The Pope-Leighey House, Alexandria, VA, one of FLW's lower cost Usonian houses
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Built in 1939 for Loren Pope a Washington Post reporter. It has the usual low overhang entrance.
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Built of wood on a slab, it still has unique details like the doors that open from the corner and the unique cutout design over the windows.
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It was originally built in Falls Church, VA but moved here to avoid demolition when freeways were built.
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It's small, only 1200 square feet and utilitarian compared to many other FLW houses.
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Here you can see it's built on a slab. It was moved to this location then moved again when its slab began sliding down the hill.
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Pope chose a coarse brick which were cheaper than the FLW smooth ones because they were cheaper.
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Overhangs are used on two ends.
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The unique design over the celestory windows.
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The unique design created for the house was used vertically on the bedroom windows, horizontally elsewhere
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Original screened in porch with FLW cherokee red pipe bracing like used at Taleisin.
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It's not nailed together but screwed and FLW demanded the screw heads line up. For the last move, it was completely disassembled for moving.
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Corner windows - same as the patio doors.
More info http://popeleighey1940.org/
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