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PETERS-MARGEDANT HOUSE
The Peters-Margedant House, an early prototype of an Usonian house, is located on the University of Evansville campus in evansville, indiana. The house was designed and built by William Wesley “Wes” Peters in 1934 after peters spent one year as a taliesin fellow with frank lloyd wright. Peters, who studied at Evansville College and MIT, was the first apprentice of Frank Lloyd Wright and became the great architect’s chief engineer, right hand man, and son-in-law.
Measuring a mere 552 square feet, this building is a fascinating forerunner of Usonian house design, Wright's concept for affordable housing for working class families. In June of 2017, the Peters-Margedant House was placed on USA Today’s top 25 “must see” buildings in Indiana.
Video produced and edited by Joe Atkinson.
schedule a tour
Come and visit the Peters-Margedant House and hear about the historic home and its connection to Frank Lloyd Wright. Complimentary tours of the Peters-Margedant House are by appointment.
500 S Weinbach Ave
Evansville, IN 47714