Years ago as an eager college student I got a private tour of the Smith house by Melvin Maxwell Smith himself. Like many of the original owners of Wright homes Mr. Smith was endlessly enthusiastic about his home and extremely generous about sharing it with guests.

You are a brilliant storyteller! I was completely absorbed in your telling of the Smiths and the history of the house, and their relationship with Frank Lloyd Wright.

Great tour ! Thankyou so much !

Those glass corners completely blow my mind!

This was posted on my 65th birthday. Thanks for the present.

I've done drive-byes of this house on my annual "pilgrimage" to the Affleck house. Great to see this tour.

You make my heart swell with your passion and beautiful personality.

Excellent. Best FLW house presentation ever, WTG.

Thank you for your wonderful presentation; every step of your tour of the Smith house has been illuminating, educating and 100% charming. Cranbrook has in you a truly professional curator.

Wonderful, interesting presentation! Well done!

This is a beautiful home and a wonderfully done presentation! I love the natural feel of the home without it being a “glass box”.

So enjoyed this tour! Your energy and enthusiasm are contagious. As a Kingswood alum ‘69, I’ve enjoyed many of your presentations!

You are a natural teacher. This is the best tour of a FLW house I have experienced, with so many personal observations and stories. Thank you so much.

This is the best Frank Lloyd Wright tour I’ve ever seen! I learned so much detailed information that no one else has shared!

Kevin's talks are always great. Many years ago, we knocked on the door without prior notice,and recieved the full tour from Mr. S. He explained that he asked Wright for a den, and when that door opened up, he said tada !!! Yes, he adored his home. Years later, we stopped again and Mrs Smith served us Campbell's soup for lunch. Such a sweet and generous couple of people. How wonderful to know the house is cared for by Cranbrook. Years ago, you could still get lovely tours from original owners of Wright homes.

I’ve watched a number of presentations on Frank Lloyd Wright houses. You’ve woken the story of the family as they built the house and at the same time given the technical details of the building. Your presentation is one of the best.

One of the best tours ever of a FLW home! You know your home and your history! The story of how you found proof of the landscape design plans and the visit of the planner is a classic! Thank you so much! The house is in good hands!

Well done, can’t wait to see it in person. Hopefully you’ll be our guide!

Wonderful, informative and energetic presentation. Thank you.

What an amazing presentation and with such passion!

I enjoy your explanation! Love FLW and you summarized it impeccably. There are so many things I heard the first time in this video. What an amazing video with the explanation goes hand-in-hand simultaneously by the details of this property

Thank u for a excellent presentation it was well researched.

What a wonderful tour! Thank you from Texas!

Wonderfully informative. Thank you.

One of Wright's greatest Usonians. This one and Palmer to me are the epitome of his Usonian concept.

More great work. Keep it up.

Very informative! Excellent! Thanks!

Great job young man. Thank you.

I'm over a year late to this presentation but I'm very happy the YT algorithm brought it to my attention. It's the happiest I've felt in a long time. Like other commenters, I genuinely appreciate the delightful stories that are the soul of this beautiful FLW home. Thank you so much for the tour!

Wow so awesome. Would love to have met such likeable people. Your narration was so great!

Superb FLW house and a brilliant tour by Kevin, an exemplary curator who clearly knows and loves the place so well. Many thanks (from England).

Wow. Thank you so much for the tour and explanation of the features. My dad, James W. Matthews, was an architect and architectural engineer and I believe that he designed the house he and my mom lived in from 1957 till they passed away, Dad in 2012 and Mom in 2014. Our house had many Frank Lloyd Wright influenced features, such as a brick, sandstone and slate exterior with a carport and storage off of the carport. The living room and dining room was generally L-shaped with blue-stained paneling and a sandstone/slate fireplace, builtin couch, and sandstone planter with geometric accents. There were builtin pieces in almost every room, but also large windows. I sat here talking to my dad as I watched the video. I hate that he is not here to watch it with me. Thanks again for the lovely tour.

