{"nrhp_refnum":"06000012","name":"Fuller, R. Buckminster, and Anne Hewlett Dome Home","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"407 S. Forest Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Carbondale","county":"Jackson County","state":"IL","lat":37.723010858000066,"lon":-89.22528921199995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-02-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Invention","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A geodesic dome house at 407 S. Forest Avenue in Carbondale, Jackson County, Illinois, built in 1960 by R. Buckminster Fuller and Anne Hewlett Fuller while he taught at Southern Illinois University. The property includes a fence, a fountain and a protective frame over the dome.","why_significant":"The house is the only property Fuller ever owned and the only geodesic dome in which he lived. It is tied to Fuller, an internationally known inventor and designer, and is argued to be a prototype that helped launch the dome-house industry. It is also a good local example of a geodesic dome house.","narrative":"This small geodesic dome house in Carbondale, Illinois, was built in 1960 for R. Buckminster Fuller and his wife Anne Hewlett Fuller while he was on the faculty of Southern Illinois University. The dome is 39.5 feet across and 16.5 feet high, made of 60 prefabricated triangular plywood panels bolted together on a ten-sided concrete pad with radiant heating. Al Miller of Pease Woodworking in Ohio designed and manufactured it, and Carbondale contractor Ira Parrish erected it. It was the first residential use of a Pease dome. Fuller lived there until 1971, and it is the only property he owned and the only dome he lived in. The lot also holds a wood slat fence he designed and an original fountain. The roof has been recovered in asphalt shingles, the skylights are removed or covered, and a protective frame now shelters the structure. It is recognized for its link to Fuller and as a good example of a dome house.","period_of_significance":"1960-1971","architect_builder":"Fuller, R. Buckminster and Miller, Al/Parrish, Ira","architectural_style":"Modern Movement","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Currently covered by a 46-foot steel frame with chicken wire and greenhouse plastic to protect it until rehabilitation; some deterioration from deferred maintenance. Listed current function is domestic single dwelling, with work in progress.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.757844-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/29/8930/28893029/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/06000012.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000012/86bcaf5e61-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000012/86bcaf5e61-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Buckminster_Fuller_dome_in_Carbondale.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Buckminster_Fuller_dome_in_Carbondale.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893029","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Buckminster_Fuller_and_Anne_Hewlett_Dome_Home","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7273507"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/jackson-county/fuller-r-buckminster-and-anne-hewlett-dome-home-06000012/"}