Before Frank Lloyd Wright passed away (in 1959), he founded Taliesin Associated Architects, an architectural firm comprised of his apprentices. Led by architect William Wesley Peters, the firm’s goal was to advance Wright’s vision and complete any in-process projects that FLLW left when he passed. William Wesley Peters’ right hand man was a gentleman named Allen Lape Davison (Davy to his friends). Although Davy was never actually licensed as an architect, he was a skilled architect nonetheless. Davy had a brother named Bill who lived in Knoxville, Tennessee. When Davy and Bill were kids, they built many a happy memory at their family’s mountain house in Lake Mohonk, New York. Now that he was grown, Bill wanted to create mountain memories for him and his family. And for that, he would need a mountain home. So around 1969, Bill asked Davy to design him that mountain house, and Davy readily agreed. READ MORE