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The Meyer May House is a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed house in the Heritage Hill Historic District of Grand Rapids, Michigan, in the United States. It was built in 1908-09, and is located at 450 Madison Avenue SE. It is considered a fine example of Wright's Prairie School era, and "Michigan's Prairie masterpiece".〔William A. Storrer, ''The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright'', p.146, University of Chicago Press; 2002〕 ==History== Commissioned in 1908 by Meyer S. May, a prominent Grand Rapids clothier,〔(Meyer May House at Steelcase.com )〕 and his wife Sophie Amberg, the house stands in contrast to the Victorian and Neoclassical houses typical of the period and neighborhood, the Heritage Hill neighborhood east of downtown Grand Rapids. Meyer May House is stylistically typical of Wright's Prairie houses, a two story, T-plan constructed of pale brick, with hip roofs and long broad eaves, art glass windows and skylights.〔Caroline Knight, ''Frank Lloyd Wright'', p. 88, Parragon; 2004.〕 The first floor windows are tucked under the eaves and raised from ground level, providing both privacy and providing light to the staircase and second floor gallery.〔 Wright carefully sited the house to allow maximum southern exposure for the living room windows and skylights and to create a spacious yard for the perennial gardens. Each terrace and each section of art glass was artfully designed and placed to enhance the interior and to draw nature into the house.〔 Doors open out to the terraces and gardens with garden walls and planters all incorporated into the design to intermingle the interior and exterior.〔(Meyer May House, Michigan State Register )〕 Inside, wood grills hide the radiators, iridescent strips of gold art glass were placed in the horizontal grout lines of both brick fireplaces,〔 and a pastel mural of hollyhocks wraps around a dividing wall between the living room and dining room. The mural, painted over during years of alterations, was rediscovered during the restoration and has now been restored. The interior was finished in 1910 by George Niedeken, Wright's Milwaukee based associate,〔Chronology at the (official site )〕 who was also a talented decorative painter and executed the mural in the dining room.〔 1922 saw a major alteration of the house, two bedrooms were added upstairs, as were servants' quarters on the ground floor.〔 May died in 1936 and the house remained empty for six years, not selling until 1942.〔 Sold again in 1945 carports and additional entrances were added, and the bedroom additions were rented out.〔 The Meyer May House was placed on the Michigan State Register of Historic Sites in 1986.〔 and is a contributing building to the Heritage Hill Historic District. The district was listed in 1971 on both the National Register of Historic Places and the Michigan State Register of Historic Sites,〔(Heritage Hill, Michigan State Register )〕 and was protected by the City of Grand Rapids' historic preservation ordinance in 1973. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Meyer May House」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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