Looks like it could be interesting, but i cannot work the "app" or whatever it is. I just go around in circles in the entry way.

Darn! I do everything from a mobile device and on my phone it doesn't make me use an app, just gives a 3D tour of the home.

Here is the listing

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2105-Julian-Blvd-Amarillo-TX-79102/55592121_zpid/

Still really cool but the pictures don't do it justice like the 3D tour does!

It's pretty straightforward Olychick, to go to a specific point click on one of the white circles on the floor; otherwise click on any wall, hold the mouse button down and drag yourself along the wall to move around. To look up or down, click on the wall, hold and drag as going forward. You can only go forward, so to go change direction, click on the walls and drag until you are facing in the right direction.

It's a classic mid-century modern home. Very cool. It's weird how your tastes change. I used to dislike MCM homes and the furniture that was prevalent in them, but as I get older I appreciate the simplicity of them and they remind me of the homes that I grew up surrounded by. If you like architecturally significant homes there is a facebook group called For the Love of Old homes, or old houses, can't remember which it is. Most of the homes are greater than 100 years old, but there are frequently cool MCMs featured, even some Frank Lloyd Wright homes as they come up for sale. Thanks for sharing.

Thx for the tutorial Colleenoz. I was having trouble just like Olychick. I went into a room and up to the window but couldn't back up. Aha, your instruction to hold the mouse button down and drag was the trick.

Cool house. I especially like the clerestory windows. The precision vacuuming was impressive too! Pull straight back, push up at a slight angle, repeat until you hit the wall. Then don't walk on it :-)

Really nice bones to the house, but the kitchen was poorly redone and the colors throughout are not classic at all.

Interesting. It was ahead of it's time. $479K, it's a lot of bang for your buck.

I love it. Notice the jack and Jill bath, but with one door. That’s smart. And it’s got a maid’s room! Hazel, Alice, where are you when I need you?

But boy, I do not want to be asking my paint crew to remove all the ceiling wallpaper!

The MCM architecture that intrigues me is the Lustron House. I've never seen one in person, but I recently found out that there is one in New Jersey that has been restored and open to the public. I plan to visit once that's possible.

WOW! What a blast from the past! !

I worked for O'Neil Ford's brother, Lynn, for about a year or so back in the mid 60's. I helped design and make many copper light fixtures, planter boxes, etc. They also made the hand carved wooden doors and things there. I wanted to learn to do the wood carving, but never had the chance, Lynn always had me doing the punch-out designs in the copper work. When O'Neil took on the job of designing the Tower of the Americas, I had the privilege of helping Lynn build scale models of the design to test their 'workability' (for lack of a better word). We would build a 3 or 4 ft. scale model, Lynn would take it to O'Neil's offices, where he and his employees would do whatever it is they did. Then we would build another scale model incorporating the adjustments, and again they would do their thing. I honestly don't remember how many models were actually built before O'Neil was satisfied with his design, 3 or 4 maybe. But it was a very interesting time in my life, I always felt very privileged to have worked there. I honestly can not say that the experience and knowledge I gained has benefited me in and way, didn't even add anything of value to my resume. But it was a time that I value.

Thanks for posting this, Texas Gem! !

Rusty

ETA: Just in case anyone is interested: Lynn Ford

Cold, hard surfaced, industrial feel to me.

It's a curious placement of the house on the lot. The setback in the front is so long that there's very little room for a back yard. Not very "Texas-like" compared to houses I've been to in the Austin and Dallas areas, for instance, but maybe that's a function of newer neighborhood layouts.

Michael, that's the style. Think of many homes done by Frank Lloyd Wright.

It doesn't really appeal to me, but it's interesting to see. Hard to imagine for those of us in SoCal that you could buy a 4,000 sq ft home for $479K.

My previous house that flooded was a mid century modern. It was by a well known mid century designer in the Houston area. I can't remember his name. I loved the huge atrium the most.

Elmer, it doesn't appeal to me for that reason. I don't like Frank Lloyd Wright designed living spaces.

We're all different, and that's okay.

Rusty- that's so cool! I was reading about the brothers last night. What an interesting experience you got to have, working with Lynn!

I appreciate different styles and individuals or movements that step outside of the lines of conventionality, in most creative things. The Bauhaus movement, Art Deco styles, same interest for me - doing old things in new ways.

I tire of the sameness seen in too many residential structures, at least in my area. A modern version or modernized one in that style might interest me, but not that house in that location. Old fashioned inconvenient, not old fashioned usable.

Despite him considering FLW an "egomaniac", there is a lot of the Wrightian Prairie School/organic architecture elements in that house......the very horizontal lines and flat profile, the extensive use of natural materials and glass and the connection to the landscape. And all the built-ins.

But it is not entirely original. The kitchen has been redone (and rather poorly) and I'd question the state of the bathrooms as well. And I can't believe the faux wood paneling was something the architect intended!!

I strongly dislike that house. I would't want it at any price,

I like the house but agreed with whomever said it had an 80s feel. I would want it have more of a Danish look.

I think it's a terrific house, but I agree about the 80's kitchen. It needs work - the bathrooms are out of date, the wallpaper is hideous and that paneling has to go. I dunno if I'm being reasonable or not, but when I see a house listed for half a million or more, I find it kind of offputting when it needs so much updating/remodeling. I feel like at the price tag it should be move in ready.

As far as the set back goes, to me that's a plus. The further back from the road the better as far as I'm concerned. I don't need a big backyard; just give me a nice deck where I can bbq and sit outside and I'm a happy camper. Of course, if it backs up to a protected greenbelt, that's a big plus too.

The kitchen makes me wonder if it was used as a kosher kitchen.

Despite the horrible wallpapering and outdated kitchen, I enjoyed seeing the house. And those Chinese cabinets are TO DIE FOR!

Thx for posting the link!

I like the courtyard.

My husband and I looked at a house like that a few years ago as a potential flip. I absolutely loved how the rooms just ran into one another, it was one of the coolest, most UGLY houses I've ever seen but something about it just screamed potential. Sadly we never pursued buying it and I forgot the address so I couldn't look it up to see what it eventually sold for.

That 3D tour was really neat. I could see it easily on my PC.

The house is well built, designed, I like it.