Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1955, this unique home is situated on a 76-acre parcel in California’s Central Valley. The 4,041-square-foot, seven-bedroom, six-bath residence was built in 1961 by Buck Fawcett, a college football star who enrolled in Wright’s architecture courses at Stanford University in the 1940s.
The location is unusual for one of Wright’s designs: a farm homesteaded by Fawcett’s father to which Fawcett returned when his father’s health declined, forsaking his selection by the Chicago Bears in the 1944 NFL draft.
Wright’s signature interior and exterior design elements make this a very elegant, yet family-friendly farmhouse. (Courtesy of Crosby Doe)
The home was sold by the Fawcetts in 2012, at which time the new owners consulted with Wright’s grandson, Eric Lloyd Wright, and completely renovated the residence and grounds. The home was subsequently awarded a 2019 Preservation Design Award by the California Preservation Foundation….