A Curated Tour of the Mrs. Clinton Walker House
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- A Curated Tour of the Mrs. Clinton Walker House
Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, 1948
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
Produced by Chuck Henderson
with House of 8 Media
2022
For additional information: savewright.org/walker-house-s...
One of the best conducted video tours of a house that I've seen on TH-cam. The host was very well prepared and made important comments throughout the tour that made it more than the "usual wright commentary" that comes with less capable presenters. This has always been one of my favorite Wright houses and I hope to visit it some day in the future.
Agreed, very graciously presented.
I agree. The inside stories keep your attention even if you were not interested in the house. Local history
Yes love Frank Lloyd Wright houses.
Agree. My Mom’s family came out to Pacific Grove in the late 30’s. In later life, I’ve wanted to return (Pacific Grove/Carmel/Monterey) to a similar style home. This home really feels like old California; love it!
So happy to have seen this excellent tour. You sir, are a natural storyteller, and made the architectural journey so enjoyable. Thank you!
Architect here. Thank You for a wonderful, non-pretentious presentation. 'Thanks Frank." Cracked me up.
She lives on a hill overlooking the sea,
With only her dogs for good company,
She doesn't need less, she doesn't need more,
Just the sounds of the waves crashing into the shore.
Anonymous
Wow! This is perfectly appropriate. Thank you "Anonymous" 🙂 and you for sharing!
This presentation/tour was so very well done. It made the house come alive as a residence, not just another FLW “museum.” Love the sense of Della’s personality.
I lived in Carmel for 36 years and walked by this house many times. Thank you for such a thoughtful and interesting tour of this stunning home!
❤such a pretty place❤
I remember seeing you from my window
Thank you for sharing. Love that your Great Grandma won the door debate in the kitchen. Appreciate the stories of her, fellow artists and the process of building, living and redesigning parts of the home.
How wonderful to have this from the great grandson who is so articulate and caring. I love that the house stayed in the family so long. Sounds like a great family at that! Hopefully the new owner continues a wonderful stewardship.
What a treat. I bought a wooden house in the Florida woods which was custom built in 1972 and inspired by the Clinton Walker house. The angles wore on me and I took one room where the kitchen is and made it into a square bedroom. I tried to find info on the Walker House years ago without luck. Now this. Thank you so much.
My God! The hose is simply spectacular! I hope you live in it!! The lot is breathtaking! So warm and inviting and cozy! You could watch the days go by watching the sea! Wonderful tour, thank you for sharing it ❤️ The only thing I’m not fond of is the fireplace. It looks like a big black hole. Is it muriatic acid that cleans soot? Might be worth a clean. He detail’s are amazing. Piano hinges, flat hallway door handles, compact baths. Oh your sweet grandmother, so special to see her room! How lovely when she visited her Mom. I hope you knew your Great Grandmother. I was blessed to know only one of mine till I was around 8. She was lovely, and her only great granddaughter. Very special.
She married at 81? You could not give me that house to take another husband. 😅😅😅
She was a feisty woman!! Unfortunately, my stepfather took my grandfather’s beautiful river house from me. He died and left it too his grandson. Very bad planning on my Mother’s part. I’ll never get over it, nor ever forgive her treacherous actions. As on only child, and only grandchild I did not have the funds to fight it in court. I now live in a charming very small cottage on the Georgia coast, that I paid for. But it will never be home. I am now just waiting for God.
Blessings on this house. Protect it at ALL cost for your children and their children 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Thank you so much for this delightful tour of your Great Grandmother's lovely home. The setting is spectacular and the home another example of Frank Lloyd Wright's genius accomplishments. You are so blessed to have this wonderful home for your family and generations to follow.
I've had the good fortune to tour FLW homes all over the country, and I have to say that this was one of the most informative tours I've ever had! Mr. Henderson not only gives detailed explanations of the architectural features, but injects occasional entertaining anecdotes that definitely augment his presentation. I particularly liked the one about the height of the showerhead accommodating the female client's salon-styled hair - brilliant! And that sunken garbage can with a rock on its lid was wonderful. A spectacular setting and a truly beautiful house. Thank you!
