The Gordon Strong Automobile Objective was a proposed planetarium, restaurant, and scenic overlook designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright for the top of Sugarloaf Mountain in Maryland. Wrig
Sugarloaf Mountain, the proposed site, as it exists today
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Sugarloaf Mountain is a small mountain and park about 10 miles south of Frederick, Maryland. The closest village is Barnesville, located just over one mile from the foot of the mountain. The peak of t
Gordon Strong Automobile Objective
…Strong Automobile Objective was a proposed planetarium, restaurant, and scenic overlook designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright for the top of Sugarloaf Mountain in Maryland. Wright developed the design in 1925 on commission from Chicago businessman Gordon Strong. A spiraling ramp featured centrally in Wright's…
Sugarloaf Mountain, sunset
1971 air photo, showing the complex structure. Width of image is approximately 4.7 miles.
The scenic overlook at Sugarloaf Mountain
View at the top during fall