{"id":149,"featured":1,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:31:12","latitude":35.80557400000000001227817847393453121185302734375,"longitude":-78.677057999999988169292919337749481201171875,"title":"Ritcher House","subtitle":"","fullsize":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/1bb80a2f06bc245474eddd8203e9ee1c.jpg","address":"3039 Churchill Road","all_locations":[],"zoom":5,"creator":["RHDC"],"description":"George Matsumoto, a professor of architecture at NC State&#039;s School of Design, incorporated several of Frank Lloyd Wright&#039;s Usonian house ideas in his design for the Ritcher House: passive climate control, aesthetic use of common building materials, and interior spaces intended for contemporary living. The house was much acclaimed in the early 1950s, and was prominently featured in several national magazines of the period. Private residence.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nDate:  1950","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":["<a href=\"https://cityofraleigh0drupal.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/drupal-prod/COR10/RichterHouse_LandmarkOrdinanceAndReport.pdf\">Richter House Landmark Designation Ordinance and Report</a>"],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/1bb80a2f06bc245474eddd8203e9ee1c.jpg":{"id":251,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Ritcher House, 1980s","description":"Image by Jerry Blow Photography, copyright Raleigh Historic Development Commission.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/1bb80a2f06bc245474eddd8203e9ee1c.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/51dc8b49adbf1ffee10f8e329d68de9f.jpg":{"id":325,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Ritcher House, 1994","description":"Image courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/51dc8b49adbf1ffee10f8e329d68de9f.jpg"},"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/2c55e2eb64823685c310e787bccf18b7.jpg":{"id":326,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"Ritcher House, 1994.","description":"Image courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives.","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/2c55e2eb64823685c310e787bccf18b7.jpg"}}}