1 00:00:05,533 --> 00:00:09,533 >> PRODUCTION SUPPORT FOR "THE 2 00:00:06,333 --> 00:00:35,300 WEEKLY SPECIAL" IS PROVIDED BY: 3 00:00:35,300 --> 00:00:36,666 >>> THEY SAY HOME IS WHERE THE 4 00:00:36,666 --> 00:00:37,666 HEART IS. 5 00:00:37,666 --> 00:00:39,266 EXPLORE THE HOOSIER SPIRIT ON 6 00:00:39,266 --> 00:00:40,600 THIS INCREDIBLE TOUR OF HOMES 7 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:42,900 ACROSS THE STATE. 8 00:00:42,900 --> 00:00:47,500 JOURNEY TO A 19th CENTURY 9 00:00:47,500 --> 00:00:50,100 WANDER, JANE ROSS REED'S 10 00:00:50,100 --> 00:00:51,833 OCTAGONAL HOME. 11 00:00:51,833 --> 00:00:54,900 AND SOMETHING INSPIRED BY THE 12 00:00:54,900 --> 00:00:55,866 WONDERS THE ANCIENT WORLD. 13 00:00:55,866 --> 00:00:58,900 AND HOW SOMEONE SAVED THE WORK 14 00:00:58,900 --> 00:01:02,333 OF A FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT 15 00:01:02,333 --> 00:01:02,733 APPRENTICE. 16 00:01:02,733 --> 00:01:06,000 FIND THE HOME OF YOUR DREAMS ON 17 00:01:04,766 --> 00:01:06,533 TONIGHT'S "WEEKLY SPECIAL"! 18 00:01:06,533 --> 00:01:22,833 ♪♪ 19 00:01:22,833 --> 00:01:25,533 >> HELLO AND WELCOME TO THE 20 00:01:25,533 --> 00:01:29,933 "WEEKLY SPECIAL," I'M DARRYL 21 00:01:29,933 --> 00:01:30,266 NEHER. 22 00:01:30,266 --> 00:01:33,800 WE ARE GOING TO BEGIN WITH JANE 23 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:36,100 ROSS LEE'S HOME. 24 00:01:36,100 --> 00:01:37,833 IN 1879, SHE BUILT HER PERFECT 25 00:01:37,833 --> 00:01:46,166 HOME, ALBEIT AN UNUSUAL SHAPE. 26 00:01:46,166 --> 00:01:48,733 >> IN 1876, WIDOWER, JANE ROSS 27 00:01:48,733 --> 00:01:52,033 LEE, A DESCENDANT OF BETSY ROSS 28 00:01:52,033 --> 00:01:53,600 HAPPENED UPON BLUEPRINTS 29 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:58,766 ADVERTISING FOR AN OF OCTAGONAL 30 00:01:58,766 --> 00:01:59,533 HOME. 31 00:01:59,533 --> 00:02:01,166 IT OFFERED PLENTY OF ROOM FOR 32 00:02:01,166 --> 00:02:01,700 HER 12 CHILDREN. 33 00:02:01,700 --> 00:02:03,533 SHE KNEW SHE HAD TO HAVE ONE AND 34 00:02:03,533 --> 00:02:06,400 SO, SHE TUCKED AWAY SILVER 35 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:10,866 DOLLARSARS UNTIL SHE SAVED ENOUGH 36 00:02:10,866 --> 00:02:11,800 MONEY, TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION AT 37 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:13,166 HER FARM IN WILLOW BRANCH, 38 00:02:13,166 --> 00:02:14,200 INDIANA. 39 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:17,166 THE HOME WAS COMPLETED IN 1879, 40 00:02:17,166 --> 00:02:19,666 BUT AS THE GENERATIONS PASSED 41 00:02:19,666 --> 00:02:21,300 AND THE FARM CHANGED HANDS, THE 42 00:02:21,300 --> 00:02:24,533 HOUSE WAS ABANDONED, LEFT TO 43 00:02:24,533 --> 00:02:27,466 DETERIORATE UNTIL ITS INEVITABLE 44 00:02:27,466 --> 00:02:29,866 DESTRUCTION. 45 00:02:29,866 --> 00:02:32,400 >> OUR PRESIDENT AT THE TIME WAS 46 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:38,866 DARRYL TACKS DACS AND HE OVERHEARD 47 00:02:38,866 --> 00:02:42,466 THAT THE HOUSE WAS TO BE BURNT, 48 00:02:42,466 --> 00:02:44,800 THEY CONTACTED THE GREENFIELD 49 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:45,266 FIRE DEPARTMENT. 50 00:02:45,266 --> 00:02:46,433 SO DARRYL WANTED TO LOOK AT THIS 51 00:02:46,433 --> 00:02:47,366 FIRE DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE HE KNEW 52 00:02:47,366 --> 00:02:50,433 IT WAS AN HISTORICAL HOME. 53 00:02:50,433 --> 00:02:52,266 HE JUST ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE WAY 54 00:02:52,266 --> 00:02:53,933 THE HOUSE LOOKED, WAS DESIGNED 55 00:02:53,933 --> 00:02:55,766 AND ORIGINAL FIXTURES THAT HE 56 00:02:55,766 --> 00:02:56,033 SAW. 57 00:02:56,033 --> 00:02:58,366 HE JUST FELL IN LOVE WITH IT. 58 00:02:58,366 --> 00:03:00,800 >> DARRYL RACED BACK TO HIS 59 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:02,000 HOMETOWN, WHERE HE CALLED AN 60 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:04,033 EMERGENCY MEETING AMONG FRIENDS. 61 00:03:04,033 --> 00:03:06,033 HE HOPED THAT WHEN THEY SAW THE 62 00:03:06,033 --> 00:03:07,533 HOUSE, THEY WOULD WANT TO SAVE 63 00:03:07,533 --> 00:03:09,000 IT TOO. 64 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:10,366 >> AND WHEN I SEEN IT, I THOUGHT 65 00:03:10,366 --> 00:03:12,566 WHY DOES ANYBODY WANT THAT 66 00:03:12,566 --> 00:03:13,000 THING? 67 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:16,500 AND WE WENT IN -- NOW THEY WERE 68 00:03:16,500 --> 00:03:18,633 RAISING HOGS IN IT AND CATTLE, 69 00:03:18,633 --> 00:03:20,300 AND IT HAD COONS IN. 70 00:03:20,300 --> 00:03:21,800 IT WAS A MESS! 71 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:25,333 AND SO WE WALKED UP, AND I SAID, 72 00:03:25,333 --> 00:03:27,066 DARRYL, IT WILL COST A FORTUNE 73 00:03:27,066 --> 00:03:29,666 TO FIX THAT PLACE AND I'M NOT 74 00:03:29,666 --> 00:03:31,300 SURE YOU COULD PICK IT UP. 75 00:03:31,300 --> 00:03:32,833 I SAID, IT'S TERRIBLE. 76 00:03:32,833 --> 00:03:34,633 OH, JOHN -- DARRYL WAS 77 00:03:34,633 --> 00:03:35,033 OPTIMISTIC. 78 00:03:35,033 --> 00:03:36,233 OH, DON, WE CAN DO THAT. 79 00:03:36,233 --> 00:03:37,866 HE SAID, WE'VE GOT TO GET A 80 00:03:37,866 --> 00:03:39,200 GROUP TOGETHER. 81 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:40,733 >> EVENTUALLY THE TWO RETIREES 82 00:03:40,733 --> 00:03:43,133 ROUNDED UP AN ADDITIONAL FIVE 83 00:03:43,133 --> 00:03:46,333 FRIENDS, INCLUDING VIRGINIA'S 84 00:03:46,333 --> 00:03:49,200 HUSBAND, LEMOYNE HERALD. 85 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:50,300 THEY BEGAN PREPARATIONS TO MOVE 86 00:03:50,300 --> 00:03:55,800 IT TO ITS NEW LOCATION, THE OLD 87 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:56,633 RAILROAD YARD. 88 00:03:56,633 --> 00:03:59,033 FINALLY IN 1997, WITH THE HELP 89 00:03:59,033 --> 00:04:01,433 OF INDIANA LANDMARKS, THE TEAM 90 00:04:01,433 --> 00:04:02,800 CAREFULLY MANEUVERED THE HOME 91 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:06,533 NINE MILES IN FARMERS' FIELDS 92 00:04:06,533 --> 00:04:08,700 AND DOWN STATE ROOT 234. 93 00:04:08,700 --> 00:04:10,600 TO SHIRLEY, WHERE THE SEVEN 94 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:12,766 RETIREES WORKED DAY AND NIGHT TO 95 00:04:12,766 --> 00:04:14,000 RESTORE THE OLD FARMHOUSE. 