Recently someone posted a photo of this house on Facebook asking if anyone had any information about it. It isn’t the first time I’ve seen the house show up in my Facebook feed. It makes appearances both in Hot Springs history groups and on the feeds of Facebook friends from time to time. It makes sense why the house would attract attention and tickle people’s curiosity. I mean it’s a weird looking house. It would be weird enough in any city (save for maybe Miami?) but it’s especially weird to find such a strange structure in Hot Springs, Arkansas alongside of symmetrical ranch and craftsman houses. It makes people wonder - “what is the story there?” And with this house, like with a lot of things in Hot Springs, people have all kinds of stories. And since I’m a sucker for a good story, I wasted my entire weekend trying to figure out what the real story might be.
Would love to know if any other owners of homes like this contacted you. My grandfather built a house like this in Ky. In 1956. His son had seen the plans for it in his high school geometry book. I enjoyed your letter and enjoyed the two pictures you posted. My nephew and his wife now live in the house and would love to see more like them.
How could one obtain the actual plans for House 578? I can see the simple floor plans in various copies of the vintage 1948 catalogue but these aren’t the detailed architectural drawings. Surely the builders of the time used the detailed drawings from somewhere? Are these available online?
Would love to know if any other owners of homes like this contacted you. My grandfather built a house like this in Ky. In 1956. His son had seen the plans for it in his high school geometry book. I enjoyed your letter and enjoyed the two pictures you posted. My nephew and his wife now live in the house and would love to see more like them.
How could one obtain the actual plans for House 578? I can see the simple floor plans in various copies of the vintage 1948 catalogue but these aren’t the detailed architectural drawings. Surely the builders of the time used the detailed drawings from somewhere? Are these available online?