tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43088568752447668562024-03-14T10:10:36.369-07:00Don Erickson, ArchitectThis blog is a celebration of my father and his architectural designs. Don Erickson was an apprentice to Frank Lloyd Wright from 1948 through 1951, after which Don established his own architectural practice in the Chicago area. Don was born on August 29, 1927; he died on October 24, 2006. Copyrights reserved.arketecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12443270719008242635noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4308856875244766856.post-37585564597999370392018-08-26T07:09:00.001-07:002018-09-12T15:53:11.419-07:00Bidding on Barrington Home Begins Anew<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Click <a href="https://www.auction.com/details/26280-w-il-rt-22-barrington-il-60010-2551807-o_1202l">here </a>to see auction details and carefully read title report, description and documents found through links at the bottom of the auction page.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Opening bid begins at $475,000 and bid increments have been reduced to $50.000. Auction ends in two days</span>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><u>UPDATE</u></b>: The highest bid for Round 3 of the Auction was $525,000. The Bank rejected the bid and has placed the home and property up for auction again beginning at $475,000. The auction runs from 9/2/2018 through 9/4/2018.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><u>2nd UPDATE:</u></b> The highest bid for Round 4 of the Auction was $475,000. The Bank rejected the bid and the auction begins anew next weekend.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>arketecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12443270719008242635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4308856875244766856.post-82386711350763753432018-08-26T07:02:00.000-07:002018-08-26T07:02:06.053-07:00Grodman Mid-Century Modern Warehouse Items - Final Auction Prices<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Grodman's mid-century modern warehouse items were auctioned off on 8/23/18 and included the Don Erickson hand-crafted Oak and Onyx Wood Doors and Cabinet Doors removed from Erickson's Barrington house on or about late 2015, gold background Asian lacquered screens, and the matching marble foo dog to the foo dog that now acts as a gravestone in memory of Don Erickson at the White Memorial Cemetery on Cuba Road, Barrington, Illinois. Click <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RBvW7_QvdI0jnSQ55odtcWP2nP60aXif/view?usp=sharing">here</a> to see list of items and their final sale price.</span>arketecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12443270719008242635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4308856875244766856.post-48577027605473719602018-08-25T17:43:00.000-07:002018-08-25T17:43:00.520-07:00Before the Rennovations<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpmdtonqNE4">Visual Tour of Don Erickson Home - 2009</a>arketecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12443270719008242635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4308856875244766856.post-58955776887321088382018-08-22T10:17:00.000-07:002018-08-22T10:17:42.070-07:00ROUND 3 - DON ERICKSON HOME ON THE AUCTION BLOCK ON AUGUST 26<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After Dr. Joseph E. Grodman acquired Erickson's Barrington home and 10 acres of land in March 2011 and after substantial renovations, Dr. Grodman lost the home and property to foreclosure. A foreclosure lawsuit was filed in early 2016 and a <a href="https://www.auction.com/dashboard/saved-properties/">court-ordered property sale</a> issued in May 2018.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The renovations to the house were principally done by <a href="https://www.bdsdesignbuildremodel.com/remodeling-portfolio/home-renovation-addition-barrington">BDS Design Build Remodel</a>. I believe that they made structural improvements to the residential home and installed a new HVAC system. The wood-shingles on the Jamaican roofs had previously been replaced by concrete shingles under Don's direction a few years prior to his death in 2006. The brick floors were laid when the house was originally constructed. Erickson, his wife Shirley, their children, and Richard Erickson's family were all involved in building the original home. Richard was Don's chief drafts-person between 1955 and 1994, having attend <a href="https://franklloydwright.org/taliesin/">Taliesin</a> with Don under the tutelage of Frank Lloyd Wright.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The president of BDS is happy to consult with prospective buyers about the home and the work done on its renovation. Contact Bryon Slowick. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">BDS Design Build Remodel<br />14052 W Petronella Dr #103<br />Libertyville, IL 60048<br /><a href="http://www.bdsconstruction.net/">bdsd</a><a href="http://esignbuildremodel.com/">esignbuildremodel.com</a><br />Office- 847.816.3250 ext 623</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Today, the house consists of floors, walls, and roofs and appears to be structurally sound but, as with many homes in foreclosure, the owners themselves often strip the property of all valuables to recoup financial losses. This appears to be true of Grodman's home. The same onyx kitchen cabinets and doors designed by Don and built by him and his son, are now being <a href="https://www.auctionzip.com/Listings/3138333.html">auctioned</a> off in New Jersey as part of Grodman's mid-century art collection. The east coast auction includes the grey stone foo dog that matches its companion which acts as Don's gravestone at White Memorial Cemetery on Cuba Road in Barrington, and Chinese screens that once graced the front entrance-way and the guest bedroom.