1937 Armstrong designed home: original green sink

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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thodue says:

what a sink!
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

Remiss63 says:

thodue . . . glad you think so! the owner's going to keep it intact!
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illtakeyourphoto! says:

I love the sink, and the tiles.
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Remiss63 says:

yes, illtakeyourphoto!, i think they're both interesting and it's rather impressive that they're original from 1937. the tiles are plastic rather than ceramic. i'm not sure how unusual that is for a house of this era.
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classicsat says:

They were beginning to try new things then. Although I don't think they'd skimp on "fake" tile in a custome home. I would guess that they could have been a cheap renovation. Look how they put an odd tile slice in the corner. A good craftsman would not do that, but would start with a full tile in the visible corner.
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dorn0 says:

Nice shot, Reem =)
Great lines, very traditionally sound.
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Remiss63 says:

classicsat . . . thank you for your thoughts here. the situation with this particular house is somewhat unusual / tricky. so some reason, Armstrong didn't seem to have "claimed" the finished house as his own design in the sense that (as far as i can tell) never had it photographed or published.

the drawings for the house are labelled "House to be Built in Moberly, Missouri" and do not contain the address or name of the owners. that's fairly unusual.

my impression is that he was hired to do a design by the Green family. apparently, Mrs. Green considered herself to be an interior decorator, so it's unclear to me how much influence Armstrong had on the finishes.

examining the details of the house, it's clear that it has been superficially modified (as to finishes) many times over the seventy years since the house was constructed. you're correct in noticing the tile installation was not done by a professional. however, i'm uncertain at what point in the house's history the tile would have been installed.
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Remiss63 says:

dorn0 . . thanks. i don't know why exactly, but i always get a little tickled when modernist-influenced designs of the past are said to be, "traditionally sound".
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