96 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:15,033 >> IT WAS ALL FRIENDS. 97 00:04:15,033 --> 00:04:17,766 WE KNEW EACH OTHER FOREVER. 98 00:04:17,766 --> 00:04:19,300 AND WE JUST WORKED TOGETHER 99 00:04:19,300 --> 00:04:19,600 GOOD. 100 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:21,133 WE NEVER ARGUED ABOUT NOTHING 101 00:04:21,133 --> 00:04:22,766 THAT I KNOW OF. 102 00:04:22,766 --> 00:04:24,300 AND WE WOULD JUST HAVE A REALLY 103 00:04:24,300 --> 00:04:25,933 GOOD TIME GETTING TOGETHER. 104 00:04:25,933 --> 00:04:28,666 AND THEN WE WOULD COME TO, WHAT 105 00:04:28,666 --> 00:04:30,833 ARE WE GOING TO DO NEXT? 106 00:04:30,833 --> 00:04:33,800 AND KIND OF LAY OUT SOMETHING TO 107 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:35,333 DO, BUT IT WAS HARD BECAUSE OF 108 00:04:35,333 --> 00:04:35,633 MONEY. 109 00:04:35,633 --> 00:04:37,633 >> TO PAY THE BILL, THE MEN 110 00:04:37,633 --> 00:04:39,866 CHOPPED AND SOLD FIREWOOD IN THE 111 00:04:39,866 --> 00:04:40,933 COMMUNITY. 112 00:04:40,933 --> 00:04:42,533 VIRGINIA EVENTUALLY JOINED THE 113 00:04:42,533 --> 00:04:44,166 CREW TO FIND VARIOUS PRODUCTS. 114 00:04:44,166 --> 00:04:46,933 THE MISSING STAIRCASE WAS 115 00:04:46,933 --> 00:04:52,633 REBUILT AND THE GINGERBREAD 116 00:04:52,633 --> 00:04:54,333 HANDRAIL, AND THE ORIGINAL 117 00:04:54,333 --> 00:04:57,200 FLOORS SANDED AND STAINED AND 118 00:04:57,200 --> 00:04:59,466 OVER 20 YEARS, THE HOUSE CAME 119 00:04:59,466 --> 00:05:00,766 ALIVE AGAIN. 120 00:05:00,766 --> 00:05:01,800 >> THEY KEPT PLUGGING ALONG. 121 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:04,333 THEY HAVE GOTTEN IT TO THIS 122 00:05:04,333 --> 00:05:04,633 POINT. 123 00:05:04,633 --> 00:05:05,933 IT'S TAKEN 20 YEARS BUT THEY 124 00:05:05,933 --> 00:05:07,033 HAVE GOTTEN IT HERE. 125 00:05:07,033 --> 00:05:08,566 IT'S PRETTY MUCH RESTORED EXCEPT 126 00:05:08,566 --> 00:05:10,133 FOR A FEW THINGS THAT NOW NEEDS 127 00:05:10,133 --> 00:05:11,966 TO BE TAKEN CARE OF. 128 00:05:11,966 --> 00:05:13,733 BUT I NEVER THOUGHT THAT -- I 129 00:05:13,733 --> 00:05:16,333 NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD EVER LOOK 130 00:05:16,333 --> 00:05:17,000 LIKE THIS. 131 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:17,700 NOT REALLY. 132 00:05:17,700 --> 00:05:19,866 >> TODAY THE HOME IS ON A 133 00:05:19,866 --> 00:05:21,366 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC 134 00:05:21,366 --> 00:05:23,166 PLACES AND IT'S NO WONDER. 135 00:05:23,166 --> 00:05:25,733 OF THE 2,000 OCTAGONAL HOMES 136 00:05:25,733 --> 00:05:28,233 BUILT, ONLY FIVE REMAIN IN 137 00:05:28,233 --> 00:05:28,866 INDIANA. 138 00:05:28,866 --> 00:05:30,833 AND JANE ROSS REED'S HOME IS THE 139 00:05:30,833 --> 00:05:32,833 ONLY ONE NOT TO HAVE BEEN 140 00:05:32,833 --> 00:05:33,666 ALTERED BUT COMMUNITY MEMBERS 141 00:05:33,666 --> 00:05:35,666 HAVE SPONSORED THE RESTORATION 142 00:05:35,666 --> 00:05:37,300 OF THE ROOMS BACK TO THEIR 143 00:05:37,300 --> 00:05:39,033 PREVIOUS STATE, GUIDED BY THE 144 00:05:39,033 --> 00:05:40,600 RECOLLECTION OF JANE'S 145 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:41,500 GRANDCHILDREN, AND THE 146 00:05:41,500 --> 00:05:43,400 DETERMINATION OF THE MEN. 147 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:48,166 SADLY, ONLY THREE REMAIN TODAY. 148 00:05:48,166 --> 00:05:49,633 BUT THE WORK CONTINUES AND 149 00:05:49,633 --> 00:05:51,033 VISITORS CAN SEE THEM AT THE 150 00:05:51,033 --> 00:05:51,333 HOUSE. 151 00:05:51,333 --> 00:05:53,700 >> IT HAS A WONDERFUL 152 00:05:53,700 --> 00:05:56,233 ATMOSPHERE, BEING IN THIS HOME 153 00:05:56,233 --> 00:05:58,000 IS A PLEASANT PLACE TO BE. 154 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:00,900 AND I HAVE BEEN IN IT ALL THE 155 00:06:00,900 --> 00:06:03,400 TIME SINCE '94. 156 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:04,266 IT'S BEEN A JOY. 157 00:06:04,266 --> 00:06:05,800 IT'S NOT A PROBLEM. 158 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:07,566 IT'S NOT HARD. 159 00:06:07,566 --> 00:06:08,766 IT'S NOT LIKE I'M TAKING TIME 160 00:06:08,766 --> 00:06:10,633 OUT OF MY DAY TO BE HERE TODAY. 161 00:06:10,633 --> 00:06:13,533 I'M HERE BECAUSE I LOVE IT. 162 00:06:13,533 --> 00:06:15,400 >> IT'S A GATHERING PLACE FOR 163 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:16,500 THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY NOW. 164 00:06:16,500 --> 00:06:19,566 IT BRINGS PEOPLE TO SHIRLEY. 165 00:06:19,566 --> 00:06:21,466 THEY KNOW WHERE WE ARE AT NOW. 166 00:06:21,466 --> 00:06:23,533 WE WERE TRYING TO PRESERVE THE 167 00:06:23,533 --> 00:06:25,733 HISTORY, FOR THE FUTURE 168 00:06:25,733 --> 00:06:26,766 GENERATION THAT THEY CAN COME 169 00:06:26,766 --> 00:06:28,500 AND TAKE TOURS. 170 00:06:28,500 --> 00:06:32,100 THEY CAN SEE WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE 171 00:06:32,100 --> 00:06:32,933 IN 1879. 172 00:06:32,933 --> 00:06:34,866 >> EACH MONTH, THE GROUP HOSTS A 173 00:06:34,866 --> 00:06:37,400 CHICKEN NOODLE DINNER, AND EACH 174 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:38,966 DECEMBER 00S VISIT THE HOME FOR 175 00:06:38,966 --> 00:06:40,733 ITS ANNUAL -- HUNDREDS VISIT THE 176 00:06:40,733 --> 00:06:42,900 HOME FOR ITS ANNUAL CHRISTMAS 177 00:06:42,900 --> 00:06:44,233 TREE DISPLAY IT'S ALL PART OF 178 00:06:44,233 --> 00:06:46,000 THE DESIRE TO CREATE NEW 179 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:47,166 MEMORIES OF FRIENDS AND FAMILY 180 00:06:47,166 --> 00:06:50,433 AND THE JANE ROSS REED HOME ONCE 181 00:06:50,433 --> 00:06:52,800 MORE. 182 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:54,400 >> EVERY DAY IT LOOKS MORE 183 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:57,000 BEAUTIFUL TO ME. 184 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:58,400 I CAN SEE THE LOVE THAT THESE 185 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:02,066 MEN HAVE PUT INTO IT. 186 00:07:02,066 --> 00:07:10,666 AND THE LOVE THAT I PUT INTO IT. 187 00:07:10,666 --> 00:07:12,366 >> YOU CAN BOOK YOUR OWN TOUR OR 188 00:07:12,366 --> 00:07:15,266 SPECIAL EVENTS AT THE JANE ROSS 189 00:07:15,266 --> 00:07:17,500 REED'S OCTAGONAL HOME, CALL 190 00:07:17,500 --> 00:07:22,933 VIRGINIA HERALD AT 765-738-6736. 