Lang House (Minnetonka, Minnesota)

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The Lang House (1965), also known as the Arch House, is an interesting, notable modern work by owner Keith M. Lang (d. 2013). Lang was a mechanical engineer with Honeywell and General Mills, and he designed a house from 1961-62 with an elliptic parabloid roof. In 1963 he received a Federal Housing Administration Experimental loan to start building it. A 200-square-foot detached garage, designed in 1962 but not built until 1972, is located to the north of the house. Though not a civil or structural engineer, Lang’s work both in CA at Northrop Aircraft and in the Twin Cities gave him understanding of aircraft design and aeronautics may have also lent to the inspiration.

Minnesota's State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) office recommended the Lang House as eligible for the National Register under "Criterion C: Architecture" for its distinctive characteristics of type, period, and method of construction when the building reaches 50 years of age. It was noted during the planning of the Southwest Light Rail line which would pass on adjacent right-of-way.

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PID: 2611722320005
5038 Dominick Spur
Minnetonka, MN 55343