Max Hoffman House is a Frank Lloyd Wright designed waterfront home in Rye, New York, built in 1955 for European automobile importer Max Hoffman.
History
Hoffman had commissioned Wright to design the Hoffman Auto Showroom for his Jaguar dealership at 430 Park Avenue in New York City in 1954. The following year, Wright designed a large single-story L-shaped home and garden for the Hoffmans on the shore of North Manursing Island overlooking Long Island Sound.
The Max Hoffman House was later owned by Emily Fisher Landeau and Alice and Thomas Tisch. In 2019, Marc Jacobs acquired the home for $9.175 million.
Design
Constructed of stone, plaster, and slate roof, with a copper-trimmed fascia, the single-story home sits on a 1.97-acre lot and features a Japanese-style garden designed by Stephen Morrell, curator of the John P. Humes Japanese Stroll Garden in Locust Valley, New York. In 1972 Taliesin Associated Architects built an additional wing to the north. An interior renovation in 1995 was designed by architect Emanuela Frattini Magnusson.
Ownership history
1955–1972: Built and expanded for Hoffman
1972–1993: Purchased by Emily Fisher Landau
1993–2019: Purchased by Tom & Alice Tisch (son and daughter-in-law of former CBS president and CEO Laurence Tisch) 2019–present: Purchased by Marc Jacobs
See also
List of Frank Lloyd Wright works
References
Storrer, William Allin. The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion. University Of Chicago Press, 2006, (S.390)
External links
Photo on Arcaid
Frank Lloyd Wright buildings
Modernist architecture in New York (state) Houses in Westchester County, New York Buildings and structures in Rye, New York