147/365 | Saturday, May 27, 2023 | #365PictureToday
Durable
This is mostly off prompt because it's not really part of my daily life. Today we went to a special tour called Designing American Living at Woodlawn and the Pope-Leighey House. It was a tour examining both houses through the lens of the architects who designed them. This is the Pope-Leighey House, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, for Loren Pope, who was a journalist who lived in Falls Church. The house, in the Usonian style, was completed in 1941. However, in 1963 the house was slated for demolition to construct Interstate 66. The second owner Marjorie Leighey had to work with the Secretary of the Interior and the National Trust for Historic Preservation to save the house. It is now located on the property of Woodlawn plantation. At 82 years old the house has proven to be quite durable.
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