Usonian...
Ed Hawkins in Southern Hills
Aside from the Arapahoe Acres development, Ed Hawkins designed numerous houses
all over the Denver area. These two Usonian-style Southern Hills homes date from 1958.
There is also a house in Arapahoe Hills based on the same design as this house above.
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December 21st, 2010 / No Comments » / by Shannon Stanbro
Witkin house
Another Fall photo from Southern Hills, this one the Usonian-style Witkin House,
designed 1959 by Horace Brand and Harvey Jensen. The beams are quite unique.
(Architect names gleaned from the guidebook The Mid-Century Modern House in
Denver by Michael Paglia and Diane Wray Tomasso.)
December 14th, 2010 / 2 Comments » / by Tom Lundin
Boulder Usonian fire stations
Two Usonian-style fire stations from Boulder. This first one is Boulder Fire Station #2,
designed 1958 by Hobart Wagener, a prolific Boulder modernist architect who designed
Williams Village.
(For a great overview of Hobart Wagener, visit the site Boulder Modern House).
Both stations have tall central garages flanked by offices/sleeping quarters on the sides.
In Boulder Fire Station No.2 these flanks have three gables representing the three
Flatirons of Boulder.
Boulder Fire Station #3 below was designed 1964 by Thomas Nixon & Lincoln Jones,
also in the Usonian style.
Nixon & Jones designed Boulder’s iconic Usonian-style First Christian Church whose
prominent bow greets visitors to Boulder as they drive in on 28th Avenue.
November 25th, 2010 / No Comments » / by Tom Lundin
Floral details
Floral details from Victor Hornbein and Ed White’s 1966 Usonian design for the Denver
Botanic Gardens.
October 21st, 2010 / No Comments » / by Tom Lundin
Usonian detail
Some of the floral detail from the Usonian-style Children’s Psychiatric
Day Care Center on 8th Ave, near University Blvd, shown here in a sad
state of disrepair.
Designed 1962 by Victor Hornbein and Ed White, it is going to be
demolished and may already be gone.
October 20th, 2010 / No Comments » / by Tom Lundin
Usonian library
The 1951 Ross-Broadway Library, a Usonian-design by Victor Hornbein.
October 19th, 2010 / No Comments » / by Tom Lundin
Burnt Orange
Richard Crowther designed this Usonian-style home, the Neufeld House, in 1956.
Here the sun shows the true color of the burnt orange ribbed terra cotta tiles. These are original to the house and match the orange used for his design for the Cooper Cinerama Theatre on Colorado.
October 13th, 2010 / No Comments » / by Tom Lundin
Lakewood Usonian
1950s Usonian-style home in Lakewood.
(Not as good as the picture Shannon Stanbro uses for 5280mod!)
October 1st, 2010 / No Comments » / by Tom Lundin
Golden Usonian
1950s Usonian-style home in Golden.
September 30th, 2010 / No Comments » / by Tom Lundin