191 00:07:22,933 --> 00:07:24,900 NOW IF YOU WANT TO VISIT A 192 00:07:24,900 --> 00:07:26,366 PYRAMID, YOU DON'T NEED TO 193 00:07:26,366 --> 00:07:28,933 TRAVEL TO EGYPT. 194 00:07:28,933 --> 00:07:31,733 YOU CAN GO TO BROWN COUNTY, AND 195 00:07:31,733 --> 00:07:37,666 SEE A HOME THAT HARKENS BACK TO 196 00:07:34,566 --> 00:07:38,200 AN ANCIENT TIME. 197 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:39,666 ♪♪ 198 00:07:39,666 --> 00:07:42,433 >> WELL, I WAS WALKING THROUGH 199 00:07:42,433 --> 00:07:44,666 THE WOODS, GOING BACK TO MY 200 00:07:44,666 --> 00:07:49,533 CABIN ONE DEAN A I DAY, AND I WAS TRUCK. 201 00:07:49,533 --> 00:07:51,333 IT WAS ACTUALLY I SAW THE 202 00:07:51,333 --> 00:07:53,766 DIFFERENT PARTS OF THIS HOUSE. 203 00:07:53,766 --> 00:07:55,233 I HAD NEVER BUILT ANYTHING, 204 00:07:55,233 --> 00:07:56,433 NEVER DESIGNED ANYTHING, BUT I 205 00:07:56,433 --> 00:07:57,866 HAD THIS IDEA AND IT WAS SO 206 00:07:57,866 --> 00:07:59,266 COMPELLING THAT I JUST DEVOTED 207 00:07:59,266 --> 00:08:01,166 AWFUL MY ATTENTION TO IT. 208 00:08:01,166 --> 00:08:03,466 SO I TAUGHT MYSELF HOW TO BUILD. 209 00:08:03,466 --> 00:08:06,833 I HAD TO BORROW A HAMMER AND SAW 210 00:08:06,833 --> 00:08:07,433 TO START. 211 00:08:07,433 --> 00:08:09,300 >> HE ACQUIRED TIMBER FROM 212 00:08:09,300 --> 00:08:13,066 FRIENDS AND FAMILY, TRAYING TRYING HIS 213 00:08:13,066 --> 00:08:14,933 HAND AT SMALLER SCALE STRUCTURES 214 00:08:14,933 --> 00:08:16,600 WHILE LOOKING FOR THE PERFECT 215 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:17,933 PROPERTY FOR HIS NEW HOME. 216 00:08:17,933 --> 00:08:18,733 >> SOMEONE SAW THIS LAND OVER 217 00:08:18,733 --> 00:08:20,366 HERE AND SUGGESTED I LOOKED AT. 218 00:08:20,366 --> 00:08:22,000 I WALKED IT, I LIKED THIS BUT 219 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:25,000 WHEN I GOT RIGHT TO WHERE THE 220 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:26,966 CENTER OF HOUSE WAS, I HAD A 221 00:08:26,966 --> 00:08:27,300 FEELING. 222 00:08:27,300 --> 00:08:28,233 IT JUST FELT LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, 223 00:08:28,233 --> 00:08:28,966 HOME OR SOMETHING. 224 00:08:28,966 --> 00:08:29,533 A FEELING. 225 00:08:29,533 --> 00:08:31,233 I THOUGHT THIS IS THE SPOT. 226 00:08:31,233 --> 00:08:33,466 WHEN I FIRST STARTED, I WAS 23. 227 00:08:33,466 --> 00:08:35,333 I JUST FOLLOWED MY INSPIRATION 228 00:08:35,333 --> 00:08:36,400 AND MY VISION. 229 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:38,166 I DIDN'T HAVE ANY IDEA HOW TO DO 230 00:08:38,166 --> 00:08:39,566 IT, BUT I JUST FOLLOWED IT. 231 00:08:39,566 --> 00:08:43,200 AND I STARTED FIGURING OUT HOW 232 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:43,933 YOU TO DO THAT. 233 00:08:43,933 --> 00:08:47,133 IT TOLD ME HOW TO BE AN 234 00:08:47,133 --> 00:08:47,533 ARCHITECT. 235 00:08:47,533 --> 00:08:49,066 IT TAUGHT ME DESIGN. 236 00:08:49,066 --> 00:08:50,400 I HAD TO LEARN ENGINEERING. 237 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:51,700 SLOWLY, SLOWLY, ALL OF THIS 238 00:08:51,700 --> 00:08:53,200 STUFF CAME TO ME. 239 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:55,866 I DEVELOPED IT TO MANIFEST THIS 240 00:08:55,866 --> 00:08:57,200 DREAM I HAD. 241 00:08:57,200 --> 00:08:58,700 >> THE QUEST LED DANIEL TO 242 00:08:58,700 --> 00:09:00,200 ACTUALLY PURSUE ARCHITECTURE AS 243 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:01,500 A CAREER. 244 00:09:01,500 --> 00:09:05,966 STARTING WITH LOG CABINS EVEN CABINS AND 245 00:09:05,966 --> 00:09:08,033 EVOLVING INTO MORE SOPHISTICATED 246 00:09:08,033 --> 00:09:09,566 DESIGNS AND STRUCTURES. 247 00:09:09,566 --> 00:09:14,666 >> I STARTED OUT WITH WITH $700 TO 248 00:09:14,666 --> 00:09:14,966 START. 249 00:09:14,966 --> 00:09:16,166 I DUG THE FOUNDATION BY HAND. 250 00:09:16,166 --> 00:09:17,933 I POURED THE CONCRETE, GOT THE 251 00:09:17,933 --> 00:09:20,800 LOGS FOR THE POST AND BEAM 252 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:22,166 STRUCTURE, WHICH IS A VERY EASY 253 00:09:22,166 --> 00:09:24,500 AND STRONG WAY TO BUILD A 254 00:09:24,500 --> 00:09:24,866 BUILDING. 255 00:09:24,866 --> 00:09:27,200 AND JUST WORKED FROM THERE. 256 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:28,266 WHAT THE HELL IS IT? 257 00:09:28,266 --> 00:09:30,333 I HEARD THAT A LOT FROM PEOPLE. 258 00:09:30,333 --> 00:09:31,766 THEY HAD NO IDEA. 259 00:09:31,766 --> 00:09:32,966 THEY HAD NEVER SEEN ANYTHING 260 00:09:32,966 --> 00:09:33,533 LIKE THIS. 261 00:09:33,533 --> 00:09:35,133 AND THEY KIND OF WENT ALONG WITH 262 00:09:35,133 --> 00:09:36,833 ME BECAUSE OF ME BUT THEY HAD 263 00:09:36,833 --> 00:09:38,700 NO -- THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND. 264 00:09:38,700 --> 00:09:40,533 >> BUT THE DOUBTS DIDN'T STOP 265 00:09:40,533 --> 00:09:41,633 FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS FROM 266 00:09:41,633 --> 00:09:44,700 JUMPING IN TO HELP WITH 267 00:09:44,700 --> 00:09:45,133 CONSTRUCTION. 268 00:09:45,133 --> 00:09:47,100 HARKENING BACK TO AN ERA WHEN 269 00:09:47,100 --> 00:09:47,866 COMMUNITIES WERE BUILT TOGETHER. 270 00:09:47,866 --> 00:09:49,333 >> I NEEDED TO GET THESE BIG 271 00:09:49,333 --> 00:09:50,166 LOGS UP THERE. 272 00:09:50,166 --> 00:09:52,333 THEY WERE 32-FOOT LONG LOGS. 273 00:09:52,333 --> 00:09:53,466 THAT'S A LOT OF WEIGH. 274 00:09:53,466 --> 00:09:55,600 I HAD NO IDEA HOW TO DO IT BUT 275 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:56,966 THERE WAS A NEIGHBOR OVER HERE, 276 00:09:56,966 --> 00:09:59,100 A REAL OLD TIMER AND HE GREW 277 00:09:59,100 --> 00:10:01,266 TOBACCO, AND HE USED A TEAM OF 278 00:10:01,266 --> 00:10:01,600 HORSES. 279 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:02,666 HE KNEW SOMETHING ABOUT BARN 280 00:10:02,666 --> 00:10:03,000 RAISING. 281 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:04,400 SO HE COMES OVER TO HELP ME. 282 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:05,733 THE NEIGHBORS AROUND THE AREA 283 00:10:05,733 --> 00:10:06,366 HEARD ABOUT IT. 284 00:10:06,366 --> 00:10:07,566 SO THE CHURCH PEOPLE CAME DOWN 285 00:10:07,566 --> 00:10:08,866 ON SUNDAY. 