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SHERMAN BOOTH
PROJECTS, GLENCOE, ILLINOIS |
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BOOTH RESIDENCE SCHEME I (1911)
GLENCOE PARK ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES (1911) SHERMAN BOOTH
STABLE AND GARAGE (1912)
SHERMAN BOOTH SUMMER COTTAGE (1913)
SHERMAN BOOTH RESIDENCE PLANS
SCHEME II (1915)
Ravine Bluffs: Railway Station (1915)
RAVINE BLUFFS ARCHITECTURAL
FEATURES (1915)
RAVINE BLUFFS DEVELOPMENT BRIDGE (1915)
BOOTH RESIDENCE SCHEME II
ADDITIONAL WRIGHT STUDIES
RAVINE BLUFFS DEVELOPMENT
PERRY
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KIER ROSS
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GLENCOE PARK
ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES (1911) |
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Date:
1911
Title:
Glencoe Park Architectural Features For Sherman Booth 1911 (1911
- FLLW #1120).
Description: Glencoe Park Architectural Features
designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1911. Frank Lloyd Wright
Foundation #1120.04. Frank Lloyd Wright designed a number of
projects for Sherman Book. Besides the architectural features
that were completed, the Ravine Bluffs Development Bridge and
Concrete Street Lamp (1915 - F.1505, S.186) and the Ravine
Bluffs Development Sculptures (3) (1915 - S.185 1-3), he
designed architectural features for the unrealized Glencoe Park.
One of the features of
Wrights design for the Sherman Booth Residence, Scheme I, was a
bridge across the ravine. There also appeared to be an elaborate
entrance to the property. The entrance appears to include
architectural designed elements. These Glencoe Park
architectural features may give a glimpse of what was planned
for the entrance. Text lower left: "Curb and Gateway - Lanterns.
Corner Glencoe Parkway 1911." Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright
Foundation.
Size:
10 x 6.5 B&W photograph.
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A) Glencoe Park Architectural Features For Sherman Booth
1911 (1911 - FLLW #1120).
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B) Detail of the Glencoe Park Architectural Features For
Sherman Booth 1911 (1911 - FLLW #1120).
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C) Detail of the Glencoe Park Architectural Features For
Sherman Booth 1911 (1911 - FLLW #1120).
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SHERMAN M. BOOTH SUMMER
COTTAGE (1913 - S.178) |
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FLOOR PLAN 1913
1913
EXTERIOR 2019
ADDITIONAL WRIGHT STUDIES |
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Date:
1913
Title:
Sherman M. Booth Summer Cottage, Glencoe, Illinois, Floor Plan
1913 (1913 - S.178).
Description: Floor plan for the Booth Summer
Cottage. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1913, on a 3' grid.
The house is 42' x 21', 882 square feet. With the enclosed
veranda, 51' x 21', 1071 square feet. The house included a
living room and kitchen, maid’s room for their nanny, a nursery
for their children, a dressing room, one bathroom and an
enclosed veranda. There is a continuous band of windows across
the front of the house. What is curiously missing is a master
bedroom. Text lower left: "Floor Plan. Notes: All window
mullions as detailed. Elsewhere the walls are made up of 4 x 4's
spaced 3' 0" apart." Text bottom right: "Sherman Booth Summer
Cottage." Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.
Size:
10 x 5.5 Color photograph.
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Date:
1913
Title:
Sherman M. Booth Summer Cottage, Glencoe, Illinois, Exterior
view 1913 (1913 - S.178).
Description: View of the Booth Summer Cottage
shortly after construction was completed. Designed by Frank
Lloyd Wright in 1913. The house is 882 square feet, with the
enclosed veranda, 1071 square feet. The house included a living
room and kitchen, maid’s room for their nanny, a nursery for
their children, a dressing room, one bathroom and an enclosed
veranda. What is curiously missing is a master bedroom. There is
a continuous band of windows across the front of the house. The
enclosed veranda is on the right. It appears that the veranda
windows (screens?) have been covered. Booth’s two sons, Knox and
Sherman Booth III are pictured with Thorun their nanny. Courtesy
of the Glencoe Historical Society.
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Size:
10 x 8 B&W photograph.
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Date:
1913
Title:
Sherman M. Booth Summer Cottage, Glencoe, Illinois, Exterior
view 1913 (1913 - S.178).