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Two tenants live in the "coach house" on the property, have two large dogs, and had an agreement with Dr. Grodman which we believe included care taking the home and property in exchange for living quarters. Please consult an attorney concerning their tenancy rights related to a home in foreclosure if you are an interested buyer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The "coach house" was actually first a barn. When the Erickson family moved to Barrington, Shirley was able to realize her dream of raising Arabian horses. The loft was used for storage of hay and straw but after Don and Shirley divorced, Don converted the barn to a "bachelor's pad" where many family members and some of Don's apprentices lived. The spiral wood staircase in the coach house was designed and built by Don's father, Gunnar Erickson. Gunnar, himself, was a master crafts-person and operated Emmco Stairs in Des Plaines, Illinois for many years.<br /><br />The Barrington property consists of two 5-acre parcels, the vacant back acreage, parcel number: 13-23-200-011, and the residential property consisting of the main house and the guest home, parcel number: 13-23-200-014. While we believe that Bank of America owns both parcels, only the residential parcel is listed on the auction website. The listing agent is Carole O'Niell.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Carole O'Neill<br />CHICAGOLAND REALTY LLC<br />Managing Broker/Owner GRI-REOMAC<br />2654 N Douglas Ave<br />Arlington Heights, IL 60004<br />847 778 5040</span><br /><a href="mailto:carole@caroleoneill.com">carole@caroleoneill.com</a><br /><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It is strongly suggested that interested buyers read the title insurance report available on the <a href="https://www.auction.com/dashboard/saved-properties/">auction website</a> and clarify the deeds, liens, and judgments by retaining a title company to conduct a title search and/or to conduct research via the Lake County Recorder's office.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.lakecountyil.gov/258/Recorder-of-Deeds">Lake County Recorder's Office - Property Search</a><br /><br />Tax records for the property can be researched here: <a href="https://www.lakecountyil.gov/2854/Property-Tax-Information">Property Tax Information</a><br /><br />Income tax liens can be researched here: <a href="https://mytax.illinois.gov/_/">State Income Tax Liens</a><br /><br />The second auction listed the sale at $475,000. There were 3 bids, the highest being $625,000. Now, the property is again listed at $475,000 with bid increments of $100,000. It is suspected that the Bank has rejected earlier bids due to some unexpressed "reserve" which is briefly described on the auction website.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It is my wish and that of my siblings that a buyer who takes an interest in our father's work and can make an investment toward the renovation of the house is the new owner. Don's home was part of his legacy; we are disheartened by the situation but hopeful that the "wright" buyer can be found.</span></div>
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arketecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12443270719008242635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4308856875244766856.post-61542888281791164672018-08-18T10:54:00.000-07:002018-08-21T10:47:20.057-07:00Items from Don Erickson Barrington Home being Separately Auctioned and the Auction is Now<a href="https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/63988326_oak-and-onyx-craftsmen-room-divider">https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/63988326_oak-and-onyx-craftsmen-room-divider</a> (Hand built and designed by my father.)<br /><br /><a href="https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/63988329_monumental-carved-marble-foo-lion">https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/63988329_monumental-carved-marble-foo-lion</a> (The other foo dog graces my father's grave at White Cemetery off Cuba Road.)<br /><br />The mural in the entertainment room was designed and created by another artist and, if I recall correctly, the mural was installed in 2-3 pieces and is signed on the back by the artist.arketecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12443270719008242635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4308856875244766856.post-73702523440134103232018-08-18T07:56:00.001-07:002018-08-18T07:56:40.293-07:00House and Home in Barrington - the Beginning<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My parents, Don and Shirley Erickson, purchased 10 acres of
Barrington property when I was seven years old. While Dad built his business
and we lived in a rented home in Mt. Prospect, Illinois, our summer weekends
were often spent in Barrington. Dad built a tree house that was suspended
between two trees, we flew hand-crafted model airplanes, and picked wild
raspberries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dad would scan the property
to try to determine the best site to build the home, a design which went
through many iterations before the first structure was built when I was in 6<sup>th</sup>
and 7<sup>th</sup> grade.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">During the time that the house was under construction, our
entire family worked on the house under Dad’s tutelage and our cousin, Richard
Erickson, also participated in building the house. We lay brick floors in
winter with a “Sally” heater in the bitter cold. We helped put in plumbing, we
stained the cedar walls, and more. We moved into a sprawling home with a flat
