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S.252 – E.T. Roux Library, Lakeland, Florida

Later renamed Thad Buckner Building (in 1968)

Interior views of William M. Hollis Exhibition & Seminar Room

 

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CLICK HERE FOR EXTERIOR PHOTOS

 

Photographed February 6, 2010 & October 17, 2012.  The carpets and drapes are not original.  Wright had designed the building without drapes, but Wisconsin Frank underestimated the intense power of the Sunshine State and drapes had to be added later (in a letter in the college’s archives, college president Ludd Spivey took Wright to task for the overbearing heat in the Pfeiffer Chapel).  The chairs and the circular furniture (with built-in book shelves) are original – the college archives shows this furniture in one photo of the library between 1945 and 1951.  The chairs are very likely stock merchandise.  Whether the tables/desks show Wright’s hand is not known.

 

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Right: molded glass blocks for the cutouts; they would be separated from the disc.  I believe these are the reproduction pieces of glass;

I was told that replicas were given away as souvenirs during a fundraiser.

 

February 6, 2010 photos

 

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View of stairs from lower level (restrooms) to main floor

 

October 17, 2012 photos

 

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Lenkurt/Delano

 Chair

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Library chairs & tables

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Chairs

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Brick molds

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Chapel pews

Please click on the appropriate photo to learn more about

the museum exhibits on display in the exhibition area.

 

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Drawings

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Screens

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Models

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Keys house chair

 

 

 

FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE

 

 

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Pfeiffer Chapel

 

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Fine Admin. Bldg.

 

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Watson Admin. Bldg.

 

 

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Danforth Chapel

 

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Roux Library/ Buckner

 

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Ordway Bldg.

 

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Seminar Bldgs. (3)

 

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Polk Science Bldg.

 

 

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Water Dome

 

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Esplanades

 

New 03/29/2010

Revised 10/17/2012

 

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