286 00:10:08,866 --> 00:10:10,433 AND MY FRIENDS FROM INDIANAPOLIS 287 00:10:10,433 --> 00:10:12,033 CAME DOWN, AND IT WAS JUST LIKE 288 00:10:12,033 --> 00:10:12,733 THIS BARN RAISING. 289 00:10:12,733 --> 00:10:15,833 IT WAS JUST A WONDERFUL 290 00:10:15,833 --> 00:10:16,266 EXPERIENCING. 291 00:10:16,266 --> 00:10:17,200 WE PUT SMALLER LOGS FROM THE 292 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:20,533 GROUND UP TO IT, LIKE A RAMP AND 293 00:10:20,533 --> 00:10:22,300 THEN WE -- THEN MAYBE 10, 12 OF 294 00:10:22,300 --> 00:10:24,266 US ROLLED THE LOGS BY HAND UP 295 00:10:24,266 --> 00:10:25,133 THE RAMP. 296 00:10:25,133 --> 00:10:27,333 AND THEN ONCE WE GOT THEM UP 297 00:10:27,333 --> 00:10:30,233 HERE, WE CHOPPED THEM OUT AND 298 00:10:30,233 --> 00:10:33,000 PEGGED THEM TOGETHER WITH BLACK 299 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:35,066 WALNUT PEGS AND WE PUT THEM DOWN 300 00:10:35,066 --> 00:10:36,500 AND THE TEAM OF HORSES PULLED 301 00:10:36,500 --> 00:10:37,700 AND THE SIDES CAME UP. 302 00:10:37,700 --> 00:10:39,433 AND THEN THEY WENT BACK TO GO 303 00:10:39,433 --> 00:10:41,400 AND WE PEGGED THEM TOGETHER WITH 304 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:42,900 BLACK WALNUT PEGS. 305 00:10:42,900 --> 00:10:45,000 I KEPT FILLING IN EACH OF THESE 306 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:46,866 SECTIONS OF SIX-POINTED STAR 307 00:10:46,866 --> 00:10:48,700 UNTIL I GOT THE WALLS AND THE 308 00:10:48,700 --> 00:10:50,566 ROOF AROUND AND I WAS ABLE TO 309 00:10:50,566 --> 00:10:50,966 ENCLOSE IT. 310 00:10:50,966 --> 00:10:53,400 AND THEN IN 1986, BASICALLY THIS 311 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:54,166 WAS ALL DONE. 312 00:10:54,166 --> 00:10:57,533 THE HOUSE IS APPROXIMATELY 9,000 313 00:10:57,533 --> 00:10:59,066 SQUARE FEET. 314 00:10:59,066 --> 00:11:02,200 IT'S A 12-SIDED REGULAR 315 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:02,566 POLYGONE. 316 00:11:02,566 --> 00:11:04,400 SO EVERYTHING IS SYMMETRICAL. 317 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:06,366 >> THE SYMMETRY IS NOT 318 00:11:06,366 --> 00:11:06,766 ACCIDENTAL. 319 00:11:06,766 --> 00:11:08,700 THE ENTIRE HOUSE IS 320 00:11:08,700 --> 00:11:09,133 PROPORTIONAL. 321 00:11:09,133 --> 00:11:12,066 DOOR FOR DOOR, STAIRCASE FOR 322 00:11:12,066 --> 00:11:12,433 STAIRCASE. 323 00:11:12,433 --> 00:11:13,900 IT'S A BALANCE IN DESIGN THAT 324 00:11:13,900 --> 00:11:16,166 DANIEL SAYS WAS INSPIRED BY 325 00:11:16,166 --> 00:11:19,000 ANCIENT SOURCES, LIKE THE 326 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:22,266 PARTHENON AND THE GREAT PYRAMIDS 327 00:11:22,266 --> 00:11:23,066 OF EGYPT. 328 00:11:23,066 --> 00:11:24,566 >> IT'S BASED ON GEOMETRY. 329 00:11:24,566 --> 00:11:26,966 AND THE CENTER OF THE FLOOR 330 00:11:26,966 --> 00:11:29,466 DESIGN, IS 108 PILLAR LOADED. 331 00:11:29,466 --> 00:11:33,600 IT INCREASES BY 1.6.4. 332 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:36,933 I TRIED TO USE SACRED GEOMETRY 333 00:11:36,933 --> 00:11:38,866 IN ALL THE DESIGN AND THE 334 00:11:38,866 --> 00:11:39,500 PROPORTIONS OF THE HOUSE. 335 00:11:39,500 --> 00:11:41,333 IT'S NATURALLY HARMONIC. 336 00:11:41,333 --> 00:11:42,666 AND PEOPLE SENSE THAT AND FEEL 337 00:11:42,666 --> 00:11:43,066 IT. 338 00:11:43,066 --> 00:11:44,300 >> ANCIENT INSPIRED DESIGN CAN 339 00:11:44,300 --> 00:11:47,400 BE FOUND THROUGHOUT THE 340 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:47,766 PROPERTY. 341 00:11:47,766 --> 00:11:49,133 THIS GLASS WINDOW, CRYSTAL 342 00:11:49,133 --> 00:11:51,300 CENTER PRECISELY CATCHES THE 343 00:11:51,300 --> 00:11:54,433 SUN'S RAYS ON THE SPRING AND 344 00:11:54,433 --> 00:11:58,133 FALL EQUINOX. 345 00:11:58,133 --> 00:11:59,400 1.5 MILLION POUNDS OF QUARRIED 346 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:02,200 ROUGHBACK, BUILT INTO AN 347 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:03,700 AMPHITHEATER, THAT SUGGESTS 348 00:12:03,700 --> 00:12:04,433 STONE HEDGE. 349 00:12:04,433 --> 00:12:07,100 IT'S NOT JUST UTILIZED FOR 350 00:12:07,100 --> 00:12:07,466 SYMBOLISM. 351 00:12:07,466 --> 00:12:09,900 IT'S CONSIDERED A PASSIVE SOLAR 352 00:12:09,900 --> 00:12:13,300 HOUSE AND INCORPORATES MULTIPLE 353 00:12:13,300 --> 00:12:14,933 ENERGY EFFICIENT FEATURES LIKE 354 00:12:14,933 --> 00:12:17,500 RUSSIAN FIREPLACES AND 355 00:12:17,500 --> 00:12:18,666 GEOTHERMAL HEATING AND COOLING. 356 00:12:18,666 --> 00:12:19,800 >> I NEVER STOPPED WORKING ON 357 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:20,466 THE HOME. 358 00:12:20,466 --> 00:12:22,166 I WON'T STOP UNTIL I DIE, I 359 00:12:22,166 --> 00:12:23,033 DON'T THINK. 360 00:12:23,033 --> 00:12:23,966 THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING TO KEEP 361 00:12:23,966 --> 00:12:24,433 GOING WITH. 362 00:12:24,433 --> 00:12:25,900 BUT YOU CAN IMAGINE IF YOU BUILD 363 00:12:25,900 --> 00:12:27,700 A ROOM 40 YEARS AGO AND YOU KEEP 364 00:12:27,700 --> 00:12:28,866 BUILDING ALL OF THESE ROOMS BY 365 00:12:28,866 --> 00:12:30,600 THE TIME YOU GET BACK AROUND TO 366 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:32,500 THAT ROOM, IT NEEDS REMODELING. 367 00:12:32,500 --> 00:12:34,333 IT'S LIKE AN ENDLESS CYCLE. 368 00:12:34,333 --> 00:12:35,500 IT'S LIKE THIS LIVING THING. 369 00:12:35,500 --> 00:12:37,800 I MEAN, EVER SINCE THAT DAY, 370 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:39,233 WHEN I SAW THE VISION OF IT, 371 00:12:39,233 --> 00:12:40,533 JUST LIVING IN ME. 372 00:12:40,533 --> 00:12:41,766 IT'S ALWAYS THERE. 373 00:12:41,766 --> 00:12:44,033 I'M TRYING TO CREATE SOMETHING 374 00:12:44,033 --> 00:12:45,833 THAT UPLIFTS PEOPLE AND NOT 375 00:12:45,833 --> 00:12:47,433 CREATES A CONFLICT BUT CREATES 376 00:12:47,433 --> 00:12:47,733 PEACE. 377 00:12:47,733 --> 00:12:49,600 IT CREATES HARMONY. 378 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:52,133 AND I THINK BUILDINGS WHERE YOU 379 00:12:52,133 --> 00:12:53,966 PUT YOUR HEART AND SOUL INTO IT 380 00:12:53,966 --> 00:13:01,166 AND YOUR MIND INTO IT, IT STARTS 381 00:12:56,033 --> 00:13:04,400 TO BECOME A LIVING THING. 