Can I just get a round of o7 for the heroic tradesmen who actually built this madness?
100% design is one thing, but execution need to also be equally as good.
Love the Japanese glass fishing ball story. I never knew they were wild and collected. Bravo.
And coincidentally, a favorite color of Wright.
As an architect I want to compliment your tour presentation. It’s such a delight to see and hear a presentation devoid of the usual pompous architectural curators. My Uncle Mirko’s was invited to be a fellow at Taliesin in the late 40’s. Again, thank you.
I’ve driven by this house many times, and often stopped to take a longer look. I always have wondered what the story is about this house…so beautiful, so different from all the others in this area. Now I know. Thank you. 🇨🇦.
How fortunate for you to have grown up with your family in this beautiful home! Clearly, you have loved being a part of of this home...I hear your LOVE of this place. So wonderful.
Great tour by great grandson of original owner. When I was in the Army in the ‘60’s I drove down from Oakland Army Terminal to see Carmel and this house. I became an architect so I treasure this house and all of Wright’s works.
How special to still have a Frank Lloyd Wright original built home passed down in a family. Amazing architect, with design that has never gone out of style.😊
That’s a gorgeous place to live. Carmel is a dream. I appreciate the tour as I would never have seen this fantastic place otherwise. FLW was truly a genius. Cannot imagine living with those spectacular views every day and the beauty of his architecture does not disappoint.
Yes, a wonderful tour, and Frank Lloyd Wright is a Genius!
Giving your trash man a 'nice Christmas present' is a family tradition for my wife and I. Our trash man here in the countryside of Central Texas has been very accommodating especially when we moved back to this old family farm in 2020 and he took away all that we piled up by the one trash bin. It is very satisfying to share what we have with others.
What a dream of a house. It must have been even better back in the days before the area was so built up. The 1950's must have been a wonderful time of prosperity and good living.
How very fortunate you are to have such a beautiful home to still use. Breathtaking
The painting with the host in it provides the loveliest family connection to the internal workings of a spectacular architectural treasure.
Thank you for showing your family home! I walk by it daily with my dog and often wonder about what it is like inside. It does not disappoint!
What a fantastic daily treat! Lovely area
Great tour. I know the family. It's sad that they just sold the house, so the next generations won't be able to enjoy it. But time marches on and the house endures.
Best tour by far on youtube.
That last shot of the sun reflecting off the glass, simply stunning.
How stunning! Looking through the windows, out onto the ocean is like looking through a ship's windows. Just lovely. Thank you for the tour.
I'm afraid the ocean gonna come for this one
Very well done tour - just the right balance between family story, house as it is today and its evolution over time - thank you!
Your great grandmother must have been a forceful woman to get her way in a battle with FLW..
Thank you for sharing your amazing home with everyone. Growing up on the peninsula, I have always marveled at this house.
Lovely presentation with your very personal touch bringing history to life and honoring your grandmother. Enjoyed very much!
*great grandmother! 🙂
I visited Carmel several times and I’ve seen this beautiful house from outside, it was so good to see the inside! Thank you!
For 40 years, I lived north of Carmel on the San Francisco Peninsula. We visited Carmel often, so this video tour is a real treat... and very well presented. It must have been a joy to have your family own a house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright! Thank you, Chuck!
Perfection is just an Idealistic Concept but Frank never stopped trying to reach it.
His homes are not just iconic they are true treasures.
Wonderful to see the interior of this house having seen it from a distance having been intrigued by it.Little did I know it was designed by FLW.I have seen & toured other FLW’s designed homes having been captured by his design philosophy which is unique & one I appreciate.
Della must have had the time of her life there!!! I do hope that she lived a long and healthy life to fully enjoy Her dream on behalf of the famous Frank Lloyd Wright!!! God, that man was a genius...can't get enough of viewing his homes...talk about being naturally gifted!!! Have a great week-end everyone!!!!
I love it. Frank Lloyd Wright is one of my favourite architects.
