Landmark Home on the Market
This week brings us another amazing representation of the richness and diversity of modernism in Memphis. This home by architect E. Fay Jones was recently profiled on TennesseeModernism.com
Just listed this morning! Please contact me if you'd like to view it.
Fay Jones House
5715 SYCAMORE GROVE LN, Memphis, Tennessee 38120
4 Bedrooms, 3.1 Total Baths 1.120 Acres
$995,000
Listing remarks: 4300 sqft organic mid-century home w/ a serious pedigree; built by architect E. Fay Jones, understudy of Frank Lloyd Wright & the architect of the world famous Thorncrown Chapel in Eureka Springs. Flr to ceiling windows w/ glass drs open to 1.27 acres w/ multiple water features, the boundaries of the interior and exterior harmonize & fill the space with natural light. Interior design w/cypress wood, Arkansas field stone & flagstone flrs. Home has been meticulously preserved through the decades. Listed by Oak Grove Realty, LLC (901) 309-0710
From the TennesseeModernism.com profile:
"In the early 1960s, the Hunters went to Fayetteville, Arkansas to meet with Jones and ask him to design them a house. Jones was reticent. He preferred to supervise his builds, but given that Memphis was roughly ~320 miles away, that would be impossible. After some discussion, the Hunters convinced Jones to design them a house in Memphis by promising him they’d “get a fine, conscientious builder so [Jones] could show [the builder] how he drew on a grid system.” Jones recalled, “It gave me a little confidence to do work farther from home.”
But before he would draw any plans, Jones asked the Hunters to keep journals about how they lived and what they did every day, so he could discover what was important to them. Dr. Hunter put it this way, “[Jones] said ‘I don’t want to know how many bathrooms you want.’ He wanted a philosophy of [our] life.” Chief among the Hunter’s desire were unrestricted vision to the outdoors, the ability to watch the weather change, and a house that brought the outside inside."