382 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:07,766 >> REDESIGN CAN BE FOUND ON A 383 00:13:07,766 --> 00:13:13,433 SMALLER SCALE IN A TINY BUNGALOW 384 00:13:13,433 --> 00:13:17,400 WITH CONNECTION AN A COONIC 385 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:17,766 ARCHITECT. 386 00:13:17,766 --> 00:13:18,933 >> YOU MAY NOT REALIZE THAT THIS 387 00:13:18,933 --> 00:13:21,000 SMALL BUNGALOW TUCKED ON CAMPUS 388 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:23,200 HAS BEEN NAMED ONE OF INDIANA'S 389 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:24,433 MUST-SEE BUILDINGS. 390 00:13:24,433 --> 00:13:31,333 OF THE PETER MARGANO HOME BUILT 391 00:13:31,333 --> 00:13:34,533 BY WES PETER WHO GAINED FAME AS 392 00:13:34,533 --> 00:13:36,600 FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S RIGHT-HAND 393 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:36,866 MAN. 394 00:13:36,866 --> 00:13:39,633 >> THE MORE YOU READ AND HEAR 395 00:13:39,633 --> 00:13:42,966 ABOUT WES PETERS, THE MORE YOU 396 00:13:42,966 --> 00:13:47,033 APPRECIATE WHAT A BRILLIANT GUY 397 00:13:47,033 --> 00:13:48,600 HE WAS. 398 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:51,233 WES PETER GRADUATED FROM HIGH 399 00:13:51,233 --> 00:13:54,166 SCHOOL AT BOSSY HIGH SCHOOL HERE 400 00:13:54,166 --> 00:13:55,233 IN INDIANAPOLIS AND THEN MOVED 401 00:13:55,233 --> 00:13:57,333 ON TO EVANSVILLE COLLEGE FOR ONE 402 00:13:57,333 --> 00:13:58,966 YEAR AND TRANSFERRED TO M.I.T. 403 00:13:58,966 --> 00:14:02,166 FOR TWO YEARS, WHERE HE STUDIED 404 00:14:02,166 --> 00:14:02,600 ARCHITECTURE. 405 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:05,033 >> IT WAS AT M.I.T. THAT PETERS 406 00:14:05,033 --> 00:14:07,233 FIRST READ THE WRITINGS OF FRANK 407 00:14:07,233 --> 00:14:08,333 LLOYD WRIGHT. 408 00:14:08,333 --> 00:14:14,333 INSPIRED, HE DECIDED TO JOIN 409 00:14:14,333 --> 00:14:17,600 WRIGHT'S NEWLY FORM SCHOOL OF 410 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:19,366 DESIGN. 411 00:14:19,366 --> 00:14:19,733 TALISMAN. 412 00:14:19,733 --> 00:14:23,900 >> HE WAS THE FIRST FELLOW. 413 00:14:23,900 --> 00:14:24,866 >> THROUGHOUT 1932, PETERS AND 414 00:14:24,866 --> 00:14:27,733 HIS FELLOW APPRENTICES STUDIED 415 00:14:27,733 --> 00:14:44,666 UNDER THE TUTELEDGE. 416 00:14:44,666 --> 00:14:46,433 PETERS RETURN OF EVANSVILLE, 417 00:14:46,433 --> 00:14:48,033 HOWEVER, DESPITE HAVING NO JOB 418 00:14:48,033 --> 00:14:50,966 AND VERY LITTLE MEANS, PETERS 419 00:14:50,966 --> 00:14:52,100 SOON EMPARKED ON HIS FIRST 420 00:14:52,100 --> 00:14:53,433 PROJECT. 421 00:14:53,433 --> 00:14:58,933 >> THE STYLE OF THE PETERS HOUSE 422 00:14:58,933 --> 00:15:06,433 IS EWE STONIANIS USTONIAN STYLE. 423 00:15:06,433 --> 00:15:08,066 AND WE FEEL THAT THIS IS THE 424 00:15:08,066 --> 00:15:10,366 FIRST OF ITS TYPE BECAUSE THE 425 00:15:10,366 --> 00:15:13,733 FIRST OFFICIAL USTONIAN HOME IS 426 00:15:13,733 --> 00:15:16,466 THE JACOBS HOUSE BUILT IN 1936. 427 00:15:16,466 --> 00:15:18,866 THIS PREDATES THAT BY TWO YEARS. 428 00:15:18,866 --> 00:15:20,966 THE ESTONIAN ARCHITECTURAL 429 00:15:20,966 --> 00:15:22,066 MOVEMENT WAS MEN TO PROVIDE 430 00:15:22,066 --> 00:15:23,233 HOUSING FOR THE COMMON MAN, 431 00:15:23,233 --> 00:15:24,633 PEOPLE OF MODEST MEANS. 432 00:15:24,633 --> 00:15:26,400 SO IT NEEDED TO BE AFFORDABLE. 433 00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:29,433 IT NEEDED TO BE EFFICIENT IN ITS 434 00:15:29,433 --> 00:15:30,866 USE OF MATERIALS AND ITS USE OF 435 00:15:30,866 --> 00:15:34,433 LAND AND IT NEEDED TO BE EASILY 436 00:15:34,433 --> 00:15:36,800 CONSTRUCTED OUT OF LOCAL 437 00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:37,166 MATERIALS. 438 00:15:37,166 --> 00:15:38,166 >> OAK IS SHOWCASED THROUGHOUT 439 00:15:38,166 --> 00:15:40,066 THE HOME, AS WELL AS MANY OTHER 440 00:15:40,066 --> 00:15:42,233 FEATURES CHARACTERISTIC OF THE 441 00:15:42,233 --> 00:15:46,833 EWEUSTONIAN STYLE, HIGH-PLACED 442 00:15:46,833 --> 00:15:48,433 WINDOWS FOR PRIVACY IN THE FRONT 443 00:15:48,433 --> 00:15:50,666 AND FLOOR-TO-CEILING GLASS 444 00:15:50,666 --> 00:15:52,400 PANELS IN THE BACK TO EMPHASIZE 445 00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:54,133 A STRONG CONNECTION BETWEEN THE 446 00:15:54,133 --> 00:15:55,433 INTERIOR AND THE EXTERIOR 447 00:15:55,433 --> 00:15:55,766 DESIGN. 448 00:15:55,766 --> 00:15:56,833 >> SOME OF THE INNOVATIONS HERE 449 00:15:56,833 --> 00:15:58,266 ARE UNIQUE TO THIS BUILDING, 450 00:15:58,266 --> 00:16:01,066 SUCH AS THE SHUTTERS, THE 451 00:16:01,066 --> 00:16:03,266 INTERNAL SHUTTERS FOR 452 00:16:03,266 --> 00:16:03,666 CIRCULATION. 453 00:16:03,666 --> 00:16:04,633 THE IDEA OF THE GREAT ROOM WHICH 454 00:16:04,633 --> 00:16:08,100 IS VERY COMMON IN THESE DAYS WAS 455 00:16:08,100 --> 00:16:09,000 INNOVATIVE AT THE TIME. 456 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:12,400 AND THIS HAS A VERY GOOD EARLY 457 00:16:12,400 --> 00:16:14,000 EXAMPLE OF A GREAT ROOM, WHICH 458 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:15,933 CAN BE USED FOR FAMILY 459 00:16:15,933 --> 00:16:16,333 GATHERINGS. 460 00:16:16,333 --> 00:16:17,166 IT WAS A DINING ROOM. 461 00:16:17,166 --> 00:16:19,633 YOU KNOW, IT WAS A PLACE FOR 462 00:16:19,633 --> 00:16:21,133 FAMILIES TO CONGREGATE. 463 00:16:21,133 --> 00:16:23,600 AFTER THIS HOUSE WAS DESIGNED, 464 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:26,700 IT WAS OCCUPIED BY HIS COUSIN, 465 00:16:26,700 --> 00:16:29,866 JAMES MARGADANT WITH THE FOUR 466 00:16:29,866 --> 00:16:30,166 KIDS. 467 00:16:30,166 --> 00:16:32,933 AND SO THERE'S SIX PEOPLE LIVING 468 00:16:32,933 --> 00:16:36,900 IN 550 SQUARE FEET. 469 00:16:36,900 --> 00:16:39,000 >> PETERS HIMSELF NEVER LIVED IN 470 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:40,766 THE HOUSE. 471 00:16:40,766 --> 00:16:45,466 AFTER SVETLANA, TURNED 18, THEY 472 00:16:45,466 --> 00:16:47,766 MARRIED AND RETURNING TO TALLY 473 00:16:47,766 --> 00:16:57,233 HETALIESENT. 474 00:16:57,233 --> 00:16:57,966 COMPLETING MANUFACTURE WRIGHT'S 475 00:16:57,966 --> 00:16:58,666 PROJECTS AS WELL AS DESIGNING 476 00:16:58,666 --> 00:16:59,500 HIS OWN BUILDINGS. 477 00:16:59,500 --> 00:17:01,266 WHILE HIS FIRST DESIGN WAS NOT 478 00:17:01,266 --> 00:17:03,533 FORGOTTEN, IT WAS IN JEOPARDY. 