>> PRODUCTION SUPPORT FOR "THE

WEEKLY SPECIAL" IS PROVIDED BY:

>>> THEY SAY HOME IS WHERE THE

HEART IS.

EXPLORE THE HOOSIER SPIRIT ON

THIS INCREDIBLE TOUR OF HOMES

ACROSS THE STATE.

JOURNEY TO A 19th CENTURY

WANDER, JANE ROSS REED'S

OCTAGONAL HOME.

AND SOMETHING INSPIRED BY THE

WONDERS THE ANCIENT WORLD.

AND HOW SOMEONE SAVED THE WORK

OF A FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

APPRENTICE.

FIND THE HOME OF YOUR DREAMS ON

TONIGHT'S "WEEKLY SPECIAL"!

♪♪

>> HELLO AND WELCOME TO THE

"WEEKLY SPECIAL," I'M DARRYL

NEHER.

WE ARE GOING TO BEGIN WITH JANE

ROSS LEE'S HOME.

IN 1879, SHE BUILT HER PERFECT

HOME, ALBEIT AN UNUSUAL SHAPE.

>> IN 1876, WIDOWER, JANE ROSS

LEE, A DESCENDANT OF BETSY ROSS

HAPPENED UPON BLUEPRINTS

ADVERTISING FOR AN OF OCTAGONAL

HOME.

IT OFFERED PLENTY OF ROOM FOR

HER 12 CHILDREN.

SHE KNEW SHE HAD TO HAVE ONE AND

SO, SHE TUCKED AWAY SILVER

DOLLARSARS UNTIL SHE SAVED ENOUGH

MONEY, TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION AT

HER FARM IN WILLOW BRANCH,

INDIANA.

THE HOME WAS COMPLETED IN 1879,

BUT AS THE GENERATIONS PASSED

AND THE FARM CHANGED HANDS, THE

HOUSE WAS ABANDONED, LEFT TO

DETERIORATE UNTIL ITS INEVITABLE

DESTRUCTION.

>> OUR PRESIDENT AT THE TIME WAS

DARRYL TACKS DACS AND HE OVERHEARD

THAT THE HOUSE WAS TO BE BURNT,

THEY CONTACTED THE GREENFIELD

FIRE DEPARTMENT.

SO DARRYL WANTED TO LOOK AT THIS

FIRE DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE HE KNEW

IT WAS AN HISTORICAL HOME.

HE JUST ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE WAY

THE HOUSE LOOKED, WAS DESIGNED

AND ORIGINAL FIXTURES THAT HE

SAW.

HE JUST FELL IN LOVE WITH IT.

>> DARRYL RACED BACK TO HIS

HOMETOWN, WHERE HE CALLED AN

EMERGENCY MEETING AMONG FRIENDS.

HE HOPED THAT WHEN THEY SAW THE

HOUSE, THEY WOULD WANT TO SAVE

IT TOO.

>> AND WHEN I SEEN IT, I THOUGHT

WHY DOES ANYBODY WANT THAT

THING?

AND WE WENT IN -- NOW THEY WERE

RAISING HOGS IN IT AND CATTLE,

AND IT HAD COONS IN.

IT WAS A MESS!

AND SO WE WALKED UP, AND I SAID,

DARRYL, IT WILL COST A FORTUNE

TO FIX THAT PLACE AND I'M NOT

SURE YOU COULD PICK IT UP.

I SAID, IT'S TERRIBLE.

OH, JOHN -- DARRYL WAS

OPTIMISTIC.

OH, DON, WE CAN DO THAT.

HE SAID, WE'VE GOT TO GET A

GROUP TOGETHER.

>> EVENTUALLY THE TWO RETIREES

ROUNDED UP AN ADDITIONAL FIVE

FRIENDS, INCLUDING VIRGINIA'S

HUSBAND, LEMOYNE HERALD.

THEY BEGAN PREPARATIONS TO MOVE

IT TO ITS NEW LOCATION, THE OLD

RAILROAD YARD.

FINALLY IN 1997, WITH THE HELP

OF INDIANA LANDMARKS, THE TEAM

CAREFULLY MANEUVERED THE HOME

NINE MILES IN FARMERS' FIELDS

AND DOWN STATE ROOT 234.

TO SHIRLEY, WHERE THE SEVEN

RETIREES WORKED DAY AND NIGHT TO

RESTORE THE OLD FARMHOUSE.

