The Archie Teater Studio, also known as Teater's Knoll, is a
Usonian
Usonia () is a term that was used by the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright to refer to the United States in general (in preference over ''America''), and more specifically to his vision for the landscape of the country, including the planni ...
-style home and art studio in
Bliss, Idaho
Bliss is a city in Gooding County, Idaho, United States. The population was 318 at the 2010 census. It has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names. It has been documented in a photography book published in 2022 as a "disappear ...
, United States. Designed by
Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright Sr. (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator. He designed List of Frank Lloyd Wright works, more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of 70 years. Wright played a key ...
and commissioned in 1952 for American landscape and genre artist
Archie Boyd Teater
Archie Boyd Teater (May 5, 1901 – July 18, 1978) was an American landscape and Genre works, genre artist who painted in an impressionist style.Oakley Stone in both the exterior and interior of the building. Original construction was supervised by Edmond Thomas "Tom" Casey, an apprentice in Wright's Taliesin Fellowship. The home was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1984.
Current occupants of the studio are Lynn Fawcett, who grew up in the Wright designed Randall Fawcett House, and her husband, Henry Whiting II (an architectural writer). The two consulted with Tom Casey in the restoration and expansion of the building. Their work began in the 1980s and was completed the next decade.
See also
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List of Frank Lloyd Wright works
Frank Lloyd Wright designed 1,141 houses, commercial buildings and other works throughout his lifetime, including 532 that were eventually built. , there were 409 extant structures designed by Wright. Over one-third of the extant structures are on ...
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Gooding County, Idaho
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Gooding County, Idaho.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Gooding County, Idaho, United States. Latit ...
References
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* Whiting, Henry II. ''At Nature's Edge: Frank Lloyd Wright's Artist Studio''. University of Utah Press; 1st edition