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James B. McBean Residence

Architect
Frank Lloyd Wright
Place
Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Construction
1957
Design / archive date
1956
Catalogue reference
FLWFA 5706 / S.412.2
James B. McBean Residence — photograph 1
Jonathunder · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original photograph source

McBean House in Rochester, Minnesota, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

James B. McBean Residence — photograph 2
Jonathunder · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original photograph source

The James McBean House, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, in Rochester, Minnesota

Architecture & history

The James McBean Residence is a house in Rochester, Minnesota designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. This Usonian house is an example of the second type (Prefab #2) of the Marshall Erdman Prefab Houses. This house and the Walter Rudin House have the same floor plan and vary only in minor details, such as paint color and siting, since they are the only two Prefab #2 houses in existence.

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