roof with eves that draped over the walls and spent nearly a year there before
the 1967 Lake Zurich tornado leveled our home, sending the roof into the valley,
flattening most of the walls, and destroying most of our belongings.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had $80,000 in insurance reimbursement and, with that and
other funding, we rebuilt the home but this time with Jamaican roofs capped by skylights through which we could watch the stars.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I understand that the house has currently experienced destruction
through looters and vandals and that the house is a shell of roofs and walls. This
is what occurs when homes go into foreclosure and are left vacant. Even a
pristine home built with the loving care of a well-trained architect and his
family is not immune to the same destruction faced by so many homes across the
United States since the sub-prime market crash in 2007-08.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, even now, the home’s condition is not
comparable to what our family faced one early evening in April 1967. For with
grit and determination, we re-built the home and our father continued to expand
it throughout the years, testing his design concepts on our home before using
them on client’s designs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For photos of the original home, its destruction and second beginning, please click on the link below.</span></div>
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<br />arketecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12443270719008242635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4308856875244766856.post-17374936777197407232018-08-18T02:01:00.002-07:002018-08-18T02:01:43.128-07:00Erickson Home - Price Drop to $475,000https://www.auction.com/details/26280-w-il-rt-22-barrington-il-60010-2551807-o_1201larketecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12443270719008242635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4308856875244766856.post-76012795871571539392018-08-17T06:09:00.000-07:002018-08-17T06:09:45.342-07:00Looking Back - Photos of the Architect and his Home<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Don was born of Swedish immigrants who settled in Chicago. Eric Gunnar Erickson immigrated from Arvika, Sweden and was from a family of craftsman while Ebba Linnea Larson was raised in Olmstad, Sweden. Her family who were farmers, midwives, artists and church organists.<br />
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Gunnar and Ebba met and married in Chicago and had one child, a child who aspired to become an architect from an early age and who fell in love with the works of Frank Lloyd Wright and who came to call Wright "his second father."<br />
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Please click on the link below for photo album<br />
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<a href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/56VmtBt6Eg7WB4sc9">The Architect and His Creation</a>arketecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12443270719008242635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4308856875244766856.post-22380451406166448812018-08-15T14:46:00.002-07:002018-08-15T14:46:25.360-07:00Round Two - Don Erickson Home on the Auction Block (again)<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">See link:<a href="https://www.auction.com/details/26280-w-il-rt-22-barrington-il-60010-2551807-o_1201l">https://www.auction.com/details/26280-w-il-rt-22-barrington-il-60010-2551807-o_1201l</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New auction begins Sunday, August 19, 2018. Ironic since this is just 10 days before my father's birthday. I am hoping that a buyer who appreciates my father's work will make a bid and bring the house back to its full glory.</span>arketecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12443270719008242635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4308856875244766856.post-16181944626661115672018-08-13T06:54:00.001-07:002018-08-13T06:55:32.741-07:00For Sale - Park Ridge Home Designed by Don Erickson<a href="https://chicago.curbed.com/2018/6/27/17508152/for-sale-midcentury-don-erickson-frank-lloyd-wright">https://chicago.curbed.com/2018/6/27/17508152/for-sale-midcentury-don-erickson-frank-lloyd-wright</a><br />arketecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12443270719008242635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4308856875244766856.post-47778802073180596672018-08-11T17:54:00.001-07:002018-08-13T07:01:25.592-07:00The Fate of Don Erickson's Barrington Home<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The auction of my father's personal home begins on 8/12/2018.</span><br />
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https://www.auction.com/details/26280-w-il-rt-22-barrington-il-60010-2551807-o_1200larketecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12443270719008242635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4308856875244766856.post-43626298761983350422018-08-02T07:08:00.003-07:002018-08-02T07:08:58.320-07:00Don Erickson's Personal Home Seized by Bank and On the Auction Block Soon<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It is with deep regret that I post a link to this article about my father's home. Is there, perhaps, a knight in shining armour?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180731/CRED0701/180739980/architect-don-erickson-s-former-home-seized-by-bank">http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180731/CRED0701/180739980/architect-don-erickson-s-former-home-seized-by-bank</a></span>arketecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12443270719008242635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4308856875244766856.post-66584308923793363182015-11-12T05:42:00.002-08:002015-11-12T05:42:55.823-08:00http://modernil.com/the-saga-of-don-ericksons-masterpiece-personal-estate-continues/Don Erickson's Family Home - Renewed and Placed on the Market<br />
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<a href="http://modernil.com/the-saga-of-don-ericksons-masterpiece-personal-estate-continues/">The Sage of Don Erickson's Masterpiece</a>arketecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12443270719008242635noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4308856875244766856.post-87283145246682839792013-04-12T15:03:00.002-07:002018-08-17T11:54:45.357-07:00<br />
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/arts/paolo-soleri-architect-with-a-vision-dies-at-93.html">Paolo Soleri Dies at Age 93</a><div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">My father, Don Erickson, and I attended a show of Soleri's work (renderings and models) in Chicago when I was a teenager. And, we visited Soleri at Acrosanti in Arizona. Dad's home featured Solieri's "bells" from each beam that overhung the long front sidewalk.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I wonder what will happen to Arcosanti and to Soleri's work. . .</span></div>
arketecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12443270719008242635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4308856875244766856.post-16879116954401316822012-02-24T08:59:00.002-08:002012-02-24T08:59:57.448-08:00Indian Lakes Resort<a href="http://www.franklloydwrightsites.com/illinois/bloomingdale/indianlakes.htm">Indian Lakes Resort</a> discussed under "Frank Lloyd Wright Sites."arketecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12443270719008242635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4308856875244766856.post-86441300135262109032012-01-31T07:34:00.000-08:002012-01-31T07:34:18.734-08:00FLW House for Sale in Hyde Park<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/30/heller-house-frank-lloyd-_n_1241790.html">Heller House for Sale</a>arketecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12443270719008242635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4308856875244766856.post-25613799506128964892011-11-29T07:37:00.000-08:002011-11-29T07:37:30.524-08:00Svetlana Peters Dies<a href="http://www.jsonline.com/news/obituaries/stalins-daughter-dies-had-lived-in-richland-center-j837ubs-134628588.html">http://www.jsonline.com/news/obituaries/stalins-daughter-dies-had-lived-in-richland-center-j837ubs-134628588.html</a>arketecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12443270719008242635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4308856875244766856.post-28612692447311176042011-11-27T17:14:00.000-08:002011-11-27T17:14:16.993-08:00Frank Lloyd Wright Home Facing Sale At Auction Spurs Community Action (PHOTOS)<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/26/frank-lloyd-wright-home-f_n_1111121.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/26/frank-lloyd-wright-home-f_n_1111121.html</a>arketecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12443270719008242635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4308856875244766856.post-89921938955455132642011-05-23T10:55:00.000-07:002011-05-23T10:55:20.465-07:00Shirley D. Erickson - Memorial ServiceS<span style="font-family: Calibri;">hirley D. Erickson was born in her family home in Neshkoro, Wisconsin on November 17, 1927, the third child to Arnold C. and Bernice M.Dahlke.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Baptized Shirley Mae Dahlke at the Zion Lutheran Church in Neshkoro, this same church will be the location of her memorial service to be held on June 18, 2011 at 3:00 p.m., in honor of Shirley’s life, and to mark her passing on May 16, 2011 of a cardiac arrest.</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Educated in a one-room school house, Shirley first attended school at age four.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the third grade, her fate as a future artist was sealed when she first saw the painting of “The Horse Fair” done by the French artist, Rosa Bonheur.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her fate as a horsewoman was also sealed when her father, Arnold, promised to give Shirley a mustang stallion named, “King,” when Shirley was hospitalized and not expected to survive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, promised a horse of her own, Shirley regained her will to live, and the girl and King were inseparable until Shirley attended college at age sixteen.</span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Majoring in fine arts and English at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Shirley secured her bachelor’s degree in 1948.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Afterwards, she studied at the Banff school of fine arts in Alberta, Canada, and later pursued graduate work both at her alma mater and at Northern Illinois University.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Between her studies, Shirley spent four-months living at the White Mountain Apache Reservation in Arizona, where she did water colors and learned Native American rituals and lore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She also spent several months living and painting in Tombstone, Arizona; she was recovering from tuberculosis at the time.</span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Shirley was first retained to do interior design at the Boston Store in Milwaukee.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Disillusioned by the retail trade, she returned to pursue a master’s degree at the University of Wisconsin, Madison in fine art and education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Between college semesters, Shirley secured a position as a summer camp counselor and art teacher at Hilltop Camp in Spring Green, Wisconsin, which was run by Herbert and Eloise Fritz.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hilltop was located near Taliesin East, a school founded by architect Frank Lloyd Wright.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was on a tour of Taliesin that Shirley met her future husband, Don Erickson, a red-haired man born of Swedish immigrants whose passion for architecture rivaled Shirley’s passion for being a fine artist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don apprenticed with Wright between 1948 and 1951.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two years later, the couple married at St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Princeton, Wisconsin on December 13, 1952.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The couple first resided in a home designed by Don and located in Palatine, Illinois which they built while Shirley was pregnant with her first child.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On or about 1956, the Ericksons moved to Mt. Prospect, Illinois where they resided until 1965.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shirley was a stable artist at the Countryside Gallery in Arlington Heights, Illinois between 1963 and 1970, and a participant in numerous juried art shows.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While Shirley built her reputation as an artist, Don built his architectural practice, gaining renown in the Chicago area for his design of private residences, and the Indian Lakes Resort, Hilton Hotel in Bloomingdale, Illinois.</span></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In the early 1960’s, Don and Shirley acquired ten acres of land in Barrington, Illinois and eventually built a home that Don designed for the Erickson family which had grown to three children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shirley won “Best in Show” for her painting of the Langendorf’s Antique Shop at the Barrington Art Fair in 1969.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 1970, Don and Shirley divorced, and Shirley returned to Wisconsin to raise Arabian horses and to continue her work as an artist; she and her family lived on a farm near Princeton, Wisconsin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After her first two children attended college, Shirley moved to Dakota, Wisconsin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During this time, a retrospective of Shirley’s work was featured at the Oshkosh Public Museum in 1986.</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Always the adventurer, one day the spirit moved her; Shirley packed up her van, drove out west, and landed in Dove Creek, Colorado when she was in her 70’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She said that she never felt more at home than in Dove Creek, where she was welcomed as the local artist and did many of her best paintings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In year 2000, the Edge of the Cedars State Park museum in Blanding, Utah, featured the “Rock and Soul” exhibition of Shirley’s work, which included paintings of bleached skulls, Mesa Verde, and Anasazi ruins.</span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Diagnosed with lung disease in 2005, Shirley could no longer withstand the Colorado altitude, and she missed seeing her only grandchild, Cora.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She returned home to Wautoma, this time with her companion “Dog,” a shaggy Australian Shepherd.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Near the end of her life, Shirley enjoyed the company of Cora, taught art to private students, but with dwindling eyesight, she painted less and less.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She reflected, just before she died, that she had “lived a good life” and that she“had done everything that she wanted to do.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She died, just as she lived, on her own terms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The memorial service, which is open to the public, will be held at the Zion Lutheran Church, on 227 North State Street, Neshkoro, WI, on Saturday, June 18, 2011 at 3:00 p.m.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Flowers can be sent to the church in Shirley’s honor, or donations can be made in her honor to the American Lung Association (www.lungusa.org).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>arketecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12443270719008242635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4308856875244766856.post-91278948024516572962011-05-20T21:23:00.000-07:002011-05-20T21:23:15.408-07:00In Memorium<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table>A memorial service will be held for Shirley D. Erickson, along with a photographic retrospective of her paintings, on June 18, 2011 at 3:00 p.m. at the Zion Lutheran Church in Neshkoro, Wisconsin.<br />
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Zion Lutheran Church<br />
227 North State Street<br />
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Family, friends, and the public are welcome. Flowers can be sent in Shirley's honor to the church, or donations can be made, in Shirley's honor, to the American Lung Society. See link below:<br />
