The superintendent of Iowa County’s schools, told a reporter, “The scandal is bound to have a demoralizing effect on the school children of the community. Local residents were not welcoming of their new neighbors. While the architect dubbed his estate Taliesin, in honor of the Welsh bard, the press branded it the “Love Cottage” and “Castle of Love.” Günther and Anne Fonken House (Francis "Will" Willsey): T-shaped house with a low pitched roof, built in 1960.Seeking a hideaway where he and his mistress could live, Wright built a residence and studio in 1911 in Spring Green, Wisconsin.Curtis and Lillian Meyer Residence (Frank Lloyd Wright): A "solar hemicycle" design, with exterior of concrete block and mahogany, built in 1950–51.Samuel and Dorothy Eppstein Residence (Frank Lloyd Wright): Long in-line house with an exterior of concrete block and mahogany, built in 1950–59.Eric and Pat Pratt Residence (Frank Lloyd Wright): Long in-line house with a taller central mass with an exterior of concrete block and mahogany, built in 1950–54.David and Christine Weisblat Residence (Frank Lloyd Wright): Long in-line house with an exterior of concrete block and mahogany, built in 1951.A signpost is located at the entrance to the neighborhood. The homes are located on Hawthorne Drive, a narrow and curving road bordered alternately by heavy woods, low scrub growth, and open areas. Of the five houses, four are Wright-designed Usonian homes, and the fifth was designed by Taliesin School fellow Francis "Will" Willsey. The remainder of the plat, including unbuilt lots, is held in common. Seven of the lots are owned only five of these contain houses. The plat was designed to have 50 acres of open land for community use that also included a three-acre pond. The Acres consists of 21 1-acre (4,000 m 2) circular lots, each 114 feet in diameter. With the fifth house, coop members decided that they liked the result, and further development came to an end. Starting in the late 1940s and continuing through 1960, five of the lots were developed - four with designs by Wright and one designed by Taliesin School fellow Francis "Will" Willsey. Wright laid out lots in a non-conventional circular pattern, with the interstitial areas to be held in common. The group approached Frank Lloyd Wright about designing the subdivision, and he visited that same year, walking the land to gather information. In 1947, a group of scientists from the Upjohn pharmaceutical company purchased this section of land to cooperatively build a community of homes.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. The Acres, also known as Galesburg Country Homes, is a naturalistic residential plat designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in Charleston Township, Michigan.
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