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• 2012 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry
• Significance: It was designed by Eunie Fay Jones and Ernest "Ernie" Jacks in 1950. At that time, Jones and Jacks were students of the Architecture School at the University of Arkansas. It was designed as a house for the Chairman of the Philosophy Department at the nearby University of Arkansas, Harold Hantz, and his family. The design utilizes many of the post-war Modern movement ideas that both architects would come to embrace and redefine in their later careers.

The house is located on a gently sloping hill at the edge of the University of Arkansas campus. The site overlooks the distant Boston Mountains, and this became a major component in determining the overall design idea for the house. Jones and Jacks both would see this as an opportunity to incorporate some of the California Modernist movement ideas that they'd been exposed to while serving in WWII on the west coast. Clean lines, detailed structure and a respect for nature and the site are all seen here in this project. The open plan of the major communal space demonstrates the ideas that they had about spatial organization. This and the use of very minimal divisions in the glazing to the south also meant that the view out of the house would remain unobstructed giving one the impression that they were transported to the canopy of the surrounding trees. Given the use of student designers and the Hantzes strict desire to stay within budget, this house is a clear demonstration of beauty, functionality and economy that would become the standard for architecture and the arts in Fayetteville.

• Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1826
• Survey number: HABS AR-54
• Building/structure dates: 1950 Initial Construction