The Herbert and Katherine Jacobs First House, commonly referred to as Jacobs I, is a single-family home at 441 Toepfer Avenue in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright for the family of the journalist Herbert Jacobs, it was completed in 1937 and is cited as Wright's first Usonian home. The house is a single-story, L-s…
The Herbert and Katherine Jacobs First House, commonly referred to as Jacobs I, is a single-family home at 441 Toepfer Avenue in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright for the family of the journalist Herbert Jacobs, it was completed in 1937 and is cited as Wright's first Usonian home. The house is a single-story, L-shaped structure covering 1,550 square feet. The Jacobs First House is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a National Historic Landmark, and it forms part of The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, a designated World Heritage Site.
Location: 441 Toepfer Avenue · Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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