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Organic Architecture: Welcoming Frank Lloyd Wright Back to Northwest Arkansas

Author By Joshua Youngblood
Publication date November 11, 2015

Wright and Fay Jones in the Fine Arts Building.

For Special Collections, the opening of the Bachman-Wilson House at Crystal Bridges provides another way to highlight the connection between the Arkansas Architectural Archives and the work of the legendary Frank Lloyd Wright. …Continue Reading Organic Architecture: Welcoming Frank Lloyd Wright Back to Northwest Arkansas

Before Crystal Bridges: A Selection from the Neil Compton Papers (MC 1091)

Author By Joshua Youngblood
Publication date November 10, 2011

Dr. Neil Compton in Crystal Springs Garden

The opening of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas, brings a world-class art museum to northwest Arkansas. The museum is situated on land that belonged to Dr. Neil Compton from 1952 to 1978 when it was sold to the Walton family. …Continue Reading Before Crystal Bridges: A Selection from the Neil Compton Papers (MC 1091)