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LOCATION
Address: 211 Oak St
City: Melbourne Beach
State: Florida
Zip Code: 32951
Nation: United States

STATUS
Type: Residential
Status: Built

TECHNICAL DATA
Date(s): 1950-1951
Site Area: 36,155 ft² (3,358.91 m²)
Floor Area: 3 beds, 3.5 baths, 3,280 ft² (304.72 m²)
Height:
Floors (Above Ground): 2
Building Cost:

PROFESSIONAL TEAM
Client: William W. Kerr Jr. and Jossylyn Kerr
Architect: Ralph S. Twitchell
Associate Architect: Paul M. Rudolph
Landscape:
Structural:
MEP:
QS/PM:

SUPPLIERS
Contractor:
Subcontractor(s):

Kerr Residence

The project scope is to design a residence for William Wallace Kerr Jr. (1903-1970) and his wife Jossylyn Smith Kerr (1903-1981) and their son William Wallace Kerr III (1927-1985)
The design features varying floor and ceiling heights and variations of transparency and opacity, harmonized by a wooden structural system.
William W. Kerr Jr. passes away on April 13, 1970.
Jossylyn S. Kerr passes away on August 16, 1981.
On February 14, 1983 the residence is sold by William W. Kerr III and the estate of Jossylyn S. Kerr to William A. White and Suzan April White for $250,000 USD.
On December 29, 1988 the residence is sold by William A. White and Suzan April White to Joseph A. Petrone and Esperanza M. Petrone for $300,000 USD
The residence is listed for sale on January 05, 2006 for $1,999,900 USD.
The listing is removed on October 06, 2006
On December 10, 2006 the residence is sold by Albert J. Petrone representing the estate of Joseph A. Petrone for $1,900,000 USD to Martine Rothblatt and Bina A. Rothblatt of the Bina Rothblatt Revocable Intervivos Trust.
In 2007, the residence is renovated and expanded by architect Larry Maxwell of Space Coast Architects. The Kinley Corporation of Rockledge, Florida is the general contractor for the work.
On September 30, 2009 the residence is transferred by Martine Rothblatt and Bina A. Rothblatt of the Bina Rothblatt Revocable Intervivos Trust to the Terasem Movement Transreligion, Inc.
The residence is listed for sale on July 02, 2015 for $2,500.000 USD
The listing is removed November 05, 2015.

““This multilevel house, with varying ceiling and floor heights and variations of transparency and enclosure, is unified by its attenuated-wood structural system and overriding symmetry as seen from the street.

Infill panels of glass, lime block, and jalousies are arranged to create a varied geometric composition in elevation and space.””

— Christopher Domin and Joe King. Paul Rudolph: The Florida Houses. Princeton Architectural Press, 2002.