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$750,000
Single Family Home 3 Bedrooms 3 Full Bathrooms Interior: 4,116 sqft Lot: 16,383 sqft Year Built: 1997 MLS #: 140664
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1629 Hillcrest Rd
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DescriptionThe Epard/Porsch house was designed and built by
award-winning Rockhill and Associates. The overall form, details, and materials were inspired by
Kansas rural architecture and equipment. The form was inspired by a grain elevator complex in
Sheridan County, Kansas. Exterior materials: Limestone, glass, slate, galvanized
steel, zinc, concrete, EPDM. Interior materials: Birch, plaster, glass, slate, steel,
concrete, EPDM. Almost every component of the house was custom designed and
fabricated by Rockhill and Associates, including the limestone masonry,
cabinets, doors, windows, and fixtures. Quarried in Kansas, limestone slabs were cut into shapes on
site to create the unique "casual" coursing. The house consists of two major sections. The Front Form is
the "public" area with the living room and kitchen on the main floor,
the library above, and the guest room in the basement. The basement opens out
to the large patio and lap pool. Retractable stairs with limestone
counterweights provide access to the library and a side ladder makes a quick
shortcut when the stairs are retracted. The three-story Back Form is the private area, with bedrooms
and offices or studios above and the garage below. The Stair Tower and Bridge
connect the two large forms. On top of the tower is the Observatory with its
telescope mount and at the base of the tower is the Conservatory. Two large
exhaust fans in the Stair Tower combine with openable windows throughout
the house to provide ample ventilation. Decks off the second and third floor as well as the tower
observatory overlook the extensive gardens surrounding the pool and
patio. Neither the kite-shaped lot nor the house are “square with
the world”. The lap pool's north-south alignment orients the occupants and
recalls the Jeffersonian grid's section lines so apparent in Western Kansas. The house has been published in several magazines and books
and was featured in an episode of HGTV's Extreme Homes. For a description of the home in Dan Rockhill's own words
see: Rockhill, Dan (1999) "Epard/Porsch House," Oz:
Vol. 21. http://dx.doi.org/10.4148/2378-5853.1332 |
