The Parker House is one of three houses along Chicago Avenue in Oak Park which have come to be known as American architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s “Bootleg Houses.” The triplet of houses includes the Thomas H. Gale House and the Walter Gale House as well as the Parker House and they were designed by Wright independently while he was still employed by Adler and Sullivan. These homes are considered to be Wright’s “bootleg” houses.
Real-estate agent Thomas Gale had this house built and sold it to Robert P. Parker later that year. The Parker House is a two-story, Queen Anne-style dwelling which bears a striking resemblance to the Gale House. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
