An Unbuilt Frank Lloyd Wright for Orinda

Dr. Kenneth Hargrove and his wife, Jean Gray Hargrove, commissioned a home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright (1950) for the Sleepy Hollow neighborhood of Orinda. 

The music library at UC Berkeley is named for Jean Gray Hargrove, who was a concert pianist, and Dr. Hargrove was a prominent doctor.  

1.  It was never built, but the plans for the home can be found here.  If the link doesn't work, the URL is here: https://library.artstor.org/#/public/28599807.

2. Source: http://www.steinerag.com/flw/Artifact%20Pages/Projects.htm#Hargrove

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The intended location appears to be off Van Tassel and Tarry Lane.

Date: 1950

Title: Dr. G. Kenneth Hargrove House, Orinda, California, Perspective View 1950 (Project 1950 - FLLW #5109).

Description: Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1950. Perspective view of Dr. G. Kenneth Hargrove Residence from the North. Semi-circular and circular in design. On the main level, a large semicircular living room is on one end, the Dining Room is in the center, and a large circular playroom and smaller circular kitchen on the other end. The bedrooms are on the second level. Text: "View from the North. House For Dr. And Mrs. G. Kenneth Hargrove. Orinda, California. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect" FLLW #5109.01. Published in Frank Lloyd Wright, 1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.236.

Size: Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph.

S#: 0831.81.1219

Date: 1950

Title: Dr. G. Kenneth Hargrove House, Orinda, California, Aerial View 1950 (Project 1950 - FLLW #5109Description: Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1950. Aerial view Dr. G. Kenneth Hargrove Residence from the South. Semi-circular and circular in design. On the main level, a large semicircular living room is on one end, the Dining Room is in the center, and a large circular playroom and smaller circular kitchen on the other end. The bedrooms are on the second level. Text: "View from the South . House For Dr. And Mrs. G. Kenneth Hargrove. Orinda, California. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect" FLLW #5109.02. Published in Frank Lloyd Wright, 1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.236.

Size: Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph.

S#: 0831.82.1219

4.  The couple lived in a 1958 Roger Lee designed home in the Berkeley Hills.  Jean Gray Hargrove was a concert pianist  and so the home is designed to accommodate this.

• Link to Dwell article about the home.
• Link to Curbed article - 2020
• UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design archive link for the Roger Lee Archives