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The palmers lived in the house from 1950 2009 commissioning wrights protege john h howe to build the adjacent teahouse following wrights death in 1959 the palmer house exemplifies wrights belief in an organic architecture that unified a building with its environment. Rent the entire william b palmer house 1950 a 2000 square foot multilevel home with three bedrooms sleeping six a separate tea house and a collection of wright designed furniture the hilly two acre wooded setting offers tree filled views from every room the house may also be rented for events with a maximum of 25 people. This is a beautifully illustrated book on the palmer house in ann arbor michigan one of the most interesting and most beautifully constructed and finished of mr wrights houses the landscaping and gardens provided a proper framework for the architecture and the personalities of mary and billy palmer are evident throughout. The william and mary palmer house is a house in ann arbor michigan designed by frank lloyd wright in 1952 the home was designed for william palmer an economics professor at the university of michigan and his wife mary it sits on three lots at the end of a quiet dirt road cul de sac