2008 Rock Crest/Rock Glen Architectural Tour Information
Schedule and details:
- 8:00 AM MacNider: Art Museum, 303 2nd St SE.
- Orientation slide show and instructions for the day.
- Walking tours of homes begin after orientation, end at 4:30.
- Lunch on your own, nearby restaurants -- maps available at MacNider Museum.
- Stockman House open 9:00 till 4:30. Tours take about 45 minutes.
- Tours limited to 125 people.
- Charge for tour: $30.00 / person.
Please reserve your tour slot by sending check with name, address, phone, email address to:
Robert McCoy
431 First St. SE
Mason City, IA 50401
Please make out all checks to River City Society for Historic Preservation.
(Net proceeds will go to funding construction of Mason City Architectural Interpretive Center in association with Stockman House.)
Frank Lloyd Wright house:
George & Eleanor Stockman house 1908
River City Society for Historic Preservation (RCSHP)
530 First St. NE
Open to the Public as a Historic House Museum since 1992
Five Walter Burley Griffin houses:
Sam Schneider house 1915
525 E. State Street
At minimum will permit visitors freedom to walk in yard for photo ops.
Will make every attempt to plan schedule so he can open house on first floor.
Art Rule house 1912
11 Rock Glen
At minimum will permit visitors freedom to walk in yard for photo ops.
Will make every attempt to plan schedule so he can open house on first floor.
Harry Page house 1912
21 Rock Glen
Will open house (probably on first floor & permit outside photography.)
Would like tours to start early as possible (10AM?)
James Blythe house 1913
431 First Street SE
Will open house on both floors, permit inside &
outside photography.
Joshua Melson house 1912-14
56 River Heights Drive
Will open house.
Outside photography permitted.
Two Barry Byrne houses:
Hugh Gilmore house 1915
511 E. State Street
Will open unless they hapen to be out of town.
Outside photo ops permitted.
E V Franke house 1917
507 E State Street
Will be out of town on Jun 21, but visitors may walk about freely in yard for photo ops.
William Drummond house:
7 River Heights Drive
Curtis Yelland house 1910
Will open house.
Photos may be taken outside.
Curtis Besinger Usonian house:
15 Rock Glen
Tom MacNider house
House will be open.
Photos may be taken outside.
Frank Lloyd Wright Bank and Hotel :
Park Inn Hotel and City National Bank Building
Wright on the Park, Inc., a 501 (c) (3) non-profit corporation dedicated to the exterior restoration and rehabilitation as the Park Inn Hotel, a historic destination hotel.
4 & 15 W State Street
Hotel (under construction) will be open for tours
Photos permitted inside
