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the house on "thrill hill:" bruce goff-designed john frank house, found of frankoma pottery

the house on "thrill hill."
bruce goff's john frank house, located at 1300 luker lane, sapulpa, ok., was designed for frankcoma pottery founder john frank in 1955.
further reading:

 the house is a one-story building made of glazed brick and tile, stucco, terra cotta roofing tile, and glass that can be opened up to be one room by either sliding or folding the walls. they tend to keep them the way they are which is separating the rooms up because they have many pictures on the walls. there is no way to re-create the house today because of the details that were done, john and grace colored many pieces several times until they decided the color they made was right for the house.  grace hand glazed the tile with many coats of color that john frank designed. all the brick that is throughout the house was colored from frankomas colors and glazes that john and grace did together.

john frank designed and created the fireplace that is in the house. it is the focal point of the interior, which it is a circular fireplace and the sunken conversation pit surrounding it.  john and grace loved the pottery that they made so they wanted it to be incorporated into the house that was being built for them. many of the house details such as the bricks or colors, came from frankoma pottery where then they used to make it more unique and what they wanted. 

images courtesy of eric j. nordstrom and the bldg. 51 archive. all rights reserved. 2023. 

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