the Browns sold the home to Kathryn and Curtis Curtis-Smith. Peter and Janet Copeland purchased the Brown House in 2012.[2]