>> IT WAS ALL FRIENDS.

WE KNEW EACH OTHER FOREVER.

AND WE JUST WORKED TOGETHER

GOOD.

WE NEVER ARGUED ABOUT NOTHING

THAT I KNOW OF.

AND WE WOULD JUST HAVE A REALLY

GOOD TIME GETTING TOGETHER.

AND THEN WE WOULD COME TO, WHAT

ARE WE GOING TO DO NEXT?

AND KIND OF LAY OUT SOMETHING TO

DO, BUT IT WAS HARD BECAUSE OF

MONEY.

>> TO PAY THE BILL, THE MEN

CHOPPED AND SOLD FIREWOOD IN THE

COMMUNITY.

VIRGINIA EVENTUALLY JOINED THE

CREW TO FIND VARIOUS PRODUCTS.

THE MISSING STAIRCASE WAS

REBUILT AND THE GINGERBREAD

HANDRAIL, AND THE ORIGINAL

FLOORS SANDED AND STAINED AND

OVER 20 YEARS, THE HOUSE CAME

ALIVE AGAIN.

>> THEY KEPT PLUGGING ALONG.

THEY HAVE GOTTEN IT TO THIS

POINT.

IT'S TAKEN 20 YEARS BUT THEY

HAVE GOTTEN IT HERE.

IT'S PRETTY MUCH RESTORED EXCEPT

FOR A FEW THINGS THAT NOW NEEDS

TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.

BUT I NEVER THOUGHT THAT -- I

NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD EVER LOOK

LIKE THIS.

NOT REALLY.

>> TODAY THE HOME IS ON A

NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC

PLACES AND IT'S NO WONDER.

OF THE 2,000 OCTAGONAL HOMES

BUILT, ONLY FIVE REMAIN IN

INDIANA.

AND JANE ROSS REED'S HOME IS THE

ONLY ONE NOT TO HAVE BEEN

ALTERED BUT COMMUNITY MEMBERS

HAVE SPONSORED THE RESTORATION

OF THE ROOMS BACK TO THEIR

PREVIOUS STATE, GUIDED BY THE

RECOLLECTION OF JANE'S

GRANDCHILDREN, AND THE

DETERMINATION OF THE MEN.

SADLY, ONLY THREE REMAIN TODAY.

BUT THE WORK CONTINUES AND

VISITORS CAN SEE THEM AT THE

HOUSE.

>> IT HAS A WONDERFUL

ATMOSPHERE, BEING IN THIS HOME

IS A PLEASANT PLACE TO BE.

AND I HAVE BEEN IN IT ALL THE

TIME SINCE '94.

IT'S BEEN A JOY.

IT'S NOT A PROBLEM.

IT'S NOT HARD.

IT'S NOT LIKE I'M TAKING TIME

OUT OF MY DAY TO BE HERE TODAY.

I'M HERE BECAUSE I LOVE IT.

>> IT'S A GATHERING PLACE FOR

THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY NOW.

IT BRINGS PEOPLE TO SHIRLEY.

THEY KNOW WHERE WE ARE AT NOW.

WE WERE TRYING TO PRESERVE THE

HISTORY, FOR THE FUTURE

GENERATION THAT THEY CAN COME

AND TAKE TOURS.

THEY CAN SEE WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE

IN 1879.

>> EACH MONTH, THE GROUP HOSTS A

CHICKEN NOODLE DINNER, AND EACH

DECEMBER 00S VISIT THE HOME FOR

ITS ANNUAL -- HUNDREDS VISIT THE

HOME FOR ITS ANNUAL CHRISTMAS

TREE DISPLAY IT'S ALL PART OF

THE DESIRE TO CREATE NEW

MEMORIES OF FRIENDS AND FAMILY

AND THE JANE ROSS REED HOME ONCE

MORE.

>> EVERY DAY IT LOOKS MORE

BEAUTIFUL TO ME.

I CAN SEE THE LOVE THAT THESE

MEN HAVE PUT INTO IT.

AND THE LOVE THAT I PUT INTO IT.

>> YOU CAN BOOK YOUR OWN TOUR OR

SPECIAL EVENTS AT THE JANE ROSS

REED'S OCTAGONAL HOME, CALL

VIRGINIA HERALD AT 765-738-6736.