479 00:17:03,533 --> 00:17:06,000 LANDING ON INDIANA LANDMARKS 10 480 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:09,133 MOST ENDANGERED LIST IN 2012. 481 00:17:09,133 --> 00:17:10,366 >> ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO, A GROUP 482 00:17:10,366 --> 00:17:11,400 OF PEOPLE BEING COMMUNITY 483 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:12,966 MEMBERS CAME TOGETHER AND THEY 484 00:17:12,966 --> 00:17:14,133 WERE -- THEY WERE CONCERNED WITH 485 00:17:14,133 --> 00:17:15,300 PRESERVING THIS HOUSE BECAUSE IT 486 00:17:15,300 --> 00:17:18,066 HAD BEEN VACATED IN 2012. 487 00:17:18,066 --> 00:17:20,633 PEOPLE FROM THAT GROUP INCLUDED 488 00:17:20,633 --> 00:17:22,633 REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE MAYOR'S 489 00:17:22,633 --> 00:17:25,166 OFFICE, FROM INDIANA LANDMARKS, 490 00:17:25,166 --> 00:17:28,566 CONCERNED COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND 491 00:17:28,566 --> 00:17:29,666 THEN WE WERE BROUGHT INTO THE 492 00:17:29,666 --> 00:17:31,133 DISCUSSION AS A POSSIBLE PLACE 493 00:17:31,133 --> 00:17:34,200 FOR THIS HOUSE TO, MOVED TO. 494 00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:36,900 >> AS A PROFESSOR OF ART HISTORY 495 00:17:36,900 --> 00:17:39,100 AT THE UNIVERSITY, HEIDI HELPED 496 00:17:39,100 --> 00:17:41,433 TO LEAD THE SEARCH FOR THE NEW 497 00:17:41,433 --> 00:17:42,533 LOCATION, SELECTING A SPOT RIGHT 498 00:17:42,533 --> 00:17:44,166 NEXT TO THE VERY ENGINEERING 499 00:17:44,166 --> 00:17:45,533 BUILDING PETERS HAD ATTENDED 500 00:17:45,533 --> 00:17:47,866 WHILE THE EVANSVILLE COLLEGE. 501 00:17:47,866 --> 00:17:50,033 INDIANA LANDMARKS STEPPED IN TO 502 00:17:50,033 --> 00:17:51,633 PURCHASE THE ABANDONED HOME WITH 503 00:17:51,633 --> 00:17:54,000 A GRANT FROM THE CITY AND THE 504 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:55,600 FRIENDS OF THE HOUSE GROUP 505 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:56,433 RAISED THE MONEY NECESSARY TO 506 00:17:56,433 --> 00:17:58,333 FUND THE HOME'S MOVE AND 507 00:17:58,333 --> 00:17:58,733 RESTORATION. 508 00:17:58,733 --> 00:18:01,233 ON AUGUST 22nd, 2016, AFTER 509 00:18:01,233 --> 00:18:03,766 TWO YEARS OF METICULOUS 510 00:18:03,766 --> 00:18:05,400 PLANNING, THE HOME WAS CAREFULLY 511 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:06,766 CARRIED ONE AND A HALF MILES TO 512 00:18:06,766 --> 00:18:08,133 ITS NEW LOCATION ON THE 513 00:18:08,133 --> 00:18:10,433 UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE CAMPUS. 514 00:18:10,433 --> 00:18:12,033 >> THE REAL INTEGRITY OF HOME 515 00:18:12,033 --> 00:18:14,000 WAS IN ITS INTERIOR. 516 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:15,533 THE FACT THAT THE WOOD WORK HAD 517 00:18:15,533 --> 00:18:18,400 NEVER BEEN PAINTED WAS PRETTY 518 00:18:18,400 --> 00:18:18,800 PHENOMENAL. 519 00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:21,133 AND WE KNEW THAT BRINGING 520 00:18:21,133 --> 00:18:23,166 TOGETHER THE GROUPS THAT WE DID, 521 00:18:23,166 --> 00:18:25,800 THAT WE COULD RECONSTRUCT IT AS 522 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:27,000 CLOSE TO ITS ORIGINAL CONDITION 523 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:28,733 AS POSSIBLE. 524 00:18:28,733 --> 00:18:30,166 >> ON MARCH 30th, AFTER FOUR 525 00:18:30,166 --> 00:18:31,833 MONTHS OF HARD WORK, THE FRIENDS 526 00:18:31,833 --> 00:18:36,600 OF THE PETERS MARGADANT HOUSE 527 00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:38,100 GROUP OFFICIALLY DEDICATED THE 528 00:18:38,100 --> 00:18:38,400 HOME. 529 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:41,500 FOR HEIDI, THE HOUSE SERVES AS A 530 00:18:41,500 --> 00:18:43,800 PERFECT EDUCATIONAL TOOL FOR HER 531 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:44,966 MUSEUM AND GALLERY CLASS WHERE 532 00:18:44,966 --> 00:18:46,266 THE STUDENTS CAN LEARN HOW TO 533 00:18:46,266 --> 00:18:48,066 LEAD TOURS AND PRESENT EXHIBIT 534 00:18:48,066 --> 00:18:49,700 MATERIALS IN A REAL LIFE 535 00:18:49,700 --> 00:18:50,600 ENVIRONMENT. 536 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:51,966 >> THERE'S A GREAT EXPERIENTIAL 537 00:18:51,966 --> 00:18:53,800 SET OF OPPORTUNITIES HERE, BUT 538 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:55,766 IT'S ALSO A PLACE WHERE STUDENTS 539 00:18:55,766 --> 00:18:59,266 FROM AGE 6 TO 96 CAN COME TO 540 00:18:59,266 --> 00:19:01,400 LEARN ABOUT THIS HOUSE AND ITS 541 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:03,866 ROLE AND THE USTONIAN 542 00:19:03,866 --> 00:19:06,133 ARCHITECTURAL MOVEMENT AND FRANK 543 00:19:06,133 --> 00:19:08,733 LLOYD WRIGHT AND WES PETERS' 544 00:19:08,733 --> 00:19:09,033 STORY. 545 00:19:09,033 --> 00:19:11,033 >> WE OFTEN ASK, YOU KNOW, WHAT 546 00:19:11,033 --> 00:19:13,500 IDEAS DID WES PETERS COME UP 547 00:19:13,500 --> 00:19:14,833 WITH INDEPENDENT OF WRIGHT AND 548 00:19:14,833 --> 00:19:17,133 HIS PRACTICE THAT MIGHT BE 549 00:19:17,133 --> 00:19:19,000 EVIDENT IN THIS HOUSE OR IN 550 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:21,300 OTHER WORK THAT CAME OUT OF 551 00:19:21,300 --> 00:19:22,033 WRIGHT'S FIRM. 552 00:19:22,033 --> 00:19:25,033 IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO 553 00:19:25,033 --> 00:19:27,700 DETERMINE, BUT AS THIS HOUSE AND 554 00:19:27,700 --> 00:19:30,066 THIS PROJECT PROMOTES THE 555 00:19:30,066 --> 00:19:32,466 DISCUSSION ABOUT WILLIAM WESLEY 556 00:19:32,466 --> 00:19:33,366 PETERS, WE THINK MORE AND MORE 557 00:19:33,366 --> 00:19:41,066 OF HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO MODERN 558 00:19:35,500 --> 00:19:42,400 ARCHITECTURE WILL COME TO LIGHT. 559 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:44,333 >> TO LEARN HOW TO VISIT THE 560 00:19:44,333 --> 00:19:47,033 PETERS MARGADANT HOUSE ARE 561 00:19:47,033 --> 00:19:49,133 FOLLOW ALONG WITH THE RATEST 562 00:19:49,133 --> 00:19:50,433 RESTORATION, VISIT THEIR 563 00:19:50,433 --> 00:19:51,800 FACEBOOK PAGE. 564 00:19:51,800 --> 00:19:55,133 >>> LAST YEAR, WE DID A PROFILE 565 00:19:55,133 --> 00:19:56,000 ON SCULPTOR CHAZZ. 