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Located on a dead-end street and not easy
to find, the house looks to be a single-story. Like most Wright
designs though, all is not as it appears. Built on/into a hillside in 1946
and constructed from limestone quarried on the property by the original
homeowners, the house features a 127-foot-long reinforced concrete roof and
is actually three stories: the entrance and four bedrooms are on the top
floor, a staircase leads to the living room and dining room and the
kitchen is on the lower floor. An example of one of Wright's Usonian
homes, there is little available information about the Grant home and, being
located on private property at the end of a dead-end street, we didn't think
that the owners would care much for trespassers traipsing all over the yard
taking pictures. We took a single photo and headed north to see our
friends in Cedar Falls. Read
more about our trip to Cedar Falls and FLW's Cedar Rock in Quasqueton.
Pictured in the slide show at right are some scale models on
display at Cedar Rock State Park.
Construction & Unique Features
- Built in 1946-1952
- Usonian
Tours
- No Tours - Privately Owned
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Location
- 3400 Adel Drive SE
Cedar Rapids, IA
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