2024-05-05T14:45:30-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150204521/frank-lloyd-wright-s-early-usonian-charles-and-dorothy-manson-house-is-for-sale Alexander Walter 2020-06-26T18:23:00-04:00 >2020-06-26T18:24:20-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/61/6188241b8614ce20fe6597b067909d09.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>The Charles and Dorothy Manson house is an early example of Frank Lloyd Wright's Usonian houses. Designed in 1938 and completed in 1941, the distinctive horizontal roof line descends four levels down the cascading wooded lot on Wausau's prestigious and historic East Hill neighborhood.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Looking to pick up a <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/4673/frank-lloyd-wright" target="_blank">Frank Lloyd Wright</a> <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/154361/usonian-house" target="_blank">Usonian house</a> in central Wisconsin? The early 1940s 4-bedroom, 3-bath Charles L. and Dorothy Manson House in Wausau just <a href="https://davdwood.wixsite.com/manson" target="_blank">entered the market</a>.</p> <p>"Departing from his early Usonian houses with right-angle corners," explains the listing, "Frank Lloyd Wright experimented on using a square unit system but incorporating 30 and 60 degree angles for the Charles L. and Dorothy Manson House. As a result the house varied from a typical I or L plan house and paved the way for Wright to further investigate triangles and parallelograms in his future design."</p> <p>The asking price for the residence is $425,000.<br></p> <p>Consider this though: <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150153188/does-owning-a-frank-lloyd-wright-home-come-with-a-secret-curse" target="_blank">Does owning a Frank Lloyd Wright home come with a secret curse?</a><br></p>