| Sol Friedman House (Toyhill) | |
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| General information | |
| Type | House |
| Architectural style | Usonian |
| Location | Pleasantville,New York |
| Coordinates | 41°07′44″N73°44′53″W / 41.128856°N 73.748003°W /41.128856; -73.748003 |
| Construction started | 1948 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Frank Lloyd Wright |
Sol Friedman HouseToyhill, was built inPleasantville,New York in 1948. This was the first of the threeFrank Lloyd Wright homes built in the "Usonia Homes" development north ofNew York City.
The Friedman House forms part of thepost-war development of Wright's use of the circle, culminating in hisSolomon R. Guggenheim Museum inManhattan. The Sol Friedman house in Pleasantville, N.Y., is roofed with mushroom-like concrete slabs; the two intersecting closed circles of the actual dwelling are balanced at the end of a straight terraceparapet by the mushroom-shapedcarport. This house was completed in 1949 with battered (sloped) walls of almostRichardsonian randomashlar masonry below a strip of metal-framed windows.
Wright dubbed the houseToyhill because Sol Friedman was a retailer of books, records, and (in some stores) toys.[1]
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