NOW IF YOU WANT TO VISIT A

PYRAMID, YOU DON'T NEED TO

TRAVEL TO EGYPT.

YOU CAN GO TO BROWN COUNTY, AND

SEE A HOME THAT HARKENS BACK TO

AN ANCIENT TIME.

♪♪

>> WELL, I WAS WALKING THROUGH

THE WOODS, GOING BACK TO MY

CABIN ONE DEAN A I DAY, AND I WAS TRUCK.

IT WAS ACTUALLY I SAW THE

DIFFERENT PARTS OF THIS HOUSE.

I HAD NEVER BUILT ANYTHING,

NEVER DESIGNED ANYTHING, BUT I

HAD THIS IDEA AND IT WAS SO

COMPELLING THAT I JUST DEVOTED

AWFUL MY ATTENTION TO IT.

SO I TAUGHT MYSELF HOW TO BUILD.

I HAD TO BORROW A HAMMER AND SAW

TO START.

>> HE ACQUIRED TIMBER FROM

FRIENDS AND FAMILY, TRAYING TRYING HIS

HAND AT SMALLER SCALE STRUCTURES

WHILE LOOKING FOR THE PERFECT

PROPERTY FOR HIS NEW HOME.

>> SOMEONE SAW THIS LAND OVER

HERE AND SUGGESTED I LOOKED AT.

I WALKED IT, I LIKED THIS BUT

WHEN I GOT RIGHT TO WHERE THE

CENTER OF HOUSE WAS, I HAD A

FEELING.

IT JUST FELT LIKE, I DON'T KNOW,

HOME OR SOMETHING.

A FEELING.

I THOUGHT THIS IS THE SPOT.

WHEN I FIRST STARTED, I WAS 23.

I JUST FOLLOWED MY INSPIRATION

AND MY VISION.

I DIDN'T HAVE ANY IDEA HOW TO DO

IT, BUT I JUST FOLLOWED IT.

AND I STARTED FIGURING OUT HOW

YOU TO DO THAT.

IT TOLD ME HOW TO BE AN

ARCHITECT.

IT TAUGHT ME DESIGN.

I HAD TO LEARN ENGINEERING.

SLOWLY, SLOWLY, ALL OF THIS

STUFF CAME TO ME.

I DEVELOPED IT TO MANIFEST THIS

DREAM I HAD.

>> THE QUEST LED DANIEL TO

ACTUALLY PURSUE ARCHITECTURE AS

A CAREER.

STARTING WITH LOG CABINS EVEN CABINS AND

EVOLVING INTO MORE SOPHISTICATED

DESIGNS AND STRUCTURES.

>> I STARTED OUT WITH WITH $700 TO

START.

I DUG THE FOUNDATION BY HAND.

I POURED THE CONCRETE, GOT THE

LOGS FOR THE POST AND BEAM

STRUCTURE, WHICH IS A VERY EASY

AND STRONG WAY TO BUILD A

BUILDING.

AND JUST WORKED FROM THERE.

WHAT THE HELL IS IT?

I HEARD THAT A LOT FROM PEOPLE.

THEY HAD NO IDEA.

THEY HAD NEVER SEEN ANYTHING

LIKE THIS.

AND THEY KIND OF WENT ALONG WITH

ME BECAUSE OF ME BUT THEY HAD

NO -- THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.

>> BUT THE DOUBTS DIDN'T STOP

FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS FROM

JUMPING IN TO HELP WITH

CONSTRUCTION.

HARKENING BACK TO AN ERA WHEN

COMMUNITIES WERE BUILT TOGETHER.

>> I NEEDED TO GET THESE BIG

LOGS UP THERE.

THEY WERE 32-FOOT LONG LOGS.

THAT'S A LOT OF WEIGH.

I HAD NO IDEA HOW TO DO IT BUT

THERE WAS A NEIGHBOR OVER HERE,

A REAL OLD TIMER AND HE GREW

TOBACCO, AND HE USED A TEAM OF

HORSES.

HE KNEW SOMETHING ABOUT BARN

RAISING.

SO HE COMES OVER TO HELP ME.

THE NEIGHBORS AROUND THE AREA

HEARD ABOUT IT.

SO THE CHURCH PEOPLE CAME DOWN

ON SUNDAY.

AND MY FRIENDS FROM INDIANAPOLIS

CAME DOWN, AND IT WAS JUST LIKE

THIS BARN RAISING.

