Laurent House (1949)
Born Feb. 19, 1919, in McHenry County, Illinois to John P. and Elsie (Olsen) Laurent, Kenneth H. Laurent is a study in perseverance. After graduating from Belvedere High School, he moved to Rockford, Illinois in 1937 where he worked as a statistician for National Lock Corporation for forty-one years (his father also worked there, as […]
Dana-Thomas House (1902)
The Dana-Thomas House is an incredibly well-preserved and exquisite example of Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture. Located on the corner of 4th and Lawrence Streets, the house is just blocks from the capitol and minutes from downtown — easily within walking distance of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum in good weather. The home itself […]
Florida Southern College (1938-1954)
The architecture of Florida Southern College is a unique and beautiful example of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Usonian style. The campus is home to 13 Wright-designed structures, including the Annie Pfeiffer Chapel, the Danforth Chapel, and the Usonian Faculty House. Wright believed that Usonian homes should be “organic” in their design, meaning that they should be […]
Theodore Pappas House
The Theodore Pappas House was recently purchased by Michael Miner. You can read more about the restoration of the Pappas House and about the Frank Lloyd Wright Revival Initiative using the links provided below. Photos provided courtesy of Michael Miner Tours Tours of Wright’s Pappas House are now available. To arrange a tour, please visit […]
Spring House (1952)
Spring House Photo Credit: Byrd Lewis Mashburn Tours Personal tours of the Spring House as well as groups of up to 9 people are being offered. Please visit the website here to contact Spring House to set up your tour. Official Website – Tours Visit all FLWsites on a Google Map Location 3117 Okeekeepkee Road, […]
Fallingwater
Photo Credit: HomeAdvisor Designed in 1935 and completed in 1937, it is quite possible that Fallingwater just may be one of the most photographed, videoed, written about and talked about of Frank Lloyd Wright’s designs. It is likely one of the most famous buildings of the 20th century. Built over a waterfall, the house was […]
Guggenheim Museum (1956)
It’s hard to believe that anyone exists who has not heard of the Guggenheim Museum in New York City, New York, or that it has been featured in a few movies. A few? Well, let’s try a statement from guggenheim.org/blogs: “Members of the film and television community have chosen to feature the building in more […]
Herbert Johnson House “Wingspread”
Before there were Lincoln Logs, there was Frank Lloyd Wright. Before there was Frank Lloyd Wright, there was Friedrich Wilhelm August Fröbel or, more simply, Froebel. He, according to Wikipedia: “laid the foundation for modern education based on the recognition that children have unique needs and capabilities.” We now know that particular and important foundational […]
Samara – John E. Christian House
In the early 1950s, at the request John and Catherine “Kay” Christian, Frank Lloyd Wright paid a visit to a property near Lafayette, Indiana where the Christians had decided they wanted him to build them a dream home. During the visit, Wright observed a samara from a pine cone he spotted there. The winged seed […]
Walter Boat House (1948)
The tour guide didn’t accompany us, but encouraged us to walk down to the boathouse designed by Wright to hold Lowell Walter’s boat. It was hard to try to picture something like this in 1950; it is nicer than a number of boat houses that I have seen today. Complete with rails and an electric […]