566 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:57,066 WELL, THIS YEAR WE HAD TO GO 567 00:19:57,066 --> 00:19:59,633 BACK AND DO A STORY ON HIS 568 00:19:59,633 --> 00:20:00,133 INCREDIBLE HOME. 569 00:20:00,133 --> 00:20:04,233 TAKE A LOOK. 570 00:20:04,233 --> 00:20:05,366 >> CHAZZ KAISER IS KNOWN ACROSS 571 00:20:05,366 --> 00:20:07,900 THE MIDWEST FOR HIS METAL WORK 572 00:20:07,900 --> 00:20:09,666 BUT WHAT MANY DON'T KNOW IS WHAT 573 00:20:09,666 --> 00:20:11,166 WONDERS LIE JUST BENEATH THE 574 00:20:11,166 --> 00:20:17,900 SURFACE. 575 00:20:17,900 --> 00:20:19,566 IN THE HOUSE CHAZZ WAS CREATING 576 00:20:19,566 --> 00:20:23,333 WAS ANYTHING BUT ORDINARY. 577 00:20:23,333 --> 00:20:24,233 >> FRIENDS WOULD LOOK AT ME, 578 00:20:24,233 --> 00:20:25,966 WHEN I WOULD TELL THEM WHAT I'M 579 00:20:25,966 --> 00:20:27,933 DO, THEY WOULD SHAKE THEIR HEAD 580 00:20:27,933 --> 00:20:29,833 AND SAY, OH, IT'S JUST CHAZZ. 581 00:20:29,833 --> 00:20:31,333 BUT I KNEW IT WAS TOOL. 582 00:20:31,333 --> 00:20:32,700 I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO WORK. 583 00:20:32,700 --> 00:20:34,033 MY FATHER THOUGHT MAYBE I SHOULD 584 00:20:34,033 --> 00:20:34,833 BE COMMITTED. 585 00:20:34,833 --> 00:20:36,000 [ LAUGHTER ] 586 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:38,733 I TOLD MY FATHER THAT I WANTED 587 00:20:38,733 --> 00:20:41,266 TO BUILD AN INGROUND SOLAR DOME 588 00:20:41,266 --> 00:20:43,766 HOME AND HE SHOOK HIS HEAD, BUT 589 00:20:43,766 --> 00:20:45,500 HE SUPPORTED ME AND TOGETHER ME 590 00:20:45,500 --> 00:20:47,133 AND HIM BUILT IT AND IT TURNED 591 00:20:47,133 --> 00:20:49,966 INTO A GREAT HOUSE OF WHICH THAT 592 00:20:49,966 --> 00:20:51,400 HE WAS PROBABLY MORE PROUD OF IT 593 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:52,866 THAN I WAS. 594 00:20:52,866 --> 00:20:54,233 >> CHAZZ WAS ABLE TO BRING HIS 595 00:20:54,233 --> 00:20:56,366 IDEA TO LIFE WITH THE HELP OF AN 596 00:20:56,366 --> 00:20:57,833 UNDERGROUND HOME COMPANY CALLED 597 00:20:57,833 --> 00:20:59,833 EARTH SHELTER SYSTEMS. 598 00:20:59,833 --> 00:21:01,733 TOGETHER, THEY CREATED THE 599 00:21:01,733 --> 00:21:03,833 DESIGN AND BLUEPRINT FOR HIS 600 00:21:03,833 --> 00:21:07,533 HOME. 601 00:21:07,533 --> 00:21:08,566 >> IT COMES ON A 602 00:21:08,566 --> 00:21:09,066 TRACTOR-TRAILER. 603 00:21:09,066 --> 00:21:10,100 YOU GET ALL THE MATERIAL, BRING 604 00:21:10,100 --> 00:21:12,066 IT TO YOUR SITE, AND YOU JUST 605 00:21:12,066 --> 00:21:12,966 BOLT IT TOGETHER. 606 00:21:12,966 --> 00:21:14,933 IT'S REALLY SIMPLE TO DO. 607 00:21:14,933 --> 00:21:16,666 AND I HAD HAD FRIENDS COME OVER 608 00:21:16,666 --> 00:21:20,066 AND WOULD HELP ME WIRE TIE REBAR 609 00:21:20,066 --> 00:21:22,900 AND HELP ME FRAME AND HELP ME 610 00:21:22,900 --> 00:21:24,100 PLASTER AND HELP ME LAY DOWN THE 611 00:21:24,100 --> 00:21:24,400 FLOOR. 612 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:26,033 AND MY FATHER WOULD SIT BACK 613 00:21:26,033 --> 00:21:29,700 HERE ON A BUCKET AND CUT 4-INCH 614 00:21:29,700 --> 00:21:31,266 CONCRETE WIRES ALL DAY LONG. 615 00:21:31,266 --> 00:21:33,700 AND JUST CUT 'EM AND CUT 'EM AND 616 00:21:33,700 --> 00:21:35,600 CUT 'EM AND THEN THAT NIGHT, HE 617 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:37,066 WOULD BE ON THE OUTSIDE, I WOULD 618 00:21:37,066 --> 00:21:38,800 BE ON THE INSIDE. 619 00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:40,566 I WOULD POKE THEM THROUGH, AND 620 00:21:40,566 --> 00:21:43,000 HE WOULD TWIST THEM OFF. 621 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:44,100 >> CHAZZ WAS IN A COMPANY THAT 622 00:21:44,100 --> 00:21:45,366 SPECIALIZES IN USING COMPRESSED 623 00:21:45,366 --> 00:21:47,466 AIR TO SHOOT CONCRETE ON TO 624 00:21:47,466 --> 00:21:47,866 STRUCTURED. 625 00:21:47,866 --> 00:21:49,633 THEY WORKED 12 HOURS NONSTOP TO 626 00:21:49,633 --> 00:21:51,400 COMPLETE THE ROOF. 627 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:52,000 >> THEY WORK. 628 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:53,066 THEY WORK LIKE BEES. 629 00:21:53,066 --> 00:21:54,633 THEY JUST WORK REALLY, REALLY 630 00:21:54,633 --> 00:21:56,200 HARD, REALLY, REALLY FAST, 631 00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:57,700 BECAUSE IT'S SETTING UP REALLY 632 00:21:57,700 --> 00:21:58,366 QUICKLY. 633 00:21:58,366 --> 00:22:00,133 THERE'S 72 YARDS OF CONCRETE ON 634 00:22:00,133 --> 00:22:00,900 THIS HOUSE. 635 00:22:00,900 --> 00:22:05,000 AND THIS HOUSE IS ABLE TO 636 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:07,033 WITHSTAND A D-9 BULLDOZER ON TOP 637 00:22:07,033 --> 00:22:10,700 WHICH IS A VERY BIG BULLDOZER. 638 00:22:10,700 --> 00:22:11,500 >> AS CHAZZ NEARED CLOSER TO THE 639 00:22:11,500 --> 00:22:12,833 COMPLETION OF HIS HOME, HIS 640 00:22:12,833 --> 00:22:14,000 STRENGTH AND WILL POWER WAS PUT 641 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:19,133 TO THE TEST. 642 00:22:19,133 --> 00:22:22,333 >> IT'S A RANGE OF EMOTIONS FROM 643 00:22:22,333 --> 00:22:23,400 BUILDING A HOUSE LIKE THIS, FROM 644 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:24,900 START TO FINISH IS EXCITEMENT IN 645 00:22:24,900 --> 00:22:28,066 THE BUILDING, ENTHUSIASTIC, AND 646 00:22:28,066 --> 00:22:30,366 I'M NOT TOO PROUD TO SAY THAT 647 00:22:30,366 --> 00:22:31,666 HALFWAY THROUGH, I SAT OUTSIDE 648 00:22:31,666 --> 00:22:33,300 AND CRIED BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW 649 00:22:33,300 --> 00:22:34,933 HOW I WAS GOING TO GET IT DONE. 650 00:22:34,933 --> 00:22:37,966 I'M WORKING A FULL 8 TO 10 HOURS 651 00:22:37,966 --> 00:22:39,966 IN MY JOB AND COME BACK HERE AND 652 00:22:39,966 --> 00:22:45,866 WORKWORK UNTIL MIDNIGHT AND GO BACK 653 00:22:45,866 --> 00:22:47,800 TO THE HOUSE AND TAKE A SHOWER 654 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:49,366 AND WAKE UP AND DO IT ALL OVER 655 00:22:49,366 --> 00:22:49,666 AGAIN. 656 00:22:49,666 --> 00:22:51,233 AND THAT WAS FOR SIX AND A HALF 657 00:22:51,233 --> 00:22:51,566 MONTHS. 