The Pope–Leighey House, formerly known as the Loren Pope Residence, is a suburban home in Virginia designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
Wright believed in designing structures that were in harmony with humanity and its environment. 
Wright developed the concept of the Usonian home. The “Usonian Homes” are typically small, single-story dwellings without a garage or much storage. They are often L-shaped to fit around a garden terrace on unusual and inexpensive sites. They are characterized by native materials; flat roofs and large cantilevered overhangs for passive solar heating and natural cooling; natural lighting with clerestory windows; and radiant-floor heating.
Commissioned in 1939 by journalist Loren Pope and his wife Charlotte Pope, the design followed Wright’s Usonian principles and was completed in 1941 at an official cost of $7,000. Pope and his family lived in the house for 6 years.
The L-shaped single-story plan— features two bedrooms and a bathroom.
The Popes sold the home to Robert and Marjorie Leighey in 1946. In 1961, the state of Virginia informed the Leigheys the house would be condemned to make way for Interstate 66. Robert died in 1963, and Marjorie Leighey donated the home to the National Trust for Historic Preservation in 1964.
Located at
9000 Richmond Highway
Alexandria, VA
Right beside Woodlawn plantation
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