IT WAS JUST A WONDERFUL

EXPERIENCING.

WE PUT SMALLER LOGS FROM THE

GROUND UP TO IT, LIKE A RAMP AND

THEN WE -- THEN MAYBE 10, 12 OF

US ROLLED THE LOGS BY HAND UP

THE RAMP.

AND THEN ONCE WE GOT THEM UP

HERE, WE CHOPPED THEM OUT AND

PEGGED THEM TOGETHER WITH BLACK

WALNUT PEGS AND WE PUT THEM DOWN

AND THE TEAM OF HORSES PULLED

AND THE SIDES CAME UP.

AND THEN THEY WENT BACK TO GO

AND WE PEGGED THEM TOGETHER WITH

BLACK WALNUT PEGS.

I KEPT FILLING IN EACH OF THESE

SECTIONS OF SIX-POINTED STAR

UNTIL I GOT THE WALLS AND THE

ROOF AROUND AND I WAS ABLE TO

ENCLOSE IT.

AND THEN IN 1986, BASICALLY THIS

WAS ALL DONE.

THE HOUSE IS APPROXIMATELY 9,000

SQUARE FEET.

IT'S A 12-SIDED REGULAR

POLYGONE.

SO EVERYTHING IS SYMMETRICAL.

>> THE SYMMETRY IS NOT

ACCIDENTAL.

THE ENTIRE HOUSE IS

PROPORTIONAL.

DOOR FOR DOOR, STAIRCASE FOR

STAIRCASE.

IT'S A BALANCE IN DESIGN THAT

DANIEL SAYS WAS INSPIRED BY

ANCIENT SOURCES, LIKE THE

PARTHENON AND THE GREAT PYRAMIDS

OF EGYPT.

>> IT'S BASED ON GEOMETRY.

AND THE CENTER OF THE FLOOR

DESIGN, IS 108 PILLAR LOADED.

IT INCREASES BY 1.6.4.

I TRIED TO USE SACRED GEOMETRY

IN ALL THE DESIGN AND THE

PROPORTIONS OF THE HOUSE.

IT'S NATURALLY HARMONIC.

AND PEOPLE SENSE THAT AND FEEL

IT.

>> ANCIENT INSPIRED DESIGN CAN

BE FOUND THROUGHOUT THE

PROPERTY.

THIS GLASS WINDOW, CRYSTAL

CENTER PRECISELY CATCHES THE

SUN'S RAYS ON THE SPRING AND

FALL EQUINOX.

1.5 MILLION POUNDS OF QUARRIED

ROUGHBACK, BUILT INTO AN

AMPHITHEATER, THAT SUGGESTS

STONE HEDGE.

IT'S NOT JUST UTILIZED FOR

SYMBOLISM.

IT'S CONSIDERED A PASSIVE SOLAR

HOUSE AND INCORPORATES MULTIPLE

ENERGY EFFICIENT FEATURES LIKE

RUSSIAN FIREPLACES AND

GEOTHERMAL HEATING AND COOLING.

>> I NEVER STOPPED WORKING ON

THE HOME.

I WON'T STOP UNTIL I DIE, I

DON'T THINK.

THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING TO KEEP

GOING WITH.

BUT YOU CAN IMAGINE IF YOU BUILD

A ROOM 40 YEARS AGO AND YOU KEEP

BUILDING ALL OF THESE ROOMS BY

THE TIME YOU GET BACK AROUND TO

THAT ROOM, IT NEEDS REMODELING.

IT'S LIKE AN ENDLESS CYCLE.

IT'S LIKE THIS LIVING THING.

I MEAN, EVER SINCE THAT DAY,

WHEN I SAW THE VISION OF IT,

JUST LIVING IN ME.

IT'S ALWAYS THERE.

I'M TRYING TO CREATE SOMETHING

THAT UPLIFTS PEOPLE AND NOT

CREATES A CONFLICT BUT CREATES

PEACE.

IT CREATES HARMONY.

AND I THINK BUILDINGS WHERE YOU

PUT YOUR HEART AND SOUL INTO IT

AND YOUR MIND INTO IT, IT STARTS

TO BECOME A LIVING THING.

>> REDESIGN CAN BE FOUND ON A

SMALLER SCALE IN A TINY BUNGALOW

WITH CONNECTION AN A COONIC

ARCHITECT.