658 00:22:51,566 --> 00:22:52,866 AND NOW I SIT OUT ON THE 659 00:22:52,866 --> 00:22:53,700 COURTYARD AND REMEMBER BACK AND 660 00:22:53,700 --> 00:22:55,566 IT MAKES YOU FEEL REALLY, REALLY 661 00:22:55,566 --> 00:22:55,866 GOOD. 662 00:22:55,866 --> 00:22:57,300 YOU DO GET A REALLY NICE SENSE 663 00:22:57,300 --> 00:22:58,433 OF PRIDE THAT YOU CREATED 664 00:22:58,433 --> 00:23:00,566 SOMETHING LIKE THIS. 665 00:23:00,566 --> 00:23:01,966 >> AND THE PEACEFULNESS OF THE 666 00:23:01,966 --> 00:23:04,600 HOUSE EXTENDS FAR BEYOND THE 667 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:06,433 COCOONED WALLS. 668 00:23:06,433 --> 00:23:11,300 ♪♪ 669 00:23:11,300 --> 00:23:12,600 >> ONCE THE HOUSE WAS BUILT, 670 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:15,266 THEN I HAD TO CREATE MY OASIS. 671 00:23:15,266 --> 00:23:17,666 I USED RIPRAP, WHICH WAS STONE 672 00:23:17,666 --> 00:23:20,066 AND STUCK IT ON THE HILLSIDE TO 673 00:23:20,066 --> 00:23:21,766 HOLD THE HILLSIDE BACK AND I WAS 674 00:23:21,766 --> 00:23:23,866 TRYING TO CAPTURE A DESERT THEME 675 00:23:23,866 --> 00:23:26,200 HERE AND THEN I BUILT THE 676 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:28,233 WATERFALL WHICH IS ALL LOCAL 677 00:23:28,233 --> 00:23:29,900 CREEK ROCK, THAT I PICKED UP 678 00:23:29,900 --> 00:23:35,766 EVERY SICKLE ONE SINGLE ONE OF THEM HERE 679 00:23:35,766 --> 00:23:36,500 AND SCRIBED THEM OFF AND LATE. 680 00:23:36,500 --> 00:23:38,266 EVERY STONE ON THIS LANDSCAPING, 681 00:23:38,266 --> 00:23:42,466 I LAID BY HAND PERSONALLY. 682 00:23:42,466 --> 00:23:44,033 >> AS THE DESERT THEME EXTENDS 683 00:23:44,033 --> 00:23:46,933 FROM THE COURTYARD TO THE 684 00:23:46,933 --> 00:23:49,366 SOUTHWEST AMBIENCE OF THE HOME, 685 00:23:49,366 --> 00:23:54,100 COMPLETE WITH METAL WORK AND 686 00:23:54,100 --> 00:23:55,466 VEGAS AND CAUCUS THAT SPROUT IN 687 00:23:55,466 --> 00:23:57,233 A MIDWEST WINTER. 688 00:23:57,233 --> 00:23:58,533 >> HAVING A DESERT SOUTHWEST 689 00:23:58,533 --> 00:23:59,566 THEMED HOUSE IN THE CENTER OF 690 00:23:59,566 --> 00:24:02,233 THE MIDWEST IS RATHER UNIQUE AND 691 00:24:02,233 --> 00:24:04,033 I GUESS THAT WOULD BE MY 692 00:24:04,033 --> 00:24:05,366 PERSONALITY AS WELL. 693 00:24:05,366 --> 00:24:06,600 >> AND IT'S NOT JUST THE DECOR 694 00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:09,200 THAT REFLECTS CHAZZ'S CHARACTER. 695 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:10,666 THE HOME ALSO BENEFITS THE 696 00:24:10,666 --> 00:24:12,500 ENVIRONMENT, SOMETHING IMPORTANT 697 00:24:12,500 --> 00:24:12,866 TO CHAZZ. 698 00:24:12,866 --> 00:24:14,566 IT'S CONSIDERED A PASSIVE SOLAR 699 00:24:14,566 --> 00:24:16,866 DOME HOME, PRIMARILY HEATED BY 700 00:24:16,866 --> 00:24:18,400 THE SUN STREAMING IN THROUGH THE 701 00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:20,900 SOUTH FACING WINDOWS. 702 00:24:20,900 --> 00:24:22,466 >> MAINTENANCE IS MINIMAL. 703 00:24:22,466 --> 00:24:23,500 ABSOLUTELY MINIMAL. 704 00:24:23,500 --> 00:24:26,233 I GOT TO MOW MY ROOF EVERY WEEK. 705 00:24:26,233 --> 00:24:30,200 BUT THAT'S WORST MAINTENANCE. 706 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:31,800 WELL, SINCE THE HOUSE WAS BUILT, 707 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:32,900 LOCAL PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO COME 708 00:24:32,900 --> 00:24:34,433 BY AND SEE IT AND I'M ALWAYS 709 00:24:34,433 --> 00:24:35,600 HAPPY TO SHOW IT. 710 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:38,433 IT'S WHAT I'M DOING TO HELP GIVE 711 00:24:38,433 --> 00:24:39,733 BACK TO PEOPLE THAT YOU CAN HAVE 712 00:24:39,733 --> 00:24:41,900 A REALLY, REALLY COOL HOUSE AND 713 00:24:41,900 --> 00:24:43,233 REALLY HELP THE EARTH AT THE 714 00:24:43,233 --> 00:24:43,900 SAME TIME. 715 00:24:43,900 --> 00:24:46,000 AND PEOPLE CAN SEE THAT IN THIS 716 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:47,900 HOUSE. 717 00:24:47,900 --> 00:24:49,100 HOPEFULLY IT INSPIRES PEOPLE TO 718 00:24:49,100 --> 00:24:50,600 BE MORE EFFICIENT OR TAKE SOME 719 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:52,600 OF THE IDEAS OF THIS HOUSE AND 720 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:53,566 INCORPORATE THEM INTO THEIR OWN 721 00:24:53,566 --> 00:24:55,966 HOMES. 722 00:24:55,966 --> 00:24:58,700 >> AND THE HOME HAS NOT ONLY 723 00:24:58,700 --> 00:24:59,800 POSITIVELY IMPACTED THE 724 00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:02,733 ENVIRONMENT, IT'S ALSO IMPACTED 725 00:25:02,733 --> 00:25:03,433 CHAZZ'S LIFE. 726 00:25:03,433 --> 00:25:04,933 >> I OPEN THE DOOR AND WALK IN, 727 00:25:04,933 --> 00:25:10,200 AND IT'S A COZY, VERY WARM 728 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:12,600 FEELING, A BIG... AHH KIND OF 729 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:13,766 FEELING WHEN YOU WALK IN. 730 00:25:13,766 --> 00:25:17,966 IT'S ALWAYS A NICE HOMECOMING. 731 00:25:17,966 --> 00:25:19,900 >> TO SEE MORE EXAMPLES OF 732 00:25:19,900 --> 00:25:21,533 CHAZZ'S EXTRAORDINARY WORK, 733 00:25:21,533 --> 00:25:25,466 VISIT AMSTUDIO.US. 734 00:25:25,466 --> 00:25:26,866 >>> BEFORE WE GO, WE MUST GIVE 735 00:25:26,866 --> 00:25:29,633 CREDIT TO A REMARKABLE INDIANA 736 00:25:29,633 --> 00:25:30,066 ORGANIZATION. 737 00:25:30,066 --> 00:25:30,766 INDIANA LANDMARKS. 738 00:25:30,766 --> 00:25:32,066 THEY WORKED TO SAVE THE MACES 739 00:25:32,066 --> 00:25:34,266 THAT MATTER -- PLACES THAT 740 00:25:34,266 --> 00:25:35,633 MATTER TO HOOSIERS INCLUDING 741 00:25:35,633 --> 00:25:37,033 SEVERAL OF THE HOMES FEATURED 742 00:25:37,033 --> 00:25:37,366 TONIGHT. 743 00:25:37,366 --> 00:25:38,433 LEARN MORE AND SUPPORT THEIR 744 00:25:38,433 --> 00:25:41,800 EFFORTS AT INDIANALANDMARKS.ORG. 745 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:43,533 WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED THIS AMAZING 746 00:25:43,533 --> 00:25:46,233 TOUR OF SOME GREAT INDIANA 747 00:25:46,233 --> 00:25:46,833 ARCHITECTURE. 748 00:25:46,833 --> 00:25:48,333 BUT YOU NEEDN'T STOP HERE. 749 00:25:48,333 --> 00:25:50,066 GO EXPLORE SOME AMAZING HOMES IN 750 00:25:50,066 --> 00:25:50,766 YOUR OWN COMMUNITY. 751 00:25:50,766 --> 00:25:52,233 THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE FOR 752 00:25:52,233 --> 00:25:53,366 TONIGHT. 753 00:25:52,566 --> 00:26:20,933 GOOD EVENING. 754 00:26:20,933 --> 00:26:24,933 >> PRODUCTION SUPPORT FOR "THE 755 00:26:21,733 --> 00:26:24,966 WEEKLY SPECIAL" IS PROVIDED BY: