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John Howe House Tour
OVERVIEW: Tour three homes designed by noted architect, John Howe, who was chief draftsman for Frank Lloyd Wright. Tickets $15 in advance, $20 at the door. Homes include two houses in Edina and Howe's own home, Sankaku, in Burnsville. Bring your ticket to the Jerpbak House, 6221 Loch Moor Drive, Edina, Minnesota to receive the addresses of the other two houses.
TOUR TIME: Saturday, Sept. 13, from 1 to 5 p.m. This is a self-guided tour. Please allow plenty of time to tour each home and drive yourself between houses. Parking is available on the street. Docents will be on hand at each home to present home highlights and answer questions.
RELATED JOHN HOWE HOUSE TOUR EVENTS
1)Illustrated biography of John Howe titled, John H. Howe, Architect: From Taliesin Apprentice to Master of Organic Design, by Jane King Hession and Tim Quigley - See further information below.
2)August 20, 2015 lecture by Howe biographers Jane King Hession and Tim Quigley - See further information below.
3)John Howe architecture exhibit at the University of Minnesota - See further information below.
4)Silent Auction - See further information below.
HOUSE TOUR TO SPOTLIGHT THREE HOMES BY NOTED ARCHITECT JOHN H. HOWE
Most people have heard of famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright, but few recognize the name of his chief draftsman John H. Howe, who became a noted architect in his own right.
Howe may have worked in Wright's shadow, but his time in the spotlight has come. Not only is he the subject of a new book and exhibit at the University of Minnesota, but his homes also will be featured on the 2015 Edina Historical Society's (EHS) Historic House Tour on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015.
A charter member of Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin Fellowship, Howe was known as "the pencil in Frank Lloyd Wright's hand." Howe worked for the Taliesin Fellowship for 32 years before striking out on his own to design more than 80 Prairie School houses in Minnesota.
Howe designed the three homes on the tour, two for Edina clients and one for himself and his wife Lu in Burnsville. "Edina has only two homes designed by John Howe, and we are fortunate to have both on the 2015 EHS tour, given that neither Edina home has been on a public tour previously" said event chair Dianne Plunkett Latham.
The Edina homes are the Weston House completed in 1980, and the Jerpbak House completed in 1969. Both are excellent examples of organic architecture.
Howe dubbed his own home Sankaku, the Japanese term for triangle, the form upon which the design is based. Howe's organic designs began with an understanding of the contours and natural features of a site. Sankaku is sited on a 2.3 acre lot on Horseshoe Lake, and like all of his organic designs, was built to blend seamlessly with its surroundings. The original finishes and furnishings have been faithfully maintained by new owners.
Tickets will be $20 at the door, or $15 in advance at the Edina History Museum, Edina City Hall and the Edina Senior Center as well as online. Look for more details about the tour, silent auction, John Howe architecture exhibit, and author lecture on the new book about Howe at edinahistoricalsociety.org.
Proceeds from the tour and the author talk will benefit Edina Historical Society programs. The 2013 EHS house tour raised more than $10,000, which supported hiring a part-time contract archivist and preservation of the Society's extensive collections.
RELATED JOHN HOWE ACTIVITIES
Book - The September 13, 2015 house tour coincides with the release of the illustrated biography of John Howe titled, John H. Howe, Architect: From Taliesin Apprentice to Master of Organic Design, by Jane King Hession and Tim Quigley. For more information on this new book, see http://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/john-h-howe-architect. This is the first book to tell Howe's story and the first full account of his place in the history of modern architecture as chief draftsman and valued interpreter of Wright's designs, as well as a prolific architect in his own right. A book signing will be held at Sankaku, which is one of the tour homes, during the Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015 tour with both authors Jane King Hession and Tim Quigley present.
Jane King Hession is an Edina resident, architectural historian and curator specializing in modernism. She is a founding partner of Modern House Productions; coauthor of Frank Lloyd Wright in New York: The Plaza Years,and Ralph Rapson: Sixty Years of Modern Design. She is also a former president of the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy.
Tim Quigley, AIA, is principal of Quigley Architects in Minneapolis and taught architectural studio and history courses for twenty years at the University of Minnesota and Ball State University. He is a former president of the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy, vice president of the Minnesota chapter of Docomomo, and president of the advisory board of the Goldstein Museum of Design at the University of Minnesota.
Lecture - The Edina Historical Society will sponsor a lecture by Howe biographers Jane King Hession and Tim Quigley. The illustrated Howe architectural lecture will be held on Thursday, August 20, 2015 at 7:00 PM in Room 350 of the Edina Community Center, which is located at 5701 Normandale Road, Edina, MN 55424. Please park in the GREEN lot between South View Middle School and Edina Community Center. Enter DOOR 4 of the Edina Community Center and follow signs to the 3rd floor and room 350. Note that an elevator is located in the northwest corner of the Edina Community Center building. Reservations for the lecture must be made through Edina Community Education at https://edina.thatscommunityed.com/course/adult-summer-2015-2014/john-howe-the-pencil-in-frank-lloyd-wright-s-hand-with-jane-king-hession-and-tim-quigley. The cost of the lecture is $10.00.
John Howe Architecture Exhibit - A free exhibit on the architecture of John Howe can be seen through Sept. 13, 2015 in the HGA Gallery at Ralph Rapson Hall, 89 Church Street SE, Minneapolis at the University of Minnesota East Bank Campus. For more information, see http://goldstein.design.umn.edu/exhibitions/. Howe is well known for his architectural line-drawing artistry.
Silent Auction - A silent auction will be held in conjunction with the September 13, 2015 EHS house tour. Bidding will commence at the above August 20, 2015 John Howe lecture to be held at the Edina Community Center Room 350. The bid sheets will be moved to the Jerpbak house at 6221 Loch Moor Drive, Edina MN on Sept. 13, 2015, for the day of the tour. Bidding will conclude at the Jerpbak House at 5:00 pm when the tour ends. You do not need to be present to win. The auction will include exciting items such as:
An overnight stay at Frank Lloyd Wright's Elam Guest House in Austin, Minnesota. See http://theelamhouse.com/ and http://www.vrbo.com/469243. For further information, contact Peter.Plunkett@theelamhouse.com.
Dinner for 6 at Big Pink in Stillwater Also includes a short performance of "That Gas Station in Cloquet," an original script about a fictional visit by Mr. & Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright.
Framed original botanical art of artist Wendy Brockman. See http://www.wendybrockman.com/.
Five hours of genealogical consultation with Dianne Plunkett Latham, either paper trail or genetic genealogy based on DNA testing. Does not include the cost of DNA test(s). See https://www.familytreedna.com/public/Plunkett/.
Signed drawing by scientist and artist Walter Russell in a Mission style oak frame. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Russell
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LocationJerpbak House - House 1 of 3 on tour (View)
6221 Loch Moor Drive
Edina, MN 55439
United States
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| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: No |
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