National Historic Landmark · single-family detached home · Madison, Wisconsin

Jacobs, Herbert, Second House

Hemicycle house in Madison, Wisconsin, US. Built 1948 by Frank Lloyd Wright. Added to the National Register in 1974, and a National Historic Landmark.

Private, view from the streetNational Historic LandmarkBuilt 1948Listed 1974modern architectureFrank Lloyd Wright
Herb and Katherine Jacobs Second House frontHerbert and Katherine Jacobs Second House - panoramioHerbert and Katherine Jacobs Second House, northeast entranceSecond Jacobs House driveway
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What it is

Wikipedia · Herbert and Katherine Jacobs Second House

The Herbert and Katherine Jacobs Second House is a house in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1946–1948, the house was designed for the journalist Herbert Jacobs and his wife Katherine, whose first house he had designed a decade earlier. The Solar Hemicycle name is derived from the house's semicircular-arc floor plan, its use of natural materials, and its energy-saving orientation. The Jacobs Second House has been praised for its architecture over the years, and Wright went on to design other houses with circular design motifs. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 and declared a National Historic Landmark in 2003.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
Address3995 Shawn Trail, Madison, WI
CountyDane County
ListedDec 31, 1974
Reference number74000074
Built1948
ArchitectFrank Lloyd Wright
Type of placesingle-family detached home
Stylemodern architecture
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark, listed in the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places, Madison Landmark
Contributing resources1 buildings

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

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Private property
Address3995 Shawn Trail, Madison, WI
Coordinates43.07394, -89.53480 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitIce Age National Scenic Trail · 63 mi · on Park Atlas
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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 74000074. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.