Frank Lloyd Wright Meets Porsche
by Alfred Abken
The George and Millie Ablin House
maintains its original furnishings. It is a very interesting house. It is mostly constructed of concrete blocks that have the vertical seams Saturday, May 8, I had the opfilled with masonry to accentuportunity to go to Bakersfield to ate the horizontal lines. Inside, visit the home of George and Millie mahogany abounds on the walls. Ablin. It was designed by noted or- There is also a lot of glass, some ganic architect Frank Lloyd Wright. of it going from floor to ceiling. The Golden Empire Region of PCA All of the access and cabinet had planned for a group of people doors are hung on piano hinges. A to tour the house, have a picnic remarkable architectural detail. lunch on the grounds, and photoMany thanks to the folks at the graph your car in the carport. Golden Empire Region who put Yes, this is the same house that this event together. If you ever get was featured in Basem Wasef’s to the Bakersfield area, and can article that began on page 106 of arrange a tour of this house, it is the January 2021 issue of “Porsche highly recommended. Panorama” (766). This sounded like a lot of fun to me so I made the 116-mile drive to participate in the event. I was not disappointed. What a remarkable house. It seems the only right angles in the house are between the floors and the walls and the doorways. The basic house layout is hexagonal with many triangular elements as well. As this house has pretty much stayed in the ownership of the original family, it still
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