Seth Peterson Cottage
One of the very last Frank Lloyd Wright-designed structures ever to be built, the Seth Peterson cottage was another example of Wright’s Usonian homes, commissioned in 1958 by Seth Peterson while Wright was finishing work on the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York — a project that occupied some sixteen years of Wright’s life. […]
Pope-Leighy House
Situated on 126 acres in Alexandria, Virginia are three pieces of very important and historic real estate. One is a working farm, one is a mansion built in 1805 and gifted to Nelly Custis and Lawrence Lewis by none other than the first president of the United States, George Washington. The land is known as […]
SC Johnson Research Tower (1936)
Touring the SC Johnson Research Tower is like taking a giant step back in time… for several reasons. The tour takes you back to the age of test tubes, scales, gas ports and hand-written notes – giving one a real feel for what it might have been like to work in a 1950’s research laboratory. […]
SC Johnson Administration Building
Of the many Frank Lloyd Wright structures that grace the National Register of Historic places, two very special buildings that signify a relationship between the architect and a corporate leader occupy prominent places on that list. That relationship began in 1935 and continues to this day. The Best in the World In 1936, construction was […]
Bernard Schwartz House (1939)
TOUR STILL BEND The Schwartz House is open for tour on specific days throughout the year. Most tours start at 2 pm and last for one hour. Reservations are required and tickets can be purchased online at stillbend.com RENT THE SCHWARTZ HOUSE The Schwartz House can be rented for overnight stays or for hosting an […]
Henry J. Allen House (1917)
The Allen House was completed in 1918 for Elsie and Henry Allen in Wichita, Kansas. The home was Wright’s last prairie house. Photo Credit: “DSC_0101” by Matthew Saunders is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Location 255 North Roosevelt Road, Wichita, Kansas Tours of the Allen House Various tours of Wright’s Allen House are available. Advance […]
Monona Terrace (1994)
Frank Lloyd Wright, was never accused of being short on dreams and visions. From the smallest of homes to the largest of hotels and even entire cities, Wright was a master of design and was certainly far ahead of his time. One such design proposal was for a “dream civic center”. First envisioned in 1938 […]
Unitarian Meeting House (1947)
The Unitarian Meeting House is located in eastern Shorewood Hills and recognized as one of the most innovative examples of church architecture. The building is situated on a knoll (Wright would prefer “as part of the knoll”) located at the western edge of the University of Wisconsin: 900 University Bay Drive on what had once […]
Wright’s San Francisco Office (1951)
Wright’s San Francisco office with his associate Aaron Green opened in 1951. Wright used the office for his northern California projects including the Marin County Civic Center and V.C. Morris Gift Shop. Sometime after Wright’s death, the office was disassembled and sold to a collector. It has recently found a new home in Erie, PA […]
Gordon House (1957)
“Frank Lloyd Wright designed well over 1,000 homes and buildings throughout his illustrious career, but only one of those structures was built in the State of Oregon: The Gordon House. Commissioned by Conrad and Evelyn Gordon, the 88-year-old Wright designed the home in his Usonian style in 1957 for the couple’s sprawling farmland acreage that […]