Earl Stein House

The Earl Stein House is a single-family home located at 209 Revere Street in Midland, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1] The house is significant as the first house designed through the Taliesin Fellowship program, established by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1933.[2]

Earl Stein House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	209 Revere, Midland, Michigan
Coordinates	43°37′04″N 84°15′05″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1933 (1933)
Architect	Alden B. Dow
Architectural style	Prairie School
MPS	Residential Architecture of Alden B. Dow in Midland 1933--1938 MPS
NRHP reference No.	89001437[1]
Added to NRHP	December 4, 1989

History

In early 1933, Earl Stein hired architect Alden B. Dow to design this house. Dow created some preliminary sketches, and brought them with him to start a fellowship at Taliesin with Frank Lloyd Wright. Under Wright's tutelage, Dow reworked the design multiple times. Dow completed the design later in 1933, and construction began in October. The house was completed in 1934. In the 1970s, bedrooms were added to the house in accordance with a plan by Dow.[2]

Description

The Earl Stein House is a low brick Prairie School house with an L-shaped floor plan. The house has a low-pitched copper clad hip roof, accentuated with a massive chimney. A long narrow loggia leading to the main entryway between the wings. The house has an upper level, and a basement that opens into the rear yard.[2]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. Robert G. Waite (March 1989), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Earl Stein House