Tears... Love it..Thank You for the invite.
This was inspired and amazing. I lived on the Mtry Penin since 1957 and the drive around the ocean in Carmel was one of the standard drives. We called the house the Butterfly House and always drove by. I also have the DVD of "A Summer Place" which features this house and the beach around it. This young man gave a magnificent introduction and tour. Thank you for showing us around this iconic Frank Lloyd Wright home.
There is a house called the "Butterfly House" just a few houses down the road from this one. It is on the market for a cool $40 Million! The roof is shaped like butterfly wings.
Thank you so much for sharing this treasure! Wonderful detail of design in your presentation -- both Della and FLW would be proud.
I admit to being totally ignorant of the Walker House existence so this was a delightful surprise! Growing up in Pennsylvania, I was able to visit Fallingwater, a Wright masterpiece, a number of times so it was great to see the similar stone construction, built in furniture, and window design and construction. Thanks for the informative tour!
Oh I envy you so much having been able to visit Fallingwater, it is my favourite FLW property. That must have been almost like a spiritual experience in my mind, as the property is such a magnificent structure and its placement is almost ethereal.
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Entwife57: same here, have lived in central Pennsylvania for the last thirty years and enjoyed touring Falling Waters but never knew about this amazing place!
Im 73yo. My mother learned how to swim at the pool at Falling Waters. My grandmother, a divorced working gal at the time, was best friends with a woman who was a mistress of Edgar Kaufman in the 1940s. I visited the place a few years ago after my mother died. A stunning architectural masterpiece.
@@carolhewett3756 What a wonderful experience for your mother, I could only dream of doing something like that. How lucky you were to visit Falling Waters, you will have some precious memories of that visit forever. It is indeed a stunning architectural masterpiece.
Thank you, Chuck! A spectacular home very well presented. Your great grandmother was obviously a very expressive and formidable woman who knew what she wanted. She brought out the best in Wright in the incredible design of this home.
The story about the door in the kitchen is but one example. Few clients stood up to Wright from what I've read - she did and improved the functionality of the kitchen as well as the aesthetics!
Beautiful home and very nice tour! Enjoyed it thoroughly. Thank you. 🌹
Stunning home! You created one of the best videos of an iconic, historic home I’ve ever seen. Thank you so much.
I love the glass sea balls. I grew up in Monterey and didn't know anyone that had some, but we also love them in Hawaii!
The house recently sold for $22m. Frank is still one of the greatest Architects ever!
I watched this after seeing the piece in the NYT about it's sale a week or 2 ago. So presumably the video was made several months ago, before the decision to sell, given his comment at the end?
Apparently it was sold to an LLC. I’m worried it will be renovated with a new kitchen and bathrooms and rented out. Will have to wait and see.
One of my favorite FLR homes in terms of style, but like many of his homes has non livability issues. It’s claustrophobic. Narrow hallways, small bedrooms, etc.
@@petertretina It's on the National Historic Register. Not much can be done to it.
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I know that applies to the exterior but not sure about the interior.
This is an incredible home. I love the Frank Lloyd Wright designs. They are masterpieces that should be treasured.
This beautiful home was featured in the 1959 hit movie "A Summer Place" with Sandra Dee, Troy Donahue, Richard Egan & Dorothy McGuire. I always wanted to know more about it. In the movie, one of the characters stated that it was built by Frank Lloyd Wright. Amazing locations & lush musical score by Max Steiner make it one of my all time favorite movies! 😍
Love that movie and it looked like the house the mom and dad lived in..Sandra Dees.
And Troy Donahue.
Before I listened to this whole video with info.
I jumped the gun!!!😂
What a treat. I lived in Carmel for five years, working for the City's Community and Cultural Dept. at Sunset Center. I lived on Delores at 12th Street and would walk by this home often. I've always wanted to see the inside. So happy to know it's still owned by the original family (or is it?). I didn't know the history until now. Thank you.
What a treat being able to enjoy your wonderful tour. It's a peice living history. I want to thank you for taking me along. I've loved his homes since I was a young child.