Description: View of the Booth Summer Cottage
shortly after construction was completed. Designed by Frank
Lloyd Wright in 1913. The house is 882 square feet, with the
enclosed veranda, 1071 square feet. The house included a living
room and kitchen, maid’s room for their nanny, a nursery for
their children, a dressing room, one bathroom and an enclosed
veranda. What is curiously missing is a master bedroom. There is
a continuous band of windows across the front of the house. The
enclosed veranda is on the right. Booth’s two sons, Knox and
Sherman Booth III are pictured with Thorun their nanny. Courtesy
of the Glencoe Historical Society.
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Size:
8 x 8 B&W photograph.
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Date:
2019
Title:
Sherman M. Booth Summer Cottage, Glencoe, Illinois, Exterior
2019 (1913 - S.178).
Description: Set of 21 photographs of the
exterior of the Sherman M. Booth Summer Cottage. Designed by
Frank Lloyd Wright in 1913. Sherman Booth was one of Wright
major clients, his attorney and friend. In 1913, Wright designed
an elaborated home for Booth in Glencoe. "Scheme 1" was found to
be too costly and remained a project, and finally put to rest in
1914, at which time Wright designed a "Scheme 2" in 1915 which
was completed. According to the Glencoe Historical Society, The
building permit for the Booth Cottage was issued on February 10,
1913 and was completed later...
Continue...
Size:
Set of 21 high res 20 X 13.5 digital images.
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SHERMAN M. BOOTH SUMMER COTTAGE FLOOR PLAN 1913 |
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Sherman M. Booth Summer Cottage,
Glencoe, Illinois, Floor Plan 1913 (1913 - S.178).
Floor plan for the Booth Summer Cottage. Designed by Frank
Lloyd Wright in 1913, on a 3' grid. The house is 42' x 21',
882 square feet. With the enclosed veranda, 51' x 21', 1071
square feet. The house included a living room and kitchen,
maid’s room for their nanny, a nursery for their children, a
dressing room, one bathroom and an enclosed veranda. There
is a continuous band of windows across the front of the
house. What is curiously missing is a master bedroom. Text
lower left: "Floor Plan. Notes: All window mullions as
detailed. Elsewhere the walls are made up of 4 x 4's spaced
3' 0" apart." Text bottom right: "Sherman Booth Summer
Cottage." Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. (S#0104.25.0121) |
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SHERMAN M. BOOTH SUMMER COTTAGE 1913 |
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Sherman M. Booth Summer Cottage,
Glencoe, Illinois, Exterior view 1913 (1913 - S.178). View
of the Booth Summer Cottage shortly after construction was
completed. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1913. The house
is 882 square feet, with the enclosed veranda, 1071 square
feet. The house included a living room and kitchen, maid’s
room for their nanny, a nursery for their children, a
dressing room, one bathroom and an enclosed veranda. What is
curiously missing is a master bedroom. There is a continuous
band of windows across the front of the house. The enclosed
veranda is on the right. It appears that the veranda windows
(screens?) have been covered. Booth’s two sons, Knox and
Sherman Booth III are pictured with Thorun their nanny.
Courtesy of the Glencoe Historical Society. (S#0120.22.0121) |
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Sherman M. Booth Summer Cottage,
Glencoe, Illinois, Exterior view 1913 (1913 - S.178). View
of the Booth Summer Cottage shortly after construction was
completed. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1913. The house
is 882 square feet, with the enclosed veranda, 1071 square
feet. The house included a living room and kitchen, maid’s
room for their nanny, a nursery for their children, a
dressing room, one bathroom and an enclosed veranda. What is
curiously missing is a master bedroom. There is a continuous
band of windows across the front of the house. The enclosed
veranda is on the right. Booth’s two sons, Knox and Sherman
Booth III are pictured with Thorun their nanny. Courtesy of
the Glencoe Historical Society. (S#0120.23.0121) |
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SHERMAN M. BOOTH SUMMER COTTAGE EXTERIOR 2019 |
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Sherman M. Booth Summer Cottage, Glencoe,
Illinois, Exterior 2019 (1913 - S.178). Set of 21
photographs of the exterior of the Sherman M. Booth Summer
Cottage. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1913. Sherman
Booth was one of Wright major clients, his attorney and
friend. In 1911, Wright designed an elaborated home for
Booth in Glencoe. "Scheme 1" was found to be too costly and
remained a project, and finally put to rest in 1914, at
which time Wright designed a "Scheme 2" in 1915 which was
completed. According to the Glencoe Historical Society, The
building permit for the Booth Cottage was issued on February
10, 1913 and was completed later that year. They lived there
until Scheme 2 was completed.