>> YOU MAY NOT REALIZE THAT THIS

SMALL BUNGALOW TUCKED ON CAMPUS

HAS BEEN NAMED ONE OF INDIANA'S

MUST-SEE BUILDINGS.

OF THE PETER MARGANO HOME BUILT

BY WES PETER WHO GAINED FAME AS

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S RIGHT-HAND

MAN.

>> THE MORE YOU READ AND HEAR

ABOUT WES PETERS, THE MORE YOU

APPRECIATE WHAT A BRILLIANT GUY

HE WAS.

WES PETER GRADUATED FROM HIGH

SCHOOL AT BOSSY HIGH SCHOOL HERE

IN INDIANAPOLIS AND THEN MOVED

ON TO EVANSVILLE COLLEGE FOR ONE

YEAR AND TRANSFERRED TO M.I.T.

FOR TWO YEARS, WHERE HE STUDIED

ARCHITECTURE.

>> IT WAS AT M.I.T. THAT PETERS

FIRST READ THE WRITINGS OF FRANK

LLOYD WRIGHT.

INSPIRED, HE DECIDED TO JOIN

WRIGHT'S NEWLY FORM SCHOOL OF

DESIGN.

TALISMAN.

>> HE WAS THE FIRST FELLOW.

>> THROUGHOUT 1932, PETERS AND

HIS FELLOW APPRENTICES STUDIED

UNDER THE TUTELEDGE.

PETERS RETURN OF EVANSVILLE,

HOWEVER, DESPITE HAVING NO JOB

AND VERY LITTLE MEANS, PETERS

SOON EMPARKED ON HIS FIRST

PROJECT.

>> THE STYLE OF THE PETERS HOUSE

IS EWE STONIANIS USTONIAN STYLE.

AND WE FEEL THAT THIS IS THE

FIRST OF ITS TYPE BECAUSE THE

FIRST OFFICIAL USTONIAN HOME IS

THE JACOBS HOUSE BUILT IN 1936.

THIS PREDATES THAT BY TWO YEARS.

THE ESTONIAN ARCHITECTURAL

MOVEMENT WAS MEN TO PROVIDE

HOUSING FOR THE COMMON MAN,

PEOPLE OF MODEST MEANS.

SO IT NEEDED TO BE AFFORDABLE.

IT NEEDED TO BE EFFICIENT IN ITS

USE OF MATERIALS AND ITS USE OF

LAND AND IT NEEDED TO BE EASILY

CONSTRUCTED OUT OF LOCAL

MATERIALS.

>> OAK IS SHOWCASED THROUGHOUT

THE HOME, AS WELL AS MANY OTHER

FEATURES CHARACTERISTIC OF THE

EWEUSTONIAN STYLE, HIGH-PLACED

WINDOWS FOR PRIVACY IN THE FRONT

AND FLOOR-TO-CEILING GLASS

PANELS IN THE BACK TO EMPHASIZE

A STRONG CONNECTION BETWEEN THE

INTERIOR AND THE EXTERIOR

DESIGN.

>> SOME OF THE INNOVATIONS HERE

ARE UNIQUE TO THIS BUILDING,

SUCH AS THE SHUTTERS, THE

INTERNAL SHUTTERS FOR

CIRCULATION.

THE IDEA OF THE GREAT ROOM WHICH

IS VERY COMMON IN THESE DAYS WAS

INNOVATIVE AT THE TIME.

AND THIS HAS A VERY GOOD EARLY

EXAMPLE OF A GREAT ROOM, WHICH

CAN BE USED FOR FAMILY

GATHERINGS.

IT WAS A DINING ROOM.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS A PLACE FOR

FAMILIES TO CONGREGATE.

AFTER THIS HOUSE WAS DESIGNED,

IT WAS OCCUPIED BY HIS COUSIN,

JAMES MARGADANT WITH THE FOUR

KIDS.

AND SO THERE'S SIX PEOPLE LIVING

IN 550 SQUARE FEET.

>> PETERS HIMSELF NEVER LIVED IN

THE HOUSE.

AFTER SVETLANA, TURNED 18, THEY

MARRIED AND RETURNING TO TALLY

HETALIESENT.

COMPLETING MANUFACTURE WRIGHT'S

PROJECTS AS WELL AS DESIGNING

HIS OWN BUILDINGS.

