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SETH PETERSON COTTAGE (1958 - S.430)

WRIGHTINGS NEWSLETTER PETERSON COTTAGE 2017

Date: 1992

Title: The Rehabilitation of The Seth Peterson Cottage (Soft Cover Spiral Bound) (Published by Eifler & Associates, Architects, Chicago, Illinois)

Author: Eifler & Associates, Architects

Description: The Rehabilitation of The Seth Peterson Cottage. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect, 1958. Frank Lloyd Wright designed a cottage for Seth Peterson to be built at Mirror Lake in 1958. Through a series of unfortunate events, the cottage was left to deteriorate until 1989, when a group of concerned citizens banded together to save the cottage. The Rehabilitation of the Seth Peterson Cottage is an extremely significant event for a number of reasons. Historically it marks the culmination of the construction of a cottage which was never completed in accordance with the original design during the lifetime of the owner, Seth Peterson, or the architect, Frank Lloyd Wright. The cottage rehabilitation also represents a unique partnership between the public and private sectors which have joined forces in an effort to give life to one of Wisconsin's most valuable architectural resources. Finally, the outcome of these efforts, i.e. an architectural landmark which can be rented by the general public as a vacation retreat, affords individuals now and in the future access to enjoy the beauty of living in a Frank Lloyd Wright residence. Includes 14 photographs and illustrations. (Printed single side) (First Edition)

Size: 8.5 x 11

Pages: Pp 17

ST#: 1992.154.0323

Date: 1994

Title: Wrightings. Newsletter of The Seth Peterson Cottage Conservancy, Inc. For the Cottage by Frank Lloyd Wright in Mirror Lake State Park. Vol V, No. VII - August 1994 (Published by the The Seth Peterson Cottage Conservancy, Inc., Lake Deltoin, Wisconsin)

Author: 1) Laatsch, Audrey 2&3) Kohl, Gail
4) Wolff, Ted

Description: 1) Have I Told You? 2) Wright In Wisconsin Video. 3) Tours Planned to Wright Sites in Illinois and Arizona. 4) Landscape Plan Take Shape. 5) Stones. 6) Did You Lose Your Bracelet? 7) Diagram of Flagstone Floor at the Cottage by Frank Loyd Wright in Mirror Lake State Park, August, 1994. 8) Membership Renewals. Includes two illustrations.

Size: 8.5 x 11

Pages: Pp 4

ST#: 1994.146.0323

Date: 1994

Title: Seth Peterson Cottage Exterior 1994, three views (1958 - S.430).

Description: Caption on face: "Lake Delton, Wis. - June 1, 1994 - Wright-Rent - The Seth Peterson Cottage, with a view of its spectacular stone and glass-walled living and dining area, and an interior and exterior view of the cocoon-like bedroom. From the outside, it is serene and energetic, a composition that at once seems to hug the earth and blast off from it. (Morry Gash/New York Times Photos)." Photographed by Morry Gash. Acquired from the archived of the Chicago Tribune.

Size: Original 7.6 x 10 B&W photograph.

ST#: 1994.65.0811

Date: 1994

Title: Seth Peterson Cottage Interior 1994 (1958 - S.430).

Description: Caption on face: "Lake Delton, Wis. - June 1, 1994 - Wright-Rent - Numerous Frank Lloyd Wright houses can be visited as museums or bought, usually at a substantial price. But only one Wright house can be rented on a nightly basis: the Seth Peterson Cottage in Wisconsin. The living room of the cottage is pictured. (Morry Gash/New York Times Photos)." Photographed by Morry Gash. Acquired from the archived of the Chicago Tribune.

Size: Original 10 x 8.25 B&W photograph.

ST#: 1994.66.0811

Date: 2017

Title: Seth Peterson Cottage 2017 (1958 - S.430).

Description: After visiting the Arnold Residence on a cross-country trip from New York to Seattle, we headed west to hook up with Interstate 90. It occurred to us that the Seth Peterson Cottage was in the general direction of our trajectory, and decided to give it a visit. We were feeling lucky, even though daylight was fading. Frank Lloyd Wright designed the cottage in 1958, his smallest residential gems, 880 square feet. It was constructed of native sandstone, Philippine... Continue...

Size: Set of 57 original high res 20 x 13.5 digital images photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on October 27, 2017.

ST#: 2017.23.1018 (1-57)

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SETH PETERSON COTTAGE (2017)

Seth Peterson Cottage 2017 (1958 - S.430). After visiting the Arnold Residence on a cross-country trip from New York to Seattle, we headed west to hook up with Interstate 90. It occurred to us that the Seth Peterson Cottage was in the general direction of our trajectory, and decided to give it a visit. We were feeling lucky, even though daylight was fading. Frank Lloyd Wright designed the cottage in 1958, his smallest residential gems, 880 square feet. It was constructed of native sandstone, Philippine mahogany and glass. Although almost 70 years younger than Wright, Peterson shared his birthday. He was drawn to architecture at a young age, and the designs of Wright. Mostly the designs of Wright. After graduating from high school in 1954, he applied to the Taliesin Fellowship but was turn down a number of times. Peterson persisted from a different angle. He commissioned Wright to design a small cottage. The plans

were finished in April, 1959, and Peterson began construction. As the cottage neared completion one year after Wright’s death, tragedy struck. On Palm Sunday, April 10, 1960, one day after the first anniversary of Wright’s death, less than one month before his 24th birthday, Seth Peterson took his own life. Located above Mirror Lake, the Seth Peterson Cottage is rectangular in shape., While the front side of the cottage soars upward, the back half of the cottage is constructed of stone. The workspace and bath rises up above the living space, and the fireplace mass is approximately two feet higher. In an effort to expedite adding these photographs to this website, we have dispensed with a description for each photograph. Set of 57 original high res 20 x 13.5 digital images photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on October 27, 2017. Copyright 2017, Douglas M. Steiner.

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