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The Robinson House

 

The Robinson House

1801 West Lawrence Avenue
Springfield, IL

Clark Bullard designed the unique French Colonial, grand house for Henson Langdon Robinson in 1930.  It overlooks the now Pasfield Park Golf Course. 

Bullard built a space-efficient house of 4 stories staggered, all wrapped around a central stair system.  The structure is solid brick, with a short plaster and timber extension to the kitchen.  The interior walls are plaster and all are bearing walls.  Storage space is tucked under the eves with many bureaus built in.  There are no hallways in the house, only landings.

The interior doors are made from ash trees and the floors are made from fir trees.  The solid oak front door is sheathed in quilted copper.  The roof is slate and the gutters are copper.  This house was custom built and is unlike any other structure in this era.