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Article: SECLUDED WRIGHT HOME TO GET FIRST PUBLIC VIEWING HILLTOP HAVEN; 3 Wright homes, 2 buildings by others on tour itinerary The Greenberg House in Dousman is one of three homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright that will be open to the public June 1 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. as part of the "Wright Here in Wisconsin Heritage Tour Week," sponsored by the Frank Lloyd Wright Heritage Program. The other homes are the Jackson House (1957), 7655 Indian Hills Trail, Beaver Dam; and the Arnold House (1954), 954 Dix St., Columbus. Also on the tour are the Highsmith House (1949-'50), designed by Wright disciple William Kaeser and located between Jefferson and Fort Atkinson at N2730 Kutz Road; and the Farmers and Merchants Union Bank (1919), 159 W. James St., Columbus, designed by Wright's mentor, Louis Sullivan. Tickets for the event are $35 in advance for the five sites or $10 per person per site. Bus transportation is available from Madison, Milwaukee and Racine. For more information call Karen Kane, (414) 276-3131 or (800) 822-3789.
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- May 12, 1996
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A force of nature the glacier sculpted the Kettle Moraine some
10,000 years ago. A second force of nature Frank Lloyd Wright
picked up where the Ice Age left off, creating a hilltop home at
Dousman almost a half-century ago that would seem to spring from
glacial boulders.
"It should be of the hill, not on the hill," Wright told his
client, a young physician named Maurice Greenberg.
The result of their collaboration, which will be open to the
public for the first time June 1, is a layered, low-slung dwelling
so fresh and original-looking even today that the newly minted
suburban tract homes strewn across the valley below seem sadly dated
by comparison.
Set on 40 wooded acres, the ...