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Gerald B. and Beverley Tonkens House

Architect
Frank Lloyd Wright
Place
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Construction
Year not established
Design / archive date
1954
Catalogue reference
FLWFA 5510 / S.386
Gerald B. and Beverley Tonkens House — photograph 1
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Gerald B. and Beverley Tonkens House , Amberley, Ohio

Gerald B. and Beverley Tonkens House — photograph 2
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Example of precast concrete blocks in the Tonkens House. Photo courtesy of Toby Oliver.

Gerald B. and Beverley Tonkens House — photograph 3
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Example of windows set into precast blocks in the Tonkens House. Photo courtesy of Toby Oliver

Architecture & history

The Gerald B. and Beverley Tonkens House (also known as the Tonkens House) is a single-story private residence in Amberley, Ohio, designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1954. The house was commissioned by Gerald B. Tonkens (an automobile dealer) and his first wife Rosalie.

Wright designed the home in the Usonian Automatic style and it is considered one of the finest and most intact examples of Usonian Automatic architecture ever produced. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on October 3, 1991.

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