The American architect Frank Lloyd Wright started his professional
career in Illinois, working as an apprentice for
Lyman
Silsbee,
and
then for Louis Sullivan before starting
his own practice in Oak Park.
In the Chicago area, Frank Lloyd Wright first implemented his bold
new ideas, such as the Prairie Houses (of which Illinois has many
fine examples, including the Robie and Dana-Thomas houses, both open to the public). In Oak
Park, built his home and studio and then many
houses for others in the town.
This web page is part of the All-Wright
Site - Frank Lloyd Wright Building Guide, which contains
geographically organized listings of Wright's works in many
states.
H. J. Ullman House Oak Park.
Illinois
Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio(S.002, S.003,
S.004)
Oak Park, Illinois, 1889
Charnley House (S.009), Chicago,
Illinois, 1892
W.S.McHarg House (S.010), Chicago, Illinois, 1891.
Warren McArthur House (S.011), Chicago, Illinois,
1892.
George Blossom House (S.014), Chicago, Illinois,
1892.
Robert G. Emmond House (S.015), LaGrange,
Illinois, 1892.
Thomas H. Gale (S.016), Oak Park,
Illinois, 1892
R.P.Parker House (S.017), Oak Park.
Illinois, 1892
Allison Harlan House (S.018), Chicago, Illinois,
1892.
Albert Sullivan House (S.019), Chicago,
Illinois, 1892.
Walter Gale House (S.020), Oak Park.
Illinois, 1893.
Francis Wooley House (S.023), Oak Park,
Illinois, 1893
Winslow House (S.024) River Forest, Illinois, 1893.
Robert W. Roloson Apartments (S.026).
This is the first of Wright's rowhouse-like apartment projects.
Like the projects later in Milwaukee, this consisted of
four two-story buildings. In this example, the apartments
have adjoining side walls.
Francisco Terrace Apartments (#32), Chicago,
Illinois, 1895. Demolished in 1971
Nathan G. Moore (S.034), Oak Park.
Illinois, 1895-1924
H.R. Young House (S.036), Oak Park.
Illinois, 1895.
Isador Heller House (S.038), Chicago, Illinois,
1896.
Charles E. Roberts House (S.040) Oak Park,
Illinois, 1896
Harry C. Goodrich House (S.042), Oak Park,
Illinois, 1896.
Rollin Furbeck House (S.044), Oak Park,
Illinois, 1897
George W. Smith (S.045), Oak Park,
Illinois, 1896
Joseph Husser House (S.046), Chicago, Illinois,
1899. Demolished.
Edward C. Waller House (S.047), River Forest,
Illinois, 1899. Demolished.
Jessie M. Adams (S.048), Chicago, Illinois,
1900.
S. A. Foster House (S.049,S.050) Chicago,
Illinois, 1900.
Edward R. Hills House (S.051), Oak Park,
Illinois, 1906.
B. Harley Bradley House "Glenlloyd" (S.052,
#53), Kankakee, Illinois, 1900.
Ward W. Willits House (S.054,S.055), Highland Park, Illinois, 1901.
Warren Hickox House (S.056), Kankakee,
Illinois, 1900.
F. B. Henderson House (S.057), Elmhurst,
Illinois, 1901.
William G. Fricke House (S.058), Oak
Park, Illinois, 1902
William E. Martin House (S.061), Oak
Park. Illinois, 1902
Frank Wright Thomas House, "The
Harem" (#67), Oak Park. Illinois, 1901
E. Arthur Davenport House (S.068),
River Forest, Illinois, 1901
Francis W. Little House (S.070),
Peoria, Illinois, 1903
Dana-Thomas House (S.072,S.073) Springfield,
Illinois, 1902.
Lawrence Memorial Library,
Springfield, Illinois.
Arthur Heurtley House (S.074), Oak Park, Illinois, 1902.
J. J. Walser House (S.091), Chicago, Illinois,
1903.
Scoville Park Fountain (S.094), Oak Park, Illinois, 1903
Abraham Lincoln Center (S.095), Chicago,
Illinois, 1903.
Unity Temple (S.096), Oak Park. Illinois, 1904
Edwin H. Cheney House (S.104) Oak Park,
Illinois, 1903
Walter Gerts House, Oak Park, Illinois, 1905
Hiram Baldwin House (S.107), Kenilworth,
Illinois, 1905.
Mary M.W. Adams House (S.108) Highland
Park, Illinois, 1905
W.A.Glasner House (S.109), Glencoe, Illinois, 1905
Charles E. Brown House (S.110),
Evanston, Illinois, 1905.
Rookery Building (Interior
Remodeling) (S.113), Chicago, Illinois, 1905
E-Z Polish Factory (S.114), Chicago,
Illinois, 1905.
