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W. C. GRYDER HOUSE

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1960, Bruce Goff. 1212 Iola Rd.

Called the “Cat House” by some, this frame and stucco residence, with its upswept parabolic roof and plate glass windows resembling cat eyes, displays Goff’s idiosyncratic design approach. The house’s plan consists of interlocking curvilinear shapes highlighted by inverted-cone balconies and an aggressive arched canopy crossing a semicircular pond. The totality manifests what Goff called a “fantastic architecture” and a “continuous present,” a construction devoid of style and without reference to any period, including its own. The porte-cochere was added in 1967; a Goff-designed screened-in porch on the Old Fort Bayou side has been removed.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Jennifer V.O. Baughn and Michael W. Fazio with Mary Warren Miller
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Citation

Jennifer V.O. Baughn and Michael W. Fazio with Mary Warren Miller, "W. C. GRYDER HOUSE", [Ocean Springs, Mississippi], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/MS-02-GC42.

Print Source

Buildings of Mississippi, Jennifer V. O. Baughn and Michael W. Fazio. With Mary Warren Miller. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2021, 359-359.

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