Prairie Style home by Walter Burley Griffin, 5 bedrooms, brick/wood house plans
Cooley House, 1910-26, a Grand Prairie Style Home Building name: G. B. Cooley House Designer/Architect: Walter Burley Griffin Date of construction: 1910 Location: Monroe, Louisiana Style: Prairie Style Number of sheets: 7 sheets measuring 18" x 24" & 22 sheets measuring 24" x 36" Sheet List (18" x 24") Cover Sheet, Location Map, Notes 2 sheets, Floor Plans, 3/16"=1'-0" 2 sheets, Elevations and Sections, 3/16"=1'-0" Carriage House Plan & Elevations, 3/16"=1'-0" Details Sheet List (24" x 36") Cover Sheet Location Map Notes Site Plan, 1"=20' 6 sheets, Floor Plans, 1/4"=1'-0" 12 sheets, Details, various scales G.B. "Captain" Cooley, son of a riverboat captain and an amateur boater himself made his fortune in the laundry business. When it came time to build a suitably substantial home he turned to one of the leaders of the architectural avant-garde, Walter Burley Griffin. It is likely that Marion Mahony, Griffin's wife and an outstanding draftsperson who worked on many of Fr