The 882 square foot home included a living room and kitchen,
maid’s room for their nanny, a nursery for their children, a
dressing room, one bathroom and an enclosed veranda. There
is a continuous band of windows across the front of the
house. What is curiously missing is a master bedroom.
A question that
begs to be asked is where did the Booths live? The Summer
Cottage?
Sherman
Booth was not listed in the Chicago Blue Book from
1908-1911. In the 1912 edition, Sherman Booth was listed as
a member of the Skokie Country Club in Glencoe. In 1913 he
was listed as a member of the City Club of Chicago. In 1914
he was listed as living in Glencoe, both in the alphabetical
listing and under the city listing. In 1915, he was listed
again as living in Glencoe, alphabetical and under the city
listing, and listed as a member of The Friends of Our Native
Landscape: Pres., Jens Jensen... Sec., Sherman M. Booth, 1806, 105 S
LaSalle, Chicago, and a member of the City Club of Chicago.
The April 16, 1914 National Corporation Reported indicated
that “Sherman M Booth... in Glencoe where he resides...”
This would indicate that by 1914 he lived and socialized in
Glencoe. But did he live in one of the two houses on the
property. It was a “Summer Cottage” which would indicate,
like many of the summer cottages Wright designed, were not
heated. In the cases of the Gale Summer Cottages, they were
not even insulated, and the interior walls were bare studs.
In the case of the Stephen Foster Cottage, it was built in a
neighborhood called West Pullman. It is hard to imagine
today, a "Summer Cottage" being built just 16 miles South of
Chicago's loop. It may have been inconvenient to live year
round in West Pullman, so they maintained an apartment in
Hyde Park during the fall and winter, and their Summer
Cottage during the summers.
We were not able to locate a specific address for the
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Booths from 1911-1913, but the answer
can be found in the Glencoe Historical Society. “In a
handwritten letter dated December, 1979, preserved in the
Glencoe Historical Society, Booth's son, Sherman M. Booth
III, described the home at 265 Sylvan Road, in Glencoe built
by Frank Lloyd Wright for his family. He notes that while it
was under construction the family lived in a Wright-designed
bungalow... across the ravine to the east, later sold and
relocated. "There was a swinging footbridge (like a
suspension bridge) across this fairly deep ravine to the
"farming" area west of this ravine... I remember a summer
evening party between the gardener's cottage and the north
ravine with Japanese lanterns and movies on an outdoor
screen..." Ravine Bluffs Development Bridge, HAER No. IL-14,
1993.
According to the Glencoe Historical Society, the original
veranda, now on the north end of the house, was open to the
air. The Booth’s second son, Sherman Booth III, remembered
sleeping on the porch as a young boy “winter as well as
summer, snow or no snow.” He wrote, “my father was a fresh
air fiend. I’m sure we had the first electric blankets but
with no automatic adjustment. Consequently, once in a while
when we went to sleep without turning the electric switch
off, the blanket would get heated to flash point. Naturally,
we woke up dripping with sweat and once or twice we had to
throw a bucket of water on incipient flames. After that, we
lived with some charred blankets.”
Dating the Booth Cottage. According to the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation
Archives in the Avery Library, the Booth
Summer Cottage was designed in 1911. A more realistic time
frame for the design of the cottage is 1913, which has been
verified by the Frank Lloyd Wright Conservancy. According to the
Glencoe Historical Society, the building permit for the
Booth Cottage was issued on February 10, 1913 and was
completed later that year. They lived there until Scheme 2
was completed. The 882 square foot home included a living
room and kitchen, maid’s room for their nanny, a nursery for
their children, a dressing room, one bathroom and an
enclosed veranda.
After Wright’s second design was built, the house was sold
in 1916 and moved to the Franklin Street location where is
stood until it was moved again by the Glencoe Historical
Society in July 2020.
Photographed during a visit to Chicago, by Douglas M.
Steiner October 17, 2019. In an effort to expedite adding
these photographs to this website, we have dispensed with a
description for each photograph. Set of 21 high res 20 X
13.5 digital images.
