Robert Llewellyn Wright House
Historic house in Maryland, United States
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The Robert Llewellyn Wright House is a historic home located at 7927 Deepwell Drive in Bethesda, Maryland. It is an 1800-square foot, two-story concrete-block structure designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1953, and constructed in 1957 for his sixth child, Robert Llewellyn Wright (1903–86), who worked at the Justice Department.[2]
Robert Llewellyn Wright House | |
Robert Llewellyn Wright House, September 2012 | |
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 Interactive map showing the Robert Llewelyn House | |
| Location | 7927 Deepwell Drive Bethesda, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 39°0′27.71″N 77°10′0.62″W |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built | 1957 |
| Architect | Wright, Frank Lloyd; Beharka, Robert |
| Architectural style | Hemicyclical, Usonian |
| NRHP reference No. | 86002621[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 12, 1986 |
The Usonian house was designed using intersecting and concentric segments of a circle, or "hemicycles". Initial designs were scrapped after the construction was too costly.[2]
The house can be seen from Deepwell Drive on a sloping lot that overlooks a stream. It is also visible from the Cabin John Stream Valley Trail, which follows the Cabin John Creek below it. In1960, the grounds were landscaped by Lloyd Wright, brother of the client and the son of the architect.
As of 2010, the house was inhabited by Tom Wright,[3] the grandson of Frank Lloyd Wright, and a volcano specialist.[2]
It is one of only two Wright-designed structures in Maryland; the other is the Joseph Euchtman House in Baltimore County.[4]