My new favorite frank Lloyd Wright house. Wow.
♾️ Chuck Henderson had such an easy attraction to his knowledge of the beautiful building and grounds, and I'm sure the pressure to keep this architectural gem is/ was immense. The generational gravity of habitation and memory must be huge for Chuck Henderson, excellent commentary, and video production. 🟥
What a wonderful house tour video! Although I am Australian I am a great fan of Frank Lloyd Wright, indeed my favourite property is "Fallingwater", so I was very surprised that I had no idea about this house or its history. Happily for me I just spent a very pleasant 30mins being thoroughly entranced and educated by this charming and lovely man who clearly has a very special heartfelt connection with the house and its former owner. His manner, knowledge and style of presentation was very personable and appealing, and really drew me in as a viewer. Thank you for taking the time to make this video and for introducing me to such a beautiful, unique and charming home, and for sharing your knowledge and memories of it with me. I am now inspired to try and visit America one day just to make a special visit to Della Walker's historical home.
Oh please do come!
This home is like a jewel, and the shoreline is transformed from attractive to beautiful with it's addition- a true rarity on our glorious natural coasts.
He looks like James Coburn🙂
We live near Fallingwater and have visited Taliesen West, the Darwin-Martin House, Wingspan, and the Robie House. We had no idea this house existed!! Thank you so much for the inspiring tour and the personal story of your family. Well done.Much appreciated.
What a lovely tour and so much care and love put into this home! Thank you for honoring your Della so beautifully 💕
Thank you so much my uncle was an world, renowned architect and actually worked with Frank Lloyd Wright so the homes that my uncle built for my grandparents are very much so inspired in the Frank Lloyd Wright Way with the natural stone from the landscapes and such and big fireplaces so thank you for sharing your family home with us
My dear Dad loved FLW, and the home he designed and built for his parents had that vision with many FLW inspired details throughout. It was lovely. Sadly, after my grandfather died, my grandma sold it without a word to anyone in the family, and the new owners have allowed it to fall into disrepair. But the new home I'm having built for my last home is filled with FLW inspired design details, as well as Mission furniture and Arts & Crafts details. Can't wait to live in it❣️ It's an ode to my dear Dad.
Mr Henderson, thank you for the guided tour of your family's gorgeous home. I've been able tour other Wright designed residences, and your grandmother's home is on my bucket list to experience. Thank you again for your generosity. DG 🟥
I get goosebumps repeatedly watching this video.
I built an almost-copy of Jacobs No.1 - the first Usonian home of Wright's, back in 2008.
What an amazing project that was. What a stunning architect FLW truly was.
So beautifully refreshing to see houses that aren't suffocated internally with 'magnolia' painted MDF. Just love it
This is why I love Frank Lloyd Wright homes!! Here we are in 2023 yet everything about this home is beautiful and perfect! His amazing creations are timeless in design and will still be beautiful and perfect 100 years from now!! I absolutely love this home!
Cheers
What a wonderful tour. Thank you very much for sharing this extraordinary house with us. What an outstanding location as well.
I find it especially meaningful that a direct descendant of the person for whom Mr. Wright designed the home, gave the tour. His personal recollections of life with his great grandmother were quite interesting.
A beautiful home in a picturesque setting. It sounds like Miss Della was quite an interesting person in her own right. Of course, being and artist, that is almost to be expected.
I visited the Robie House in Chicago, and I couldn’t believe the beauty of it. Mrs. Walker’s home is just as beautiful. I’m so glad she the fortitude and the conviction of character not to be brow beaten to make changes that she wanted for the house.
Frank! 🤨Grandma always gets her way!
Jokes aside, it makes a lot of sense for the person using the space to understand how it’s actually going to be used as opposed to how it looks for a magazine shoot. The sunken trash can is a cool idea but I kind of cringe imagining how that stayed clean.
