Graycliff - 2014 Photos
Photos taken November 2014 Facade Note the see-through feature - seeing lake Erie through the living room glass walls Creo-Dipt shingles which, according to Patrick Mahoney, AIA, Martin suggested to Wright after having seen an ad in the one of his favorite journals, Better Homes & Gardens. Rain garden The natural iron stains were foreseen by Wright ... The photo below is of the rain garden around the corner of the house: Note second floor cantilevered porch next to Martin's bedroom ... Below his bedroom is the fern room ... To the left of the fern room is the rain garden/bioswill pictured below: The fern room is the backdrop for the rain garden/bioswill below the cantilevered porch |
Rear of the house The cantilevered porch and the rain garden illustrated in the above photo are at the right of this photo Iron stains were anticipated by Wright Walkway from the house to the cliff (originally a pool) ... Note stone benches at the edge of the cliff (pictured below:) Stone bench - some day to be rehabbed by the Conservancy The tichenor limestone cliff where stone for the house was gotten The walkway to the beach tower has fallen away - some day to be reconstructed by the Conservancy Beach tower detail |