Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Twelve days of Wright for Christmas - Day 12
The Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio was started in 1889. The house was modified with the addition of a playroom in 1893 and the adjacent studio in 1898.
Merry Christmas to all!
Monday, December 24, 2007
Twelve days of Wright for Christmas - Day 11
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Twelve days of Wright for Christmas - Day 10
The Harry S. Adams House was built in 1913. This was the last Frank Lloyd Wright house built in Oak Park, Illinois.
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Twelve days of Wright for Christmas - Day 9
Wright designed this Prairie Style house for Oscar Balch in 1911. Its located on Kenilworth Avenue in Oak Park, Illinois
Friday, December 21, 2007
Twelve days of Wright for Christmas - Day 8
This Prairie Style house was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1909. The J. Kibben Ingalls House is located in River Forest, Illinois.
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Twelve days of Wright for Christmas - Day 7
All decked out for the holidays is the Chauncey Williams House located in River Forest, Illinois.
This house was built in 1895 at a time when Frank Lloyd Wright was experimenting with new ideas.
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Twelve days of Wright for Christmas - Day 6
Located across the street from the Heurtley House on Forest Avenue is the Hills-DeCaro House. This is a remodeling job done by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1906 and has many Prairie Style traits, stucco exterior, horizontal banding and
large overhanging eaves. The Japanese influenced roof line was popular with Wright at the time.
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Twelve days of Wright for Christmas - Day 5
The Arthur Heurtley House was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1902. The home is located on Forest Avenue in Oak Park, Illinois just down the block from Wright's home & studio.
Monday, December 17, 2007
Twelve days of Wright for Christmas - Day 4
The George W. Smith house was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in Oak Park, Illinois in 1898.
Not a Prairie Style home it does show some of the influences with the large overhanging eaves. It has a shingle exterior and a Japanese influenced roof line.
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Twelve days of Wright for Christmas - Day 3
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Twelve days of Wright for Christmas - Day 2
Day 2 brings us the Joseph Jacob Walser, Jr. house built in 1903. This house is located in Chicago's Austin neighborhood and shows many traits of the mature Prairie Style.
Friday, December 14, 2007
Twelve days of Wright for Christmas
Just for fun I have been taking some photo's of Frank Lloyd Wright designed homes after the recent snow.
For day #1 here is the William Winslow House located in River Forest, Illinois. The house was designed by Wright and built in 1893 and shows some early traits of the Prairie Style.
