Property of Lt. and Mrs. Morton D. May, Ladue, Missouri | architect Samuel Marx & Assoc.
Lt. (i.g.) Morton D. May and Mrs. May wanted space but not a palatial coliseum. They gave Samuel Marx and his associates Noel L. Flint and C. W. Schonne free rein to design their home in Ladue, Missouri. Here is their excellent solution. The architects studied their land and followed its natural contours, even paralleling rocky formations in the stone-work on the house and in the garden. Walls were built of reclaimed, local, handmade brick. To satisfy Lt. May's color sense (he is one of the outstanding amateur color photographers), they lashed on an awning of cadmium yellow. The interior spaciousness, divided by leatherette folding walls, is matched by a plan to leave the grounds wild for the most part, keeping the man-made a meld with the natural. Franz Lipp landscaped it.
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source: House and Garden Magazine | January 1945
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