There are about 400 Frank Lloyd Wright-designed homes still standing across the U.S., but only one in the entire state of Tennessee.
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Commissioned in 1949 by building materials salesman Seamour Shavin and his new wife, Gerte, the Shavin House is a Usonian-style masterpiece perched atop Chattanooga’s historic Missionary Ridge. Crafted primarily from natural materials—including native Tennessee Crab Orchard stone and Louisiana cypress—the home exemplifies Wright’s philosophy of integrating architecture with its surroundings. The couple paid about $33,000 for the house, plus its custom Wright-designed furniture, Wallpaperreports.
Though the architect never stepped foot on the nearly one-acre hillside site—construction was overseen by Marvin Bachman, an apprentice of Wright’s during Taliesin’s development—his goal was to create the ideal American home that was modest in size and blurred the lines between indoor and outdoor settings…