The Jorgine Boomer Residence

1953

5808 No. 30th Street
Phoenix, AZ 85016


Wright designed this residence for Jorgine Boomer, who was a member of the DuPont Family.  The house was designed for a single person, but included a separate structure that housed servant and chauffeur quarters.  Desert masonry and wood sheathing were used on this structure, which  was set on an equilateral parallelogram grid.  For some very interesting photos and information about this house, look here.  Miss Boomer did not live in the house very long, then donated the residence to the Phoenix Art Museum.  Unable to maintain or find a suitable use for the property, the Phoenix Art Museum sold it to Lucille Kinter, who lived there from 1963 until her death.  The house is still in the Kinter family, now owned by her nephew.  Below are the photos I took on the afternoon of January 4, 2024.  

THE ENTRY TO THE BOOMER RESIDENCE, AS SEEN FROM THE STREET. THE OPEN GATE AND LACK OF A FENCE TEMPTED ME TO WALK IN, BUT I DID NOT GIVE IN TO THE TEMPTATION.
THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE FEATURES A CENTRAL FIREPLACE FLUE MADE OF DESERT MASONRY, AND THE UPSTAIRS BEDROOM.
IN THIS PHOTO YOU CAN SEE PART OF THE SECONDARY STRUCTURE (WHICH HOUSES SERVANT QUARTERS) ON THE LEFT.
STANDING AT THE MAILBOX, LOOKING AT THE DRAMATIC ANGLES OF THE MAIN STRUCTURE OF THE BOOMER COTTAGE.
A CLOSER VIEW OF THE BEDROOM WINDOWS AND BALCONY LOCATED ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE BOOMER COTTAGE.
ONE FINAL LOOK AT THE BOOMER COTTAGE. I WONDER IF A FENCE WAS IN THE DESIGN BUT NOT BUILT.

Addendum…

As  I was working on this page, I was bothered by the fact that in my pictures there were TWO structures on this propery.  I had incorrectly surmised that the structure on the left (as viewed from the street), contained the chauffer and servants quarters.  This is not the case.  As per details in a 2016 National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, there is a separate structure, a garage with a workshop.  The Form provides this description of this second structure:  At the southwest corner of the parcel is a modern, non-contributing garage, constructed in 2013. The northeast corner of the garage is eleven feet from the southwest corner of the house. The garage is seven feet from the lot line at the south. The one-story, threecar garage is approximately 1,400 square feet and includes a workshop at the west end along with a 300 square foot patio. The design of the garage is sympathetic to the design of the house including a sharply angled roof and compatible materials – wood siding, stone veneer, and cedar shingles. This building is non-historic and noncontributing to the property”.  This same form points out that the chauffer’s quarters are part of the main structure, but accessed from the outside only, stating:  “The south elevation includes the entry to the house. The ground floor is clad in desert rubble stone. There are no windows on this floor, just the entry at the west and access to the chauffer’s room, now used as storage, at the east. The entry is covered with a projecting cantilevered roof.”  Mystery solved!