Feb 19 2015 the frank lloyd wright designed massaro house on petra island in upstate new york is for sale for 19 9 million.
Massaro house floor plan.
The massaro house sits on the exact site wright intended it for a rocky stretch of coast as seen in his original sketch.
The property also comes with a controversial frank lloyd wright connection.
Wright instead designed a small cottage for chahroudi which is now the current guest house.
Massaro house is a residence on privately owned petre island in lake mahopac new york roughly 50 miles north of new york city its construction was inspired by designs of a never built project conceived by famed architect frank lloyd wright as conceived it was known as the chahroudi house for the client who commissioned it ahmed a.
There s a whale rock that comes right into the house.
As built it gained the name of its owner.
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The focal point is a 78 foot long living room.
Although frank lloyd wright did not have a direct hand in the final design and construction of the massaro house the blueprints for the dwelling are based on the original sketches he had created in 1950 for ahmed chahroudi the former petra island owner who due to prohibitive building costs ended up turning down.
While excavating we found the cleft on it that wright had marked as where to put the front door heinz says.
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Located just 47 miles north of manhattan the property which is called the massaro house is perfect for frank lloyd wright lovers and nature aficionados alike.
Businessman joseph massaro then bought the island along with wright s original plans and had the.
2nd place best floor plan 2nd place curb appeal.
In 1996 sheet metal contractor joseph massaro and his wife barbara purchased the island which came with the chahroudi cottage as well as wright s five original drawings of the unbuilt larger residence including a floor plan with ideas for built in and stand alone furniture a building section and three elevations writes elsa.
More information original plans site shows how the architect envisioned the house s positioning massaro house petra island new york 2003 2007 usonian thomas heinz heinz has written 30 books on wright.
Approximately 1996 i could not find an exact date the image that i choose that i find interesting is the floor plan for frank lloyd wright s massaro house.