My father wanted to open the front area to appreciate the view, and he angled the windows and the roof so the wind and the surf would shed off to the sides. The house had an U-shaped interior open courtyard and a kidney-shaped pool and hot tub. Inside the 3,700 square feet (340 m 2) house are three bedrooms and four-and-a-half baths, an office, media room, and a circular fireplace in the center of a 48 ft (15 m) by 27 ft (8.2 m) sunken five-sided, glass-walled living room. The house was built with a deck cantilevered out over solid granite rocks, at the edge of the breakers, with views of Point Lobos and Carmel Bay. It has a wing-shaped hipped roof, lifted to take advantage of the view. The Butterfly House is a one and a half story, Mid-century modern-style building. Clinton Walker House, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1948 and completed in 1951 for Mrs. It is one of five houses on the ocean front at Carmel Point. Kahn, his wife Ruth and three children, who lived in the home for fifty years.
Wynkoop lived in the house with his wife and children until the death of his wife in 1953 and his father in 1954 caused him to sell the house in 1955. The home has been featured numerous newspapers and magazines through the decades, such as The Californian on June 28, 1952, the National Geographic in 1954 and Trendsideas on November 7, 2011. Construction began in 1951 and was completed in 1952. The site borders two lots at 26320 Scenic Road. The Butterfly House was designed and built by architect Francis W.
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