WHILE HIS FIRST DESIGN WAS NOT

FORGOTTEN, IT WAS IN JEOPARDY.

LANDING ON INDIANA LANDMARKS 10

MOST ENDANGERED LIST IN 2012.

>> ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO, A GROUP

OF PEOPLE BEING COMMUNITY

MEMBERS CAME TOGETHER AND THEY

WERE -- THEY WERE CONCERNED WITH

PRESERVING THIS HOUSE BECAUSE IT

HAD BEEN VACATED IN 2012.

PEOPLE FROM THAT GROUP INCLUDED

REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE MAYOR'S

OFFICE, FROM INDIANA LANDMARKS,

CONCERNED COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND

THEN WE WERE BROUGHT INTO THE

DISCUSSION AS A POSSIBLE PLACE

FOR THIS HOUSE TO, MOVED TO.

>> AS A PROFESSOR OF ART HISTORY

AT THE UNIVERSITY, HEIDI HELPED

TO LEAD THE SEARCH FOR THE NEW

LOCATION, SELECTING A SPOT RIGHT

NEXT TO THE VERY ENGINEERING

BUILDING PETERS HAD ATTENDED

WHILE THE EVANSVILLE COLLEGE.

INDIANA LANDMARKS STEPPED IN TO

PURCHASE THE ABANDONED HOME WITH

A GRANT FROM THE CITY AND THE

FRIENDS OF THE HOUSE GROUP

RAISED THE MONEY NECESSARY TO

FUND THE HOME'S MOVE AND

RESTORATION.

ON AUGUST 22nd, 2016, AFTER

TWO YEARS OF METICULOUS

PLANNING, THE HOME WAS CAREFULLY

CARRIED ONE AND A HALF MILES TO

ITS NEW LOCATION ON THE

UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE CAMPUS.

>> THE REAL INTEGRITY OF HOME

WAS IN ITS INTERIOR.

THE FACT THAT THE WOOD WORK HAD

NEVER BEEN PAINTED WAS PRETTY

PHENOMENAL.

AND WE KNEW THAT BRINGING

TOGETHER THE GROUPS THAT WE DID,

THAT WE COULD RECONSTRUCT IT AS

CLOSE TO ITS ORIGINAL CONDITION

AS POSSIBLE.

>> ON MARCH 30th, AFTER FOUR

MONTHS OF HARD WORK, THE FRIENDS

OF THE PETERS MARGADANT HOUSE

GROUP OFFICIALLY DEDICATED THE

HOME.

FOR HEIDI, THE HOUSE SERVES AS A

PERFECT EDUCATIONAL TOOL FOR HER

MUSEUM AND GALLERY CLASS WHERE

THE STUDENTS CAN LEARN HOW TO

LEAD TOURS AND PRESENT EXHIBIT

MATERIALS IN A REAL LIFE

ENVIRONMENT.

>> THERE'S A GREAT EXPERIENTIAL

SET OF OPPORTUNITIES HERE, BUT

IT'S ALSO A PLACE WHERE STUDENTS

FROM AGE 6 TO 96 CAN COME TO

LEARN ABOUT THIS HOUSE AND ITS

ROLE AND THE USTONIAN

ARCHITECTURAL MOVEMENT AND FRANK

LLOYD WRIGHT AND WES PETERS'

STORY.

>> WE OFTEN ASK, YOU KNOW, WHAT

IDEAS DID WES PETERS COME UP

WITH INDEPENDENT OF WRIGHT AND

HIS PRACTICE THAT MIGHT BE

EVIDENT IN THIS HOUSE OR IN

OTHER WORK THAT CAME OUT OF

WRIGHT'S FIRM.

IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO

DETERMINE, BUT AS THIS HOUSE AND

THIS PROJECT PROMOTES THE

DISCUSSION ABOUT WILLIAM WESLEY

PETERS, WE THINK MORE AND MORE

OF HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO MODERN

ARCHITECTURE WILL COME TO LIGHT.

>> TO LEARN HOW TO VISIT THE

PETERS MARGADANT HOUSE ARE

FOLLOW ALONG WITH THE RATEST

RESTORATION, VISIT THEIR

FACEBOOK PAGE.

>>> LAST YEAR, WE DID A PROFILE

ON SCULPTOR CHAZZ.

