S.204.8 – ASBH Series AA house by
A.B. Groves Building Company, 2107 West Lawn Avenue, Madison,
Wisconsin LINK TO DISCUSSION OF
AMERICAN SYSTEM-BUILT HOMES The saga of the American System
Built Homes (ASBH) continues a century after they were built. This house had been rumored in small
circles to have been a Wright design, but it took until 2015 before
investigation confirmed the layout and design – as well as the existence of
some minor supporting paperwork in the Taliesin West archives. This house has now been confirmed as a
Series AA model built in 1917. The
enclosed porch and the chimney are later additions. Research into ASBH continues. In recent years two homes in the Milwaukee
area have also been identified as ASBH homes based on Wright designs (for
which he may not have been properly compensated): 2106 E. Newton Ave. (article)
and 2015 E. Beverly Road (real
estate listing). Photographed on April 30, 2016. It may be
plain, but this is the front |
New 05/07/2016
Revised 10/24/2018