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Front Entry.
Front Entry.
The timber-clad home is nestled into the lush foliage of the existing landscape.
The timber-clad home is nestled into the lush foliage of the existing landscape.
The home was originally built by California architect Walter Thomas Brooks in 1962. The owners, Janet and Mark Hall, fell in love with its midcentury design and connection to the property's surrounding blue oak trees.
The home was originally built by California architect Walter Thomas Brooks in 1962. The owners, Janet and Mark Hall, fell in love with its midcentury design and connection to the property's surrounding blue oak trees.
According to the Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research, "school teachers Sara Stein Smith and Melvyn Maxwell Smith, undeterred by their modest salaries and guided by a shared love of architecture, met Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin in 1941 and commissioned a custom home." The Smith House in Bloomfield Hills offers tours of the Usonian home and narrates the couple’s story.
According to the Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research, "school teachers Sara Stein Smith and Melvyn Maxwell Smith, undeterred by their modest salaries and guided by a shared love of architecture, met Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin in 1941 and commissioned a custom home." The Smith House in Bloomfield Hills offers tours of the Usonian home and narrates the couple’s story.