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ROWAN AND NELL TAYLOR HOUSE

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c. 1958, Robert K. Overstreet. 162 Highland Cir.

Overstreet created a simple, economical residence for modern living for the Mississippi Title Insurance Company executive. Here, the long flat span of the carport and breezeway, supported on slender metal supports, achieves inexpensively the impression of weightlessness. The binuclear plan is evident, with a tall living room and its window wall balancing the lower and longer private wing where high ribbon windows make the flat roof seem to float. Connecting the two is a fully glazed entrance hall that allows views from front to back.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Jennifer V.O. Baughn and Michael W. Fazio with Mary Warren Miller
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Citation

Jennifer V.O. Baughn and Michael W. Fazio with Mary Warren Miller, "ROWAN AND NELL TAYLOR HOUSE", [Jackson, Mississippi], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/MS-02-JM58.

Print Source

Buildings of Mississippi, Jennifer V. O. Baughn and Michael W. Fazio. With Mary Warren Miller. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2021, 267-267.

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