Glen Mitchell House

The house located at 1905 Burr Parkway, Dodge City, Kansas was designed in 1968 for Dr. Glen Mitchell, a practicing dentist and accomplished musician, and with the use of colors, textures and natural materials and landscaping the architect achieved a home that was in "harmony with its landscape".

[1][2] The Glen Mitchell house has angular geometry and a large sloping wood shingle roof.

[3] Bruce Wrightsman, an architect of the Kansas State Historical Society, wrote that Goff's houses often had "large overhangs with thin eaves set over a large expanse of glass, giving the roof a sense of lightness," and noted that the Mitchell House's roof in particular "swooped upward, giving the roof the sense of flight as it floated over clerestory glass bringing in natural light to the open space.

"[3]: 8  He also commented that colored glass is incorporated in the walls to create unique lighting characteristics and strengthen the organic expression of the home.

[3]: 9 Professor Arn Henderson, of the University of Oklahoma, found Goff to be " an American genius" in a 2000 review of his works.

Exterior photo of the Mitchell house in Dodge City, Kansas by Bruce Goff.
Exterior image showing tower and "swooping" roof