JOHN LAUTNER: - Triangle Modernist Houses

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Chronology-Projects-Bibliography
1911 Born on July 16 in Marquette, MI. Eldest child of “Vida” Cathleen Gallagher and John Edward
Lautner, founding head of German, French and Social Studies at Normal State Normal (renamed
Northern State Teachers College, then Northern Michigan University).
1918 Family home “Keepsake” in Marquette designed by Joy Wheeler Dow published in American
Architect.
1. Dow, J.W., Keepsake - Lautner House, Marquette, Michigan. American Architect, 1918. 118(May 28): p. 702-704.
Article with photos of the Lautner Residence in Marquette, Michigan designed by Joy Wheeler Dow.
1923 Lautner family begins design and construction of log cabin “Midgaard” on the shore of Lake
Superior. Lautner‟s first building experience.
1927 “Midgaard” published in 3 articles below.
2. [Midgaard]. Daily Mining Journal (Marquette, MI), 1927(Jan 31).
Article on the Lautner Cabin on Lake Superior which a young John Lautner helped construct circa 1925.
3. Lautner, V.C., Midgaard - A Family Project. Progressive Education, 1927. 4(4, Oct-Dec): p. 313-315.
Article on the Lautner Cabin on Lake Superior which young John Lautner helped construct circa 1925.
4. Lautner, V.C., Midgaard - A Norse Cabin on Lake Superior. Home Building, 1927(Jun).
Article with photo(s) on the Lautner Cabin on Lake Superior which young John Lautner helped construct circa 1925.
1929 Enters liberal arts program at Northern State Teachers College.
1932 Raises and rebuilds roof at “Midgaard.”
1933 Graduates with a liberal arts degree in English from Northern State Teachers College. Admitted
to the Taliesin Fellowship with fiancée Mary Roberts.
1934 Marries Mary Roberts of Marquette, MI, daughter of Abby Beecher Roberts, the owner of
Deertrack summer resort in Marquette. Has first of numerous articles under the masthead “At
Taliesin” published in the Wisconsin State Journal and Capital Times. Prepares design details for
Wright‟s Millard House in Los Angeles. First visit to Arizona to work on the Broadacre City
model for the Radio City Music Hall exhibition.
From “At Taliesin” by Randolph C. Henning. (see item 540. below)