It came at a time when architect Hill was near the end of an 11-year run as the magazine's architecture director and was acting as its editor. The Corbettt House defined the 1950s-coined term "cutting edge," and its appearance in House Beautiful was no accident. The house's furnishings, in turn, were made and donated by houseware companies, including Nutone and Formica, that supported the Pace Setter Program with advertisements featuring the Corbett House. The spreads were part of the magazine's Pace Setter Program, which from 1946 to 1965 featured a new home with the best "use of site, architectural design, construction, furnishing and decorating," according to the magazine's longtime editor and Wright disciple, Elizabeth Gordon. headquarters of enlarged images of the Corbett House featured in four editions and over 142 pages in 1960 House Beautiful magazines. This year's docent-guided tour comes with a bonus: The AFC has created an exhibit at its 811 Race. Recognizing the artistic and technological significance of the house, the Architectural Foundation of Cincinnati collaborated with the home's owners to make it the site of its Great House Tour on Oct. Its bones are sturdy - perhaps even sturdier since the second owner reinforced structural wood with steel - and although much of its "Jetsons" vibe is gone, plenty of its fantastic and unique features remain. The Corbett House, which was designed a year before Wright died and is attributed to Hill, is considered to be the peak of their collaboration. A close relationship developed between the two and lasted 21 years, with Hill becoming a chief Wrightian designer as well as treasurer of the Taliesen Fellowship and honorary chairman of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.Īt times, the diminutive Wright (1867-1959) and lanky Hill (1920-1996) worked as a team. ![]() Its architect, John deKoven Hill, was somewhat of a Frank Jr., having arrived at Wright's Taliesin studio in 1938 on his high school graduation day to offer his services to America's master architect. The Corbett House, which is on Grandin Road where it meets Edwards Road in Hyde Park, looks very much like a Frank Lloyd Wright creation - and it should. ![]() ![]() The house's owner, Grandin View LLC, will place the house on the market at $2.6 million on Oct. Much of the original Space Age features and gadgets in the Corbett House - in particular its original kitchen's custom Formica cabinets and countertops and built-in, pop-up and pullout appliances invented and manufactured by Cincinnati-based Nutone, which Ralph founded - were removed by the house's second owner.īut today, that owner's upgrades - among them seven geothermal wells that feed power to seven interior heating and cooling systems that, along with the house's intricate lighting system, are controlled by a computerized panel in the basement - make it a home for the 21st century version of J. If they had, the two TV cartoon creators might have gone with Ralph and Pat over George and Judy when they named the lead characters in their futuristic show. CINCINNATI - You've got to wonder if William Hanna and Joseph Barbera ever visited Ralph and Patricia Corbett's 1960 house in Hyde Park before creating "The Jetsons" in 1962.
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