R. Buckminster Fuller and Anne Hewlett Dome Home
The R. Buckminster Fuller and Anne Hewlett Dome Home, located at 407 S. Forest Ave. in Carbondale, Illinois, is a geodesic dome house which was the residence of Buckminster Fuller from 1960 to 1971.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
- Type: House
- Description: geodesic dome house, residence of Buckminster Fuller from 1960 to 1971
- Also known as: “Fuller Dome Home”
- Address: 407 South Forest Avenue, Carbondale, IL
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Carbondale station and Morris Library.
Carbondale station
Railway station
Photo: Augiejv, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Carbondale station is an Amtrak intercity train station in Carbondale, Illinois, United States. The southern terminus of Amtrak's Illini and Saluki routes, it is also served by the City of New Orleans. Carbondale station is situated 2,600 feet east of R. Buckminster Fuller and Anne Hewlett Dome Home.
Morris Library
Library
Morris Library is the main academic library on the campus of Southern Illinois University Carbondale, in Carbondale, Illinois. Named for Delyte W. Morris who served as President of Southern Illinois University from 1948 to 1970, the library holds more than 5 million volumes, 63,000 current periodicals and serials, and over 3.6 million microform units. Morris Library is situated 3,100 feet southeast of R. Buckminster Fuller and Anne Hewlett Dome Home.
Davies Gym
Sports venue
Davies Gym is the home of the Southern Illinois Salukis women's volleyball team and former home of all indoor sports at SIU. Upon completion of the SIU Arena in 1964, men's programs moved to the new facility. Davies Gym is situated 3,700 feet southeast of R. Buckminster Fuller and Anne Hewlett Dome Home.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carbondale.
Carbondale
Photo: Paul Sableman, CC BY 2.0.
Carbondale is a small city of about 25,000 in Southern about 14 miles east of the Mississippi River at roughly the southern edge of the plains, and the northern limit of the Shawnee hills.
R. Buckminster Fuller and Anne Hewlett Dome Home
- Categories: single-family detached home, building, and residential building
- Location: Jackson, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.72303° or 37° 43′ 23″ northLongitude
-89.2253° or 89° 13′ 31″ westOpen location code
869GPQFF+6VOpenStreetMap ID
way 290065716OpenStreetMap feature
building=houseWikidata ID
Q7273507
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“R. Buckminster Fuller and Anne Hewlett Dome Home” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Cúpula de la casa Fuller-Hewlett”
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Highlights include Carbondale Fire Station #1 and West Walnut Street Historic District.
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