14 Oct the benjamin t. ricker house: walter burley and marion mahoney griffin’s last american commission
recent images – taken while visiting grinnell – of the walter burley and marion mahoney griffin prairie style benjamin t. ricker house (1911-12), located at 1510 broad street, grinnell, ia.
GCAC THU_JUN 2002.34
Benjamin J. Ricker Residence, Grinnell, Iowa 1911 (house designed by Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin), 1911 20th Century
Watercolor, ink, gouache, and graphite on Lightweight woven textile
44 x 21 in. (111.76 x 53.34 cm)
the ricker house was the last of their commissions in the united states.
i didn’t have good light to document barry byrne’s 1916 garage addition.
