Frank Lloyd Wright's Kalil House, a 1957 Usonian Automatic home in Manchester, New Hampshire, has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. Commissioned by Dr. Toufic and Mildred Kalil, the house was built using 2,580 concrete blocks and retains nearly all of its original Wright-designed furnishings. It is one of only seven such Usonian Automatic homes ever constructed and was purchased by the Currier Museum of Art in 2019.
The designation matters because it formally recognizes the architectural and historical significance of a rare example of Wright's Usonian Automatic concept, which aimed to create affordable middle-class housing through modular concrete construction. The home's exceptional state of preservation—with no major alterations since completion—makes it a valuable resource for studying Wright's late-career innovations and mid-century American domestic architecture.