WELL, THIS YEAR WE HAD TO GO

BACK AND DO A STORY ON HIS

INCREDIBLE HOME.

TAKE A LOOK.

>> CHAZZ KAISER IS KNOWN ACROSS

THE MIDWEST FOR HIS METAL WORK

BUT WHAT MANY DON'T KNOW IS WHAT

WONDERS LIE JUST BENEATH THE

SURFACE.

IN THE HOUSE CHAZZ WAS CREATING

WAS ANYTHING BUT ORDINARY.

>> FRIENDS WOULD LOOK AT ME,

WHEN I WOULD TELL THEM WHAT I'M

DO, THEY WOULD SHAKE THEIR HEAD

AND SAY, OH, IT'S JUST CHAZZ.

BUT I KNEW IT WAS TOOL.

I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO WORK.

MY FATHER THOUGHT MAYBE I SHOULD

BE COMMITTED.

[ LAUGHTER ]

I TOLD MY FATHER THAT I WANTED

TO BUILD AN INGROUND SOLAR DOME

HOME AND HE SHOOK HIS HEAD, BUT

HE SUPPORTED ME AND TOGETHER ME

AND HIM BUILT IT AND IT TURNED

INTO A GREAT HOUSE OF WHICH THAT

HE WAS PROBABLY MORE PROUD OF IT

THAN I WAS.

>> CHAZZ WAS ABLE TO BRING HIS

IDEA TO LIFE WITH THE HELP OF AN

UNDERGROUND HOME COMPANY CALLED

EARTH SHELTER SYSTEMS.

TOGETHER, THEY CREATED THE

DESIGN AND BLUEPRINT FOR HIS

HOME.

>> IT COMES ON A

TRACTOR-TRAILER.

YOU GET ALL THE MATERIAL, BRING

IT TO YOUR SITE, AND YOU JUST

BOLT IT TOGETHER.

IT'S REALLY SIMPLE TO DO.

AND I HAD HAD FRIENDS COME OVER

AND WOULD HELP ME WIRE TIE REBAR

AND HELP ME FRAME AND HELP ME

PLASTER AND HELP ME LAY DOWN THE

FLOOR.

AND MY FATHER WOULD SIT BACK

HERE ON A BUCKET AND CUT 4-INCH

CONCRETE WIRES ALL DAY LONG.

AND JUST CUT 'EM AND CUT 'EM AND

CUT 'EM AND THEN THAT NIGHT, HE

WOULD BE ON THE OUTSIDE, I WOULD

BE ON THE INSIDE.

I WOULD POKE THEM THROUGH, AND

HE WOULD TWIST THEM OFF.

>> CHAZZ WAS IN A COMPANY THAT

SPECIALIZES IN USING COMPRESSED

AIR TO SHOOT CONCRETE ON TO

STRUCTURED.

THEY WORKED 12 HOURS NONSTOP TO

COMPLETE THE ROOF.

>> THEY WORK.

THEY WORK LIKE BEES.

THEY JUST WORK REALLY, REALLY

HARD, REALLY, REALLY FAST,

BECAUSE IT'S SETTING UP REALLY

QUICKLY.

THERE'S 72 YARDS OF CONCRETE ON

THIS HOUSE.

AND THIS HOUSE IS ABLE TO

WITHSTAND A D-9 BULLDOZER ON TOP

WHICH IS A VERY BIG BULLDOZER.

>> AS CHAZZ NEARED CLOSER TO THE

COMPLETION OF HIS HOME, HIS

STRENGTH AND WILL POWER WAS PUT

TO THE TEST.

>> IT'S A RANGE OF EMOTIONS FROM

BUILDING A HOUSE LIKE THIS, FROM

START TO FINISH IS EXCITEMENT IN

THE BUILDING, ENTHUSIASTIC, AND

I'M NOT TOO PROUD TO SAY THAT

HALFWAY THROUGH, I SAT OUTSIDE

AND CRIED BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW

HOW I WAS GOING TO GET IT DONE.

I'M WORKING A FULL 8 TO 10 HOURS

IN MY JOB AND COME BACK HERE AND

WORKWORK UNTIL MIDNIGHT AND GO BACK

TO THE HOUSE AND TAKE A SHOWER

AND WAKE UP AND DO IT ALL OVER

AGAIN.

AND THAT WAS FOR SIX AND A HALF

MONTHS.