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Shirley suffered from COPD.arketecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12443270719008242635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4308856875244766856.post-2853169543473160662011-05-16T18:54:00.000-07:002011-05-16T18:54:58.966-07:00Shirley D. EricksonMarried to Don on Dec. 13, 1952, Shirley Erickson died today, at age 83, of cardiac arrest, in her sleep. Shirley was Don's first wife, and mother to three children, including me.arketecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12443270719008242635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4308856875244766856.post-82023375228318601362011-05-11T19:12:00.000-07:002011-05-13T13:40:31.951-07:00Frank Lloyd Wright’s Perry House Hits the Market in Glencoe<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_localchi/20110509/ts_yblog_localchi/frank-lloyd-wrights-perry-house-hits-the-market-in-glencoe?bouchon=602,il">http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_localchi/20110509/ts_yblog_localchi/frank-lloyd-wrights-perry-house-hits-the-market-in-glencoe?bouchon=602,il</a>arketecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12443270719008242635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4308856875244766856.post-44569689642299625342011-03-06T10:10:00.000-08:002011-03-06T10:51:08.620-08:00Don Erickson Estate Home SoldI have been amazed by the number of visitors to my blog; the written word is powerful. I became interested in writing when I was young. I wrote poetry while sitting on my bed, and looked out through the sliding glass doors of my bedroom onto the forest just outside my room.<br />
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I was enchanted with the book, Swiss Family Robinson, and asked my father if I could have a rope ladder installed in my room, and bookshelves built high above the door, near the ceiling, so that I could be perched above and absorb myself in the written words of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. . .authors who appealed to me then and now... <br />
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I fancied myself a writer and an illustrator. . .while my father wanted me (as he wanted each of his children) to follow in his footsteps. . .to become an architect. Perhaps, he said, I could study architecture during the summer between high school semesters with Solari? Dad and I had traveled to a Chicago museum to see an exhibition on Solari's work, and on one of our family trips to Arizona, we visited Arcosanti in addition to walking the grounds of Taliesin West. (In the past, a Solari bell hung from each of the beams that extended over the long-walk to the front door of our home, but, more recently, these bells were removed, and my father's extensive collection of paintings, sculpture and oriental rugs sold. . .)<br />
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My father's house has been vacant (or nearly so) for two years. Having visited my home in September 2010, the house was a shell filled with memories. . .<br />
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The heat had been turned off, in the dead of winter, and we struggled to restore the heat to prevent radiant pipes from bursting. . .<br />
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The home had been broken into - twice - more recently to steal copper pipes. . .<br />
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And, while the price of my father's estate continued to fall from its over-priced private listing of $4.2 Million to its eventual sale at $835,000, I was most concerned that the buyer would be a developer who would level my father's home, and build new homes that would be an affront to nature, rather than a ode to mother earth.<br />
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It appears, however, that my father's home has been purchased by an appreciator of the arts who has retained an architect to restore the home to its original details (with some minor modifications). The buyer has requested the plans to our father's home so that no details are lost in this restoration, and it appears that the electrical system in the home will be upgraded. And, the landscaping will be redone. . .with the original plants uprooted and replanted.<br />
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The buyer, a professional, plans to retire in Barrington, and in my father's home. . .and, it appears that he appreciates an architectural gem. . .<br />
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My father would be grateful for such a good ending for the home that he so loved. . .and such a good beginning. . .arketecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12443270719008242635noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4308856875244766856.post-89358968286317657822011-01-26T07:46:00.001-08:002011-01-26T07:46:50.480-08:00Edgar Tafel, Wright-Trained Architect, Dies at 98See article from NY Times - link below:<br />
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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/25/arts/design/25tafel.html?_r=1&emc=tnt&tntemail1=y">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/25/arts/design/25tafel.html?_r=1&emc=tnt&tntemail1=y</a>arketecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12443270719008242635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4308856875244766856.post-68741256787063035632011-01-14T07:17:00.000-08:002011-01-14T07:17:23.195-08:00Another Look Back at the Mayes HouseThe son of Jack Mayes, Shawn, shares memories and photos about his life in a Don Erickson home, a home painstakingly built by the Mayes in the 1950's.<br />
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The plans and copyrights to the Mayes house, which was designed by Don Erickson, are owned by Mr. Erickson's children.arketecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12443270719008242635noreply@blogger.com0