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What about that stucco?

Posted on March 20, 2017March 21, 2017 by Nick Hayes

Did the Kibbies not like the pebble-dash and cover it for aesthetic reasons only, thereby protecting it for 90 years?

Posted in History, Restorations, SpacesTagged American System-Built House, Architecture, ASBH, Elizabeth Murphy House, FLW, Frank Lloyd Wright, History, pebble, pebble-dash, stucco1 Comment

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The Book "Frank Lloyd Wright's Forgotten House - How and Omission Transformed the Architect's Legacy" (UW-Press) is available at fine local booksellers.
The Book "Frank Lloyd Wright's Forgotten House - How and Omission Transformed the Architect's Legacy" (UW-Press) is available now at fine local booksellers.

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