Dr. James Apesos received his doctorate of medicine at Georgetown University
School of Medicine. (more info)

For excellence in cosmetic surgery Dr. James Apesos combines knowledge,
experience and the latest
plastic surgery techniques
to achieve exceptional results.		  
     
     
Apesos Plastic Surgery Pavilion
 

Our Facility: The Plastic Surgery Pavilion
In the Frank Lloyd Wright Building

One other significant Ohio Frank Lloyd Wright destination is the Kenneth L. Meyers Medical Clinic in Dayton. Currently called the Plastic Surgery Pavilion, which serves as the clinic of Dr. James Apesos and features a circular laboratory in the center of the medical section. Sited on a large tract of land back from the street, the structure appears to rise from the earth. This long, low brick building is imposing, with bands of windows that meet at the corners. Eaves are broad, and a low entry leads to the high space of the main room. Once again a large hearth — the center of many Wright designs — offers welcome. Bench seating based on Wright's plan was added in 1989, so were two large tables. (The clinic dates to 1956.) Dr. Apesos has been careful to adhere to Wright's influence in other appointments as well, such as a narrow terrace of red-dyed concrete that echoes the color of the brick.

Tours of the clinic are available from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Since the building is a working clinic, visitors are asked to call (937) 435-0031 to make tour arrangements.

Dr. Apesos hopes you enjoy the history and beauty of this work by America's greatest native architect.

 

  
Apesos Plastic Surgury Pavilion
Plastic Surgery Pavilion in Dayton
     
 

Tall glass doors flood the main room with southern light. These open onto a narrow terrace of red pigmented concrete continuing the color of the brick and pulling one's gaze outward to the rolling lawn beyond. To simulate the terra cotta colored concrete floors, modern carpets were specially dyed the exact color. Pure wool covers all seating throughout. Two large custom tables from his 1955 plan were fashioned of plywood as Wright designed them: a simple material treated with dignity.

At the center of the building, the carpet was meticulously cut and handfitted by Gary Bockrath around the brick rotunda, and templates were cut to facilitate fitting the pie-shaped examination room radiating from Wright's drawings but covered with laminate rather than plywood for modern hygiene requirements.

The rotunda brick which had been covered with white paint over the years is now restored to its natural red color through the tenacious efforts of Paul Unverferth using both chemical and sandblasting processes.