The Whitman Treehouse
I'm sure many of you saw this article on the Whitman property in the LA Times a few weeks ago. It got picked up by the Fort Wayne, Indiana-based Journal Gazette yesterday. Check it out if you haven't. And if you've been up there (Red Party or otherwise), you know what a spectacular property it is.
You’ve heard of tree lovers and tree-huggers and all sorts of houses built to avoid cutting down nearby trees.
But Marc and Julia Whitman went a step further. They made their favorite tree a part of their architectural plan. They built their house to interact with the coast live oak. Their ground floor curves around its aged trunk. Their bedrooms nestle among its branches. Their rooflines accommodate all its major limbs. They can see and hear their tree as it bends with the wind and changes with the seasons as viewed through almost every door and window.
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Comments (7)
Do Marc and Julia qualify as Babel builders??
"Reality is a thorn in the side for small minds with big ideas. They must have big cities, big balances, big houses, big businesses, big cars, big trucks and big ideas. They must compensate for their small minds. Lucifer demonstrated that pride goeth before a fall. The Babel builders showed big towers don't reach heaven. The Romans proved that big empires crumble."
-- D Leary
Comment #1 Posted by: Anonymous | January 23, 2007 10:34 AM
Babel seems like a stretch to me. The Whitman Treehouse just strikes me as a beautiful house. It's the product of a creative mind, not the compensation of a small one.
Comment #2 Posted by: Todd Miller | January 23, 2007 05:08 PM
insightful ted thanks!!
Comment #3 Posted by: Anonymous | January 23, 2007 05:40 PM
I think their forebearer Walt would approve (whether or not he's really related).
Comment #4 Posted by: Robert | January 23, 2007 08:24 PM
wondrous spirits, tree and we ...
truly love returns, in youth-full honesty, integrity ...
..
Comment #5 Posted by: Millennium Twain | January 24, 2007 10:24 AM
Could anyone suggest a small town for Mr. Leary?- A really small town with no big houses, no big businesses, no big cars or trucks, and certainly, no big ideas. I'm sure that he'd feel much better in such a place.
Meanwhile, all blessings on the Whitman Treehousehold!
Comment #6 Posted by: gimaha | January 27, 2007 10:22 PM
Is it possible to tour this home? It is so intriguing and lovely! Thanks!
Comment #7 Posted by: Arlene Antonoff | April 22, 2007 07:01 PM