AND NOW I SIT OUT ON THE

COURTYARD AND REMEMBER BACK AND

IT MAKES YOU FEEL REALLY, REALLY

GOOD.

YOU DO GET A REALLY NICE SENSE

OF PRIDE THAT YOU CREATED

SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

>> AND THE PEACEFULNESS OF THE

HOUSE EXTENDS FAR BEYOND THE

COCOONED WALLS.

♪♪

>> ONCE THE HOUSE WAS BUILT,

THEN I HAD TO CREATE MY OASIS.

I USED RIPRAP, WHICH WAS STONE

AND STUCK IT ON THE HILLSIDE TO

HOLD THE HILLSIDE BACK AND I WAS

TRYING TO CAPTURE A DESERT THEME

HERE AND THEN I BUILT THE

WATERFALL WHICH IS ALL LOCAL

CREEK ROCK, THAT I PICKED UP

EVERY SICKLE ONE SINGLE ONE OF THEM HERE

AND SCRIBED THEM OFF AND LATE.

EVERY STONE ON THIS LANDSCAPING,

I LAID BY HAND PERSONALLY.

>> AS THE DESERT THEME EXTENDS

FROM THE COURTYARD TO THE

SOUTHWEST AMBIENCE OF THE HOME,

COMPLETE WITH METAL WORK AND

VEGAS AND CAUCUS THAT SPROUT IN

A MIDWEST WINTER.

>> HAVING A DESERT SOUTHWEST

THEMED HOUSE IN THE CENTER OF

THE MIDWEST IS RATHER UNIQUE AND

I GUESS THAT WOULD BE MY

PERSONALITY AS WELL.

>> AND IT'S NOT JUST THE DECOR

THAT REFLECTS CHAZZ'S CHARACTER.

THE HOME ALSO BENEFITS THE

ENVIRONMENT, SOMETHING IMPORTANT

TO CHAZZ.

IT'S CONSIDERED A PASSIVE SOLAR

DOME HOME, PRIMARILY HEATED BY

THE SUN STREAMING IN THROUGH THE

SOUTH FACING WINDOWS.

>> MAINTENANCE IS MINIMAL.

ABSOLUTELY MINIMAL.

I GOT TO MOW MY ROOF EVERY WEEK.

BUT THAT'S WORST MAINTENANCE.

WELL, SINCE THE HOUSE WAS BUILT,

LOCAL PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO COME

BY AND SEE IT AND I'M ALWAYS

HAPPY TO SHOW IT.

IT'S WHAT I'M DOING TO HELP GIVE

BACK TO PEOPLE THAT YOU CAN HAVE

A REALLY, REALLY COOL HOUSE AND

REALLY HELP THE EARTH AT THE

SAME TIME.

AND PEOPLE CAN SEE THAT IN THIS

HOUSE.

HOPEFULLY IT INSPIRES PEOPLE TO

BE MORE EFFICIENT OR TAKE SOME

OF THE IDEAS OF THIS HOUSE AND

INCORPORATE THEM INTO THEIR OWN

HOMES.

>> AND THE HOME HAS NOT ONLY

POSITIVELY IMPACTED THE

ENVIRONMENT, IT'S ALSO IMPACTED

CHAZZ'S LIFE.

>> I OPEN THE DOOR AND WALK IN,

AND IT'S A COZY, VERY WARM

FEELING, A BIG... AHH KIND OF

FEELING WHEN YOU WALK IN.

IT'S ALWAYS A NICE HOMECOMING.

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>>> BEFORE WE GO, WE MUST GIVE

CREDIT TO A REMARKABLE INDIANA

ORGANIZATION.

INDIANA LANDMARKS.

THEY WORKED TO SAVE THE MACES

THAT MATTER -- PLACES THAT

MATTER TO HOOSIERS INCLUDING

SEVERAL OF THE HOMES FEATURED

TONIGHT.

LEARN MORE AND SUPPORT THEIR

EFFORTS AT INDIANALANDMARKS.ORG.

WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED THIS AMAZING

TOUR OF SOME GREAT INDIANA

ARCHITECTURE.

BUT YOU NEEDN'T STOP HERE.

GO EXPLORE SOME AMAZING HOMES IN

YOUR OWN COMMUNITY.

THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE FOR

TONIGHT.

GOOD EVENING.

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