Probably my favorite house design, so dramatic against the backdrop of the ocean. Wright had experimented with houses that hug the seashore, but they were usually vertically oriented. The horizontal connection to the ground near the shore makes it look right where it needs to be. Wright was at his best when it came to connections to water, be it Fallingwater or this.
Thank you so much for showing your grandmother’s house with us. I really enjoyed it. I wish I had been able to go there and see it when I used to live in California, but I’m 70 now and don’t think I’ll ever get back.
While an earnest FLW fan, I'd never seen "combed plywood" before. A seemingly modest yet hugely transformative detail. Beautiful.
As a former Tour Guide in the Cornelius Vanderbilt Estate ‘The Breakers’ in Newport, RI. I greatly appreciate your gentle professionalism, while guiding us through your lovely home & sharing your families history. Back in the late 60’s I did a Term Paper on Frank Lloyd Wright for my Art Major project. I read Mrs. Wright believed in Prenatal Instinct. While pregnant with Frank, Mrs. Wright sat in the woods, under the trees painting while listening to Classical Music. Knowing, through osmosis, her unborn child was benefiting invitro. It was the best paper I had ever written! My art teacher flailed her arms,yelled at me in front of the Art Class screaming what a ridiculous idea that was. She said the woman must’ve been crazy. I knew Mrs. Wright was not! She was ahead of her time. The Art Teacher gave me a ‘D’! While carrying my son, I followed in Mrs. Wright’s footsteps!
Lew Penfield a Mayflower descendent was good friends with my mother and I. Lew was great friends with Frank Lloyd Wright. He lived in a Wright home. He and Frank Loyd Wright designed the home together. Of course, it’s deep in the woods, along a musically shimmering river bed. Lew shared the story of his friendship with Frank Lloyd Wright. I believe they met in Art School perhaps Chicago. Lew Penfield became a well-known local artist and also taught Art Classes at Mayfield High School. Lew asked Wright to help him design another home that Lew wanted to build. Lew said Frank Lloyd Wright called him and said the plans were in the mail. The day Lew joyously received the new Wright/Penfield Architectural Plans, is the same day Lew found out Frank Lloyd Wright had just died. How serendipitous! What a sad story. Lew’s story still breaks my heart after all of these decades.
The last Lew told me is that his own son was suing him for those architectural plans. Lew was a very old man at this time. What greed must have been eating his son alive.
By the way, my family name is Walker. My grandpa John was born on the ship leaving Scotland for America. I believe Frank Lloyd Wright was of Scottish descent also. When I was a little girl in Catholic School the Nun asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I told her that I wanted to be an Architect or an Astronaut. The Nun laughed and told me that would not be possible because I am a girl!
Thank You For Listening
Wright's designs are wonderful pieces of sculpture. Everybody seems instantly drawn to them (including myself). But he always seemed to be weak when it came to engineering. Having to rebuild the seawall would be something a 1st year engineer could spot. And I can remember reading about how they had to close "Falling Water" for a long time to put more steel into it as all the cantilevered sections were sagging. But I'm still glad these projects got built even with their flaws and how they inspired many of Wright's disciples to create even grander works. I'm especially fond of John Lautner's work that clearly continues the Frank Lloyd Wright legacy.
Its amazing that the appliances still work. Today the lifespan of modern appliances is around 8 years.
I was just going to bring up 'A Summer Place '!!!! Loved that movie
Wasn’t it also used for filming ‘Hail Caesar’ couple of years ago
Wow! Thanks for the tour! The addition is seamless. That's fantastic!
Your grandmother was a formidable woman indeed! Few can boast of forcing Frank Lloyd Wright to design a compromise. Thank you for a wonderful presentation of a beautiful work.
It would make me very satisfied to know the family could continue to live in this house for many more generations. It’s a wonderful thought. Makes me feel at home even without a home.
a journey through time - bravo narration and tour. Bygone era on many levels, including below ground trash collection -- ha!
♥ Very special. All of it.... _especially Della's impressionist painting of the children._
Thank you for the tour. Magnificent place. Being right on the ocean is visually amazing. I have seen the movie you were talking about several times. Love all of Frank Loyd Wright’s architecture. So glad to see that this home is still being enjoyed by family members
Such a nice presentation. I wish the house was open to the public.