William H. Pettit Mortuary (S.116), Belvedere,
Illinois, 1906
River Forest Tennis Club, (S.119)
River Forest, Illinois, 1906. Demolished
P.A. Beachy Residence (S.117) Oak Park,
Illinois, 1906
Frederick Nicholas House (S.118)
Flossmoor, Illinois, 1906.
P.D. Hoyt House (S.120), Geneva, Illinois,
1906.
Ferdinand & Emily Tomek House (S.128), Riverside, Illinois, 1907
Avery Coonley House (S.135), Chicago, Illinois, 1907
Robie House (S.127), Chicago. Illinois,
1909.
Stephen M.B. Hunt (S.138), La Grange, Illinois,
1907.
Robert W. Evans (S.140), Chicago, Illinois,
1908.
Browne's Bookstore (S.141), Chicago, Illinois,
1908. Demolished.
L. K. Horner House (S.142), Chicago, Illinois,
1908.
Isabel Roberts House (S.150), River
Forest, Illinois, 1908.
Frank J. Baker House (S.151), Wilmette, Illinois,
1909.
Oscar Steffens House (S.153), Chicago,
Illinois, 1909. Demolished.
William H. Copeland House (S.158) Oak
Park. Illinois, 1909
Thurber Art Gallery (S.154), Chicago,
Illinois, 1909. Demolished.
E. P. Irving House (S.165), Decatur, Illinois,
1909.
Oscar B.Balch House (S.169), Oak Park.
Illinois, 1911
Harry S. Adams House (S.179) Oak Park,
Illinois, 1913.
This brick Prairie house was Mr. Wright's last work in Oak Park.
Midway Gardens (S.180), Chicago, Illinois, 1913. Demolished
in 1929
E. D. Brigham House (S.183), Glencoe, Illinois,
1915.
Ravine Bluffs Development Bridge (S.186),
Glencoe, Illinois, 1915
Sherman M. Booth House (S.187), Glencoe, Illinois,
1915.
Charles R. Perry House (S.188), Glencoe, Illinois,
1915.
Hollis R. Root House (S.189), Glencoe, Illinois,
1915.
William F. Kier House (S.190), Glencoe, Illinois,
1915.
William F. Ross House (S.191), Glencoe, Illinois,
1915.
Lute F. Kissam House (S.192), Glencoe, Illinois,
1915.
Emil Bach House (S.193), Chicago, Illinois, 1915.
Lloyd Lewis House (and Poultry Shed)
(S.265, S.266), Libertyville, Illinois, 1939.
H. Howard Hyde House, Chicago, Illinois. 1917.
Kenneth Laurent House (S.319), Rockford,
Illinois, 1949.
Charles F. Glore House (#341), Lake Forest, Illinois, 1951
Robert Muirhead House (#334), Plato Center,
Illinois, 1950.
Louis B. Fredrick House (#376), Barrington
Hills, Illinois, 1954.
Carl Post House (#409), Barrington Hills,
Illinois, 1956.
Bust of Frank Lloyd Wright, located in Austin Gardens in Oak Park.
Mile High Illinois (Never built), Chicago. Illinois
Golden Beacon Apartment Tower (Never built), Chicago,
Illinois
Other general Illinois-related Wright sites and pages:
Individual building listings:
The "Architectural History On-Line" (a site no longer available) listed this as a Frank
Lloyd Wright house, but no other resources verify this. It is probably
an unbuilt design.
This shingle-style building is where Frank Lloyd Wright first made
a name for himself as an architect. It was a laboratory for many of
his ideas. It has recently been restored, and is one of Illinois'
FLlW showpieces. This building is open to the public for tours. Please
see the "Frank
Lloyd Wright Tourist" for more information.
One of the significant residential designs of Mr. Wright's early
career, This home was designed by Mr. Wright while he was working in the
Alder and Sullivan firm. It is currently owned by the Society of
Architectural Historians.
This two-story house with shingled exterior wall is one of the "bootleg"
houses that Wright designed when moonlighting while working with the
Alder and Sullivan firm.
This two-story "bootleg" house has Roman brick halfway up the first floor
exterior, and has a Sullivan-style arched main entrance.
Another one of the "bootlegged" houses (which are for the most part
rather different from each other), this one is in the Colonial Revival
style. It is a large square two-story house with clapboard siding, and
is located next door to the McArthur house described above.
Also a bootleg house, this house uses the same basic "T" plan and
resembles the Gale house described in the following entry, and also
the Parker house which is located close to
the Gale house. This house has been much altered since it was first
built.
Demolished in 1963, this "bootleg" house. It is a square two-story
house with balconies on the second floor that hang out beyond the limits
of the first story.
This is a two-story flat-roofed row house, with a bay window on the
second floor. Exterior detailing reveals Sullivan-like ornamentation.
Louis Sullivan lived in this house for four years, and then was replaced
by his brother Albert.
