Domo de Cedro Rojo: Whitewright, Texas

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Domo de Cedro Rojo: Whitewright, Texas

Owner: Harold and Yolinda Huber

Address: 111 Santa Fe Trail, Whitewright, TX 75491

Home Phone: 903-819-2093

Work Phone: 903-819-2094

Description: Two bedroom, 2 1/2 bath, office; 2nd floor/loft constructed out of local red cedar lumber; extensive paneling done from red cedar slabs; loft looks out onto great room. Kitchen cabinets and millwork is native Texas pecan wood with red cedar accents. Unique breakfast bar with 2" thick red cedar and glass blocks; use of glass blocks in dome for light in three exterior openings. Loft framing is open and floor is all 1x6 red cedar. All loft framing lumber and panel slabs are planed and finished since it is exposed. This home is a 2100-square-feet multistory, 45' dome.

Directions: From Dallas, TX, go north on US 75 (Central Expressway) to Exit 45 - SH 121 to Bonham. Go about 18 miles and turn left at SH 160 (4th traffic light from US 75). Go north 3 miles and turn right on FM 814 towards Trenton. Go about one mile. The road makes a curve to the north, and as it turns to the east, after the third arrow, turn left on a gravel road, Fannin County 4400 or Grayson County East Line Road (literally the county line between Grayson and Fannin). There are some old concrete pipes at the northeast corner of the roads. Our driveway is 1/2 mile north on the left with a green mail box. If you come to Bartley Road to the north, turn south and go back. Our drive is the only one on the west of FC 4400. Cross the bridge and the drive to the dome home is about 600 feet west up the drive on the right.

Donations: Fannin County Ministries' Food Bank in Bonham, TX (no specific amount/voluntary)

Notes: I attended the dome builders worksop May 3-8, 1999. Monolithic constructed the shell of the dome, and I did the rest of the work over a 13-month period.