1937 Armstrong designed home

project: Green Residence.
location: Moberly, Missouri.
architect: Harris Armstrong.
date: 1937.
condition: poorly maintained, somewhat modified.

Armstrong's original sketch of the house.

For more on Saint Louis modern architect Harris Armstrong, check out my blog architectural ruminations.

Photograph by Andrew Raimist, April 2007.

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fotofacade says:

Vehicular access is the dominant ideology ! Very masculine building
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

Catskills Grrl says:

Cool. I could live there. I think.
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

Remiss63 says:

fotofacade . . . yes, the garage is very dominant in this design, particularly in the way i've photographed it here. are you thinking phallic?

Catskills Grrl . . . at the moment, the house is in terrible condition. livable, but it has been poorly treated for many many years. fortunately it has a new owner interested in bringing it back to life.
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fotofacade says:

errr. yup!
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

Remiss63 says:

gotcha . . . i think i sensed that, but it was buried in my subconscious mind somewhere.
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

Moxette says:

Very nice!
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

Remiss63 says:

thanks Moxette! glad you like it.

there are lots of things about the house that have been goofed up over the years, but mostly the original house is still there, beneath all the wrappings on the exterior and interior surfaces.
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

abrietta says:

cool - if they love it, it will sing again... love the original drawings...
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

Remiss63 says:

abrietta . . . yes, i'm looking forward to seeing it come back to life.
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

fotofacade says:

The phallic garage says something about the importance of the car in the American consciousness?
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

Remiss63 says:

fotofacade . . . the phallic garage speaks strongly of the architect's fetish for automobiles (Ford, Bentley, Rolls Royce, etc.).

having a garage sticking out the front of a house is a statement of functionality as well as pride of ownership, especially in this time and place.
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

ebayjughead says:

Sometimes a Bentley is just a Bentley.
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

Remiss63 says:

ebayjughead . . . is this one of those times?

do you know the make, model, and year of this car?
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

ebayjughead says:

I'm a complete and total pedestrian with no automobile expertise at all. But I can tell this an absolutely splendid automobile.
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

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