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| Location | 619 Shipley Rd,Wilmington, Delaware |
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| Coordinates | 39°46′25″N75°31′00″W / 39.77355°N 75.51678°W /39.77355; -75.51678 |
| Area | 6.7 acres (2.7 ha) |
| Built | 1956-1961 |
| Architect | Frank Lloyd Wright |
| Architectural style | Usonian |
| NRHP reference No. | 74000603[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 4, 1974 |
TheDudley Spencer House, also calledLaurel, is aFrank Lloyd Wright–designedUsonian home inWilmington,Delaware.
Wright designed this home in 1956 and named it "Laurel". This house is of thehemicycle design, and is built of irregularlycoursedfieldstone. This single story house has a flat roof with curvilinear extensions and windows under roof extensions. The interior fireplace and hearth serves as dominant structural and aesthetic element. Typical of Wright designs, the home successfully blends with the surrounding wooded environment. The Dudley Spencer house is private and not accessible to the public. The house was built by its first owner, Dudley Spencer, over a five-year period between 1956 and 1961. In a 1969 interview, Spencer said he personally designed and built the steel structures used in the house and enlisted the help of a local prison gang.[2]
Following the death of Spencer in 2012, the house was sold to its current owners in 2013.[3]
The house was listed on theNational Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]
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