<P> The House on the Rock's website has posted information questioning the legitimacy of Boyum's story for the following reasons: </P> <Ul> <Li> The Villa Maria was built in 1923 and designed by well - known architect Frank Riley, not Alex Jordan, Sr . </Li> <Li> Both Sid Boyum and Alex Jordan Jr. were born in 1914 and would have been less than nine years old when this story was to have happened . Frank Lloyd Wright (1867--1959) would have been over 50 years old and unlikely to have known the nine - year - old Sid Boyum . </Li> <Li> Frank Lloyd Wright was in Japan working on the Imperial Hotel project from 1916--1922 and would not have likely been in Spring Green when this story was to have happened . </Li> </Ul> <Li> The Villa Maria was built in 1923 and designed by well - known architect Frank Riley, not Alex Jordan, Sr . </Li> <Li> Both Sid Boyum and Alex Jordan Jr. were born in 1914 and would have been less than nine years old when this story was to have happened . Frank Lloyd Wright (1867--1959) would have been over 50 years old and unlikely to have known the nine - year - old Sid Boyum . </Li>

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