First off I misspelled his last name in the thread title if the powers that be could correct it the spelling is “Troutner”
Thought some of you people that enjoy construction history may want to read the article at the following link.
http://www.preservationidaho.org/modernism/docs/ReichTroutnerWithImagesSm.pdf
I have known a bit about Troutner, the lot we own was once part of his old estate that was subdivided after his death. But I did not know everything about him. One of my favorite houses just came on the market so checking the price on the real estate agent’s web site I found that it was designed by Arthur Troutner. Wondering if it was the same man I googled him and came up with the article above.
I knew he was an inventor but did not know he was an architect. A lot of people tend to refer to him as Troutner so I never knew his first name. All I can say is without him we would of been far behind on modern construction materials.
Read it post your thoughts.
Here is a link for the house I like, hoping one weekend they have an open house before it sells.
http://www.mlsupdateservice.com/details.cfm?mls=98402392&search=listings&acctID=175
Wallyo
Edited 6/11/2009 7:20 pm by wallyo
Edited 6/11/2009 7:25 pm by wallyo
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Thanks for posting this. That article was fascinating.
Bruce your welcome I thought people would get a kick out of it.I will go up to our lot in the next day or two and take some photos of his Roundhouse and try to get a shot from same vantage point that the distant photo of the house was taken from and post them it is amazing how the area has changed in just fifty years!Wallyo
is that the house that rotates?
Catfish No that one is stationary. I don't know if it was after he died, I think it was, but the house caught fire. Was damaged but not total. It was put on the market as is. A buyer came around.
But no bank would loan them the money to buy and restore it. The buyer finally convinced a bank he could handle it. The buyer was a mining engineer. He restored it. My sister was in it once after the restoration, she said it had great views. It was a quick visit to pick up her kid from a party or play date, so she did not get a full tour.With that support I could see how it looks like it could rotate though.Wallyo
There was a house years ago in FHB that rotated and looked a lot like that, that was the reason for the question.
CatfishAfter I posted my reply to you it started coming to me too, I remember bits and pieces of that article also now. Someone restored the revolving house because it was in bad shape,
I remember the difficulty of all the plumbing and electrical connections.Wallyo