Wouldn't that be cool?
Thank you. So beautiful and evocative. So much life in that place.
I love the Frank Lloyd Wright homes. 🥰🥰😳
This is the best video tour of a Wright building I have seen. Personal. Informative. Thank you.
You are so lucky to live in that house. I love Frank Lloyd Wright architecture. It's like the house is alive. So beautiful
This is truly one of the greatest FLLW videos that will ever be made. Who wouldn't be thrilled to spend time in this house? The rarity of a site like this can not be overstated. With waves crashing against the terrace !!!!!! The giant bay window effect is much more pronounced than usually seen in Wright's work. To me the site is significantly better than Fallingwater because it provides spectacular views along with proximity to friends, restaurants, etc etc. Wright tended to be grandly indifferent to those aspects of his clients lives, he wanted his designs to be photographed surrounded by pristine Nature with a capitol N ( though Robert Stern claims he actually adored spending time in NYC because of the social whirligig with himself at the center though he would NEVER admit to it).🙂🙂❤️💯
Fabulous home.
I was in Carmel in April 2023 and stumbled across the Mrs. Clinton Walker House, which was new to me. What a pleasant surprise! It looks relatively small from the outside, but takes perfect advantage of its location and surroundings. Many thanks to Mr. Henderson for the tour of the interior, the stories of its construction, and his personal recollections of staying in the house.
The stonework takes my breath away, what a lovely place!
As others have commented, what a well informed, personable, tour of a Wright home that was new to me. Thank you!
Tour is so well conducted. Thank you, enjoyed it immensely!
Just stunning. One day I hope to step inside & tour a FLW home to get the full experience.
Wonderful to see its still in the family! Beautiful house and location
That is possibly the most beautiful house I've ever seen. Thank you!
This is the third time I’ve watched this video. What a magnificent home in such a wild and gorgeous location. I am 72 and recall seeing pictures of it as a kid and knowing it was one of Mr Wright’s home. This and Falling Water are my favorite places that he designed. You are so lucky that your family still owns the property and you have kept it in its originality and well maintained. Your story lines about the property and its construction were very informative and interesting while not going into a dissertation on Frank Lloyd Wright. Thank you so much. ❤
Very enjoyable and informative and so nice to know that the house embraces succeeding generations of the family!
Thank you for sharing a view of your lovely home. I admire Mr. Wright's innovative use of stone and light to create striking living spaces. The kitchen door to the outside is a testament to your grandmother's will and vision toward her own convenience. The hidden trash can is genius. There are other wonderful points to admire, but I loved that one. Again, thank you.
I agree with Frank on the trash can 😊. You see beautiful modern architectural designed houses and it amazes me, after all that planning and expense -the recycling and trash bins, gas tanks and air conditioning units all get plonked in very visible horrible spots.😅
Thank you so much for curating this tour of your family's beautiful home. And how fortunate you are to be able to keep it in your family. We're fortunate to live in a mid century home my uncle had designed for his family in 1951 and completed about 1952. It's always interesting to see design elements that originally were designed by Wright that filtered out into the mid-century designs. Ours has extensive glass walls, open concept design, the small kitchens (and the small showers you mentioned), and cabinetry and furnishings that were integral parts of the design. One of my favorite items of the house that you mentioned in the Wright design are the in-slab heating. A boiler was located in a utility closet and water pumped through the pipes in the floors. Even on the coldest days of winter here in Arkansas the house was always comfortably warm. Your Great Grandmother was so fortunate to have had Frank Lloyd Wright design her home and I'm sure it was her great joy all her life. GTW, two thumbs up for his solution to the garbage can problem! True genius!
I’m so fortunate to have toured this home last year before it sold. I hope the new owners understand the importance of this home to Wright’s canon and to architecture in general.
Thank you so much for this visit absolutely amazing what a beautiful and detailed piece of history 💙
Love, love, love mid-century architecture and home furnishings.