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1) Sherman
M. Booth Summer Cottage, Glencoe, Illinois, Exterior 2019
(1913 - S.178). 20 x 13.5
digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on October
17, 2019. Copyright 2019, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2019.27.0121-1) |
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2) Sherman M. Booth Summer Cottage,
Glencoe, Illinois, Exterior 2019
(1913 - S.178). 20 x 13.5
digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on October
17, 2019. Copyright 2019, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2019.27.0121-2) |
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3) Sherman M. Booth Summer Cottage,
Glencoe, Illinois, Exterior 2019
(1913 - S.178). 20 x 13.5
digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on October
17, 2019. Copyright 2019, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2019.27.0121-3) |
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4) Sherman M. Booth Summer Cottage,
Glencoe, Illinois, Exterior 2019
(1913 - S.178). 20 x 13.5
digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on October
17, 2019. Copyright 2019, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2019.27.0121-4) |
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5) Sherman M. Booth Summer Cottage,
Glencoe, Illinois, Exterior 2019
(1913 - S.178). 20 x 13.5
digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on October
17, 2019. Copyright 2019, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2019.27.0121-5) |
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6) Sherman M. Booth Summer Cottage,
Glencoe, Illinois, Exterior 2019
(1913 - S.178). 20 x 13.5
digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on October
17, 2019. Copyright 2019, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2019.27.0121-6) |
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7) Sherman M. Booth Summer Cottage,
Glencoe, Illinois, Exterior 2019
(1913 - S.178). 20 x 13.5
digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on October
17, 2019. Copyright 2019, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2019.27.0121-7) |
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8) Sherman M. Booth Summer Cottage,
Glencoe, Illinois, Exterior 2019
(1913 - S.178). 20 x 13.5
digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on October
17, 2019. Copyright 2019, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2019.27.0121-8) |
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9) Sherman M. Booth Summer Cottage,
Glencoe, Illinois, Exterior 2019
(1913 - S.178). 20 x 13.5
digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on October
17, 2019. Copyright 2019, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2019.27.0121-9) |
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10) Sherman
M. Booth Summer Cottage, Glencoe, Illinois, Exterior 2019
(1913 - S.178). 20 x 13.5
digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on October
17, 2019. Copyright 2019, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2019.27.0121-10) |
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11) Sherman
M. Booth Summer Cottage, Glencoe, Illinois, Exterior 2019
(1913 - S.178). 20 x 13.5
digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on October
17, 2019. Copyright 2019, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2019.27.0121-11) |
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12) Sherman
M. Booth Summer Cottage, Glencoe, Illinois, Exterior 2019
(1913 - S.178). 20 x 13.5
digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on October
17, 2019. Copyright 2019, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2019.27.0121-12) |
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13) Sherman
M. Booth Summer Cottage, Glencoe, Illinois, Exterior 2019
(1913 - S.178). 20 x 13.5
digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on October
17, 2019. Copyright 2019, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2019.27.0121-13) |
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14) Sherman
M. Booth Summer Cottage, Glencoe, Illinois, Exterior 2019
(1913 - S.178). 20 x 13.5
digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on October
17, 2019. Copyright 2019, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2019.27.0121-14) |
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15) Sherman
M. Booth Summer Cottage, Glencoe, Illinois, Exterior 2019
(1913 - S.178). 20 x 13.5
digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on October
17, 2019. Copyright 2019, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2019.27.0121-15) |
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16) Sherman
M. Booth Summer Cottage, Glencoe, Illinois, Exterior 2019
(1913 - S.178). 20 x 13.5
digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on October
17, 2019. Copyright 2019, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2019.27.0121-16) |
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17) Sherman
M. Booth Summer Cottage, Glencoe, Illinois, Exterior 2019
(1913 - S.178). 20 x 13.5
digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on October
17, 2019. Copyright 2019, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2019.27.0121-17) |
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18) Sherman
M. Booth Summer Cottage, Glencoe, Illinois, Exterior 2019
(1913 - S.178). 20 x 13.5
digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on October
17, 2019. Copyright 2019, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2019.27.0121-18) |
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19) Sherman
M. Booth Summer Cottage, Glencoe, Illinois, Exterior 2019
(1913 - S.178). 20 x 13.5
digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on October
17, 2019. Copyright 2019, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2019.27.0121-19) |
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20) Sherman M. Booth Summer Cottage,
Glencoe, Illinois, Exterior 2019
(1913 - S.178). 20 x 13.5
digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on October
17, 2019. Copyright 2019, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2019.27.0121-20) |
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21) Sherman M. Booth Summer Cottage,
Glencoe, Illinois, Exterior 2019
(1913 - S.178). 20 x 13.5
digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on October
17, 2019. Copyright 2019, Douglas M. Steiner.