One of a few houses for clients named Gale, this one is one of the
"bootleg" designs.
This privately owned home is open to the public for tours on certain days
at certain times. Please see the
"Frank Lloyd
Wright Tourist" for more information.
Wright only designed alterations for this house.
(from the "Wasmuth Portfolio")
George Furbeck (S.043), Oak Park,
Illinois, 1897
The towers make this house appear castle-like
This was a remodeling of an existing house.
This squarish two-story house with a brick-faced first floor has
double-hung windows which Mr. Wright usually disdained. This house has
been also attributed to William Adams.
This tall two-story house has some Oriental influence in it.
This house lies next to the Hickox house
This house, the first true Prairie style house, also has a gardener's
cottage behind it.
This house was planned as a mirror image of the Hickox house described
in the previous entry.
This house, built on an L-plan, was the first Prairie house in Oak
Park.
This recently-restored "prairie mansion" is one of Illinois'
showpiece FLW buildings. It is open to the public: please see the
"Frank
Lloyd Wright Tourist" for more information on tours.
This is a wood-with-plaster surface two-story Prairie house.
This fountain is actually a replica of what was known as the "Horse Show Fountain". It contains sculpture by Richard Bock.
A large 6-story office-tower like building, this one has been
partially attributed to Dwight Heald Perkins.
This church pioneered poured-concrete construction. It is open to the
public: please see the
"Frank Lloyd
Wright Tourist" for more information on tours in this and other
FLW buildings in Illinois and elsewhere. The image shown here is linked from
"History of
Architecture III [ucla]".
Mr. Wright abandoned his wife and family for the wife of the client, Mamah Borthwick Cheney. This house is open to the public
as a bed-and-breakfast business: please see the "Frank Lloyd Wright
Tourist" for more information.
This two-story Prairie house has had extensive interior remodeling.
This two-story rectangular house has horizontal board-and-batten on the first
floor.
This early skyscraper was built in 1886 by the Burnham and Root.
Wright remodeled the entry way and lobby in 1905. The building was
meticulously restored a few years ago, and the Wright areas are
open to the public during this office building's business hours.
This factory still stands in Chicago.
Check the "Frank
Lloyd Wright Tourist" for directions.
This two-story cube has dark siding.
A square Prairie house.
This is Mr. Wright's most famous Prairie house. It is open to the
public. Please see the
"Frank Lloyd Wright Tourist" for more information and directions.
This house is a constructed example of the "Fireproof House for
$5000" from the Ladies' Home Journal of the same year. It
was restored during the 1970's.
This Prairie house is now covered with a stone veneer.
This bookstore interior design included Wright-designed chairs.
This house was similar to the Mrs. Thomas H. Gale residence.
This Prairie house is similar to the Baker house (see following entry).
Mr. Wright remodeled it 47 years later, putting copper on the roof and
changing the rooms inside.
This wood Prairie house features a two-story high living room.
This two-story cruciform Prairie house was located near Lake Michigan.
Wright's work on this house included interior alterations, and such
exterior features as the dormers and roof
This was an interior design, and featured long panels of leaded glass
that let in light through the ceiling.
This Prairie house includes yardlights on each side of the driveway
entrance. It is thought that much of the interior design was
by Marion Mahoney.
A Prairie house
(S.181), Chicago,
Illinois, 1914.
.
The Fine Arts Building on Michigan Avenue in Chicago contained this
art studio which Wright had remodeled. The building remains, but Wright's
remodeling work is long gone.
The construction of this two-story Prairie house (one of seven built in
Glencoe in 1915) was not supervised by Wright, and there were many
deviations from his original construction plan. The original garage
was demolished in 1968, but the house itself was restored during the
1980's. Unlike the other Glencoe houses built at this time, this home
was not part of the "Ravine Bluffs Development".
Please see the "Frank
Lloyd Wright Tourist" for directions.
This home is the first of several built as part of the "Ravine Bluffs
Development" in Glencoe. The client was Mr. Wright's lawyer.
A Prairie house, part of the "Ravine Bluffs Development".
This two-story Prairie house was part of the "Ravine Bluffs Development".
Part of "Ravine Bluffs Development".
Part of "Ravine Bluffs Development".
Part of "Ravine Bluffs Development".
This was the last of the Illinois Prairie houses. Mr. Wright was not to
have another one of his designs built in Illinois for another 24 years
after this one. This two-story house employed
a cantilever design in which the second floor overhung the first.
The client for this house was the editor of the Chicago Daily News.
This is a two-story house located near the Des Plaines River.
An "American System Built" house.
This single-story Hemicycle home is designed to be wheelchair
accessible.
This house is constructed of brock and cypress plywood.
This house lies just below the crest of a hill.
This is one of five L-plan houses constructed off the same basic
L-plan. Please see the Jackson
house listing (Wisconsin) for a link to images of a similar house.
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