National Register of Historic Places

Wright, Robert Llewellyn, House

Bethesda, Montgomery County, Maryland
Listed
August 11, 1986
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
86002621

About this property

The Robert Llewellyn Wright House is a historic home located at 7927 Deepwell Drive in Bethesda, Maryland. It is an 1800-square foot, two-story concrete-block structure designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1953, and constructed in 1957 for his sixth child, Robert Llewellyn Wright (1903–86), who worked at the Justice Department. The Usonian house was designed using intersecting and concentric segments of a circle, or "hemicycles". Initial designs were scrapped after the construction was too costly. The house can be seen from Deepwell Drive on a sloping lot that overlooks a stream. It is also visible from the Cabin John Stream Valley Trail, which follows the Cabin John Creek below it. In1960, the grounds were landscaped by Lloyd Wright, brother of the client and the son of the architect. As of 2010, the house was inhabited by Tom Wright, the grandson of Frank Lloyd Wright, and a volcano specialist. It is one of only two Wright-designed structures in Maryland; the other is the Joseph Euchtman House in Baltimore County.

Location

7927 Deepwell Dr.
Bethesda, Montgomery County, Maryland
39.00774, -77.16684

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Sources

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Nearby Battles

Rockville Cavalry Skirmish (Stuart's Ride to Gettysburg via Maryland, 1863)
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When was Wright, Robert Llewellyn, House listed on the National Register?

Wright, Robert Llewellyn, House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 11, 1986.

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Wright, Robert Llewellyn, House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Wright, Robert Llewellyn, House is recorded as the industrial era.

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