Fascinating tour and narration: what a lovely and happy surprise video to happen on!

Very interesting presentation. Thank you.

My friend, what amazing video you make! Thanks a lot for sharing this information. Good vibes from Mexico

Great video!! The Gordon House in Oregon has had only one owner and also has a very endearing history due to it's humble middle class owners.

Grey walk through and explanation of the history and love that style of FLW at that given time. One day I will be inside and call a FLW home for me. Great job. Hopefully more to come.

Wow! Amazing story with an amazing storyteller!

Greetings from Toledo....I first toured Cranbrook in the early 60s when my family did not move to Mexico City and enroll me in the Univ. of Mexico School of Architecture. Major kudos for one of the best Wright tours of my 70 plus years of touring American houses...starting with the witch houses in Salem, MA at age 4! I enjoyed every story including the saga of the Church landscape drawings. An architecture professor of mine at Miami Universtity once wrote a complimentary letter to Alexander Calder who unexpectedly sent him about a 4 foot diameter mobile. He fell in love with it and then a bill came from Calder about a month later for over $2,000! He scraped the money together and installed it in his office. It is now worth about $100-200,000. I have a tidbit regarding the Russel Wright dinnerware.....which I have collected....but I need to verify a point...so in another comment. Hope to visit the house after Covid. Thanks again!

Great documentary!

Absolutely fantastic, thank you so much!

Excellently done! I’ve been to over 70 FLW building including all of the 3 you first mentioned! Thank you for bringing this important knowledge forward!

You're terrific, Kevin! This is a fascinating and thorough tour. All I can say is WOW!

Awesome presentation. I was captivated.

You ae a wonderful engaging style of presentation.

Great explanation of the owners and the process. FLW was truly a visionary and a national treasure.

Beautifull presentation, i love your attention to detail conserving the history of this home

Lovely presentation, thank you very much. please turn your phone camera to landscape mode next time.

Outstanding work.

Everything amazing of course. I picked up on all of the piano hinges. Even on the interior doors. I understand that FLW purchased piano hinges for years from Amerock Mfg here in my hometown of Rockford,IL and he designed a home for one of their employees here locally, The Laurent House. The only home ever designed for a person with special needs. Mr Laurent was bound to a wheelchair. Open for tours now owned, restored, and run by The Rockford park district.

Big fan of Frank lyodf

I like that the kitchen is called a workspace. I think it emphasizes women's work.

Correctio n on stained glass, FLLW designed them for the Ennis House and also in some Usonian as the Krause house

Wright got on to the Cypress wood after a big Florida storm put a lot of it on the market. He bought it up and sold it to clients. By the time of this house, I suppose it was all gone

I like that.........You generally ate before you went to a Mrs. Smith dinner party......

Need a horizontal lens

A portrait phone image vid ....really? Oh my...

I would sure like to hear you talk about Ronchamp some time. Some of Corbu's ideas were harmful obviously, but then Broadacre City was misguided also. I'am trying to grapple with Ronchamp. It breaks some of my "rules" but I can't deny it's seductive poetry. If they let you, give it a go.

Grant Hildebrandt once explained to an interviewer that Wright's houses grab you. After he said it, he grabbed the man's arm for emphasis. If you understand the house you'll be seduced.

Too many Johnsons in the first 5 minutes! apart from that ;) - a wonderful guided tour, thank you ....

Are you kidding!?

Hasn't this guy heard of the wide screen format?

Strange Frank Lloyd Wright thought showers are uncivilized. I think sitting in your own dirty water is uncivilized. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Please, less of the host's image and more of the house. For the first two minutes all we see is your face.

Was his barber drunk or did he just stick a finger in a light socket?

Really poor video. You should never shoot an architectural video in portrait mode. And what's the super close ups of everything.

yr on camera too much....you ruin the video. it's not about you. ugh cant believe cranbrook allowed you to do this? redo this w a professional please!!