Eugene Gilmore House (1908)
In the University Heights Historic District, High up on a hill in Madison, Wisconsin and overlooking both the University of Wisconsin Madison Campus and Lake Mendota, is a beautiful Frank Lloyd Wright design referred to as “The Airplane House”. A rather monolithic-looking structure, the home was commissioned by Eugene A. Gilmore, a law professor at […]
George Stockman House (1908)
The Stockman House is a Prairie School-style house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1908 for Dr. George C. and Eleanor Stockman in Mason City, Iowa. The home was originally located at 311 1st St. SE, but was moved to 530 1st St. (David Christiansen) NE to avoid demolition. It has been fully […]
Robie House (1909)
Of the approximately 500 structures designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, about 400 of them were actually built. Of that number, the state of Illinois contains more than any other state in the Union. And the majority of those buildings are located in either Chicago or Oak Park, with a number of others in the northern […]
Gridley House (Batavia, IL 1906)
Homes built in the United States during the Victorian Era (from 1837 to 1901, the length of the rule of Britain’s Queen Victoria) were overly ornate and the rooms were boxed in and confining… at least according to Frank Lloyd Wright — and he did not like them. Tours This house is privately owned and […]
P.D. Hoyt House (1906)
The Hoyt House was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and constructed in 1906. P.D. Hoyt introduced Wright to the Gridleys in Batavia, who commissioned a home to be built in 1906. The home was built by brothers August and Oscar Wilson. The Wilson brothers built many homes and buildings in the Geneva historic district and […]
Beachy House (1906)
Dr. Peter Fahrney – whose wealth resulted from the manufacture and patenting of medicines – had five children: four sons and a daughter, Susan Emma. After two children and a failed marriage, Susan Emma met and, in 1901, married Peter Beachy. Beachy worked as a financial auditor with her father’s company, and the couple lived […]
Pettit Memorial Chapel (1906)
On a recent trek to Rockford, Illinois to tour the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home of Kenneth and Phyllis Laurent, we took a short detour in order to stop at the Belvidere Cemetery. Since 1847 the cemetery has served Belvidere and the surrounding area; there are former U.S. Congressmen, Civil War Generals and sports stars buried […]
Thomas P. Hardy House (1905)
It may be quite difficult to imagine what Racine Wisconsin looked like in 1905. But a Google Maps search for the city at that time period results in an amazing view of an area not far from the SC Johnson campus, where Frank Lloyd wright designed two buildings circa 1936; the Administration Building, which opened […]
Harvey Sutton House (1905)
The Harvey P. Sutton House is a six-bedroom, 4,000-square-foot (370 m2) Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home at 602 Norris Avenue in McCook, Nebraska. Although the house is known by her husband’s name, Eliza Sutton was the driving force behind the commissioning of Wright for the design in 1905–1907 and the construction of the house in 1907–1908. […]
Westcott House (1908)
Never forget an architect by the name of Frank Lloyd Wright. Born in Richland Center, Wisconsin on June 8th, 1867, the American genius and visionary architect and designer would go on to design more than 1,000 structures in a period of about 70 years. At the same time, it’s kind of OK to forget the […]