(ST#2019.27.0121-21) |
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RAVINE BLUFFS: CHICAGO
& MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC STATION (1915) |
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Date:
C 1929
Title:
Ravine Bluffs: Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Railway Station
Circa 1929 (1911 - FLLW.1123).
Description: Viewed from the East. One of two
designs Frank Lloyd Wright created for Sherman Booth. This one
had a flat roof, the second had a pitched roof. Located at the
corner of Old Green Bay Road and Maple Hill in Glencoe,
Illinois. Of interest is the barren landscaping. It featured a
flat roof, a heated room in the winter, and a covered area when
it rained. From 1911 - 1915, Frank Lloyd Wright was commissioned
by Sherman Booth to design homes and a suburban development in
Glencoe, Illinois, the Ravine Bluffs Development. The project
included both public and private buildings. Sherman Booth House,
Municipal Art Gallery, Sherman Booth Summer Cottage,
Architectural Features for Parker Way, Glencoe Town Hall,
Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Railway Stations, Sherman Booth
Stable and Garage, Ravine Bluffs Bridge and Concrete Street
Lamp, Sherman Booth House Scheme, Ravine Bluffs Development and
Five Rental House. The electric trains ran until July 1955, and
the stations that served the line were eventually demolished.
Text etched in negative "Green Bay Rd, Glencoe. No 19." Courtesy
of the Village of Glencoe, Illinois.
Size:
6 x 4.5 B&W photograph.
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Date:
C 1929
Title:
Ravine Bluffs: Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Railway Station
Circa 1929 (1911 - FLLW.1123).
Description: Viewed from the South. One of two
designs Frank Lloyd Wright created for Sherman Booth. This one
had a flat roof, the second had a pitched roof. Located at the
corner of Old Green Bay Road and Maple Hill in Glencoe,
Illinois. It featured a flat roof, a heated room in the winter,
and a covered area when it rained. From 1911 - 1915, Frank Lloyd
Wright was commissioned by Sherman Booth to design homes and a
suburban development in Glencoe, Illinois, the Ravine Bluffs
Development. The project included both public and private
buildings. Sherman Booth House, Municipal Art Gallery, Sherman
Booth Summer Cottage, Architectural Features for Parker Way,
Glencoe Town Hall, Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Railway
Stations, Sherman Booth Stable and Garage, Ravine Bluffs Bridge
and Concrete Street Lamp, Sherman Booth House Scheme, Ravine
Bluffs Development and Five Rental House. The electric trains
ran until July 1955, and the stations that served the line were
eventually demolished. The sign to the right of the sidewalk
reads "Do Not Cross In Front of Trains." Text etched in negative
"Green Bay Rd, Glencoe. No 20." Courtesy of the Village of
Glencoe, Illinois.
Size:
6 x 4.5 B&W photograph.
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Date:
C 1950
Title:
Ravine Bluffs : Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Railway Station
Circa 1950 (1911 - FLLW.1123).
Description: Viewed from the South. One of two
designs
Frank Lloyd Wright created for Sherman Booth. This one had a flat roof,
the second had a pitched roof. Located at the corner of Old
Green Bay Road and Maple Hill in Glencoe, Illinois. It featured
a flat roof, a heated room in the winter, and a covered area
when it rained. From 1911 - 1915,
Frank Lloyd Wright was commissioned by
Sherman Booth to design homes and a suburban development in
Glencoe, Illinois, the Ravine Bluffs Development. The project
included both public and private buildings. Sherman Booth House,
Municipal Art Gallery, Sherman Booth Summer Cottage,
Architectural Features for Parker Way, Glencoe Town Hall,
Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Railway Stations, Sherman Booth
Stable and Garage, Ravine Bluffs Bridge and Concrete Street
Lamp, Sherman Booth House Scheme, Ravine Bluffs Development and
Five Rental House. The electric trains ran until July 1955, and
the stations that served the line were eventually demolished.
The sign on the end of the station reads "Green Bay Road,
Glencoe."
Size:
10 x 5.75 B&W photograph.
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Date:
2016
Title:
Ravine Bluffs: Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Railway Station Site
2016 (1911 - FLLW.1123).
Description: Viewed from the Southeast. Designed
by Frank Lloyd Wright for Sherman Booth in 1911. It was located
at the corner of Old Green Bay Road and Maple Hill in Glencoe,
Illinois. It featured a flat roof, a heated room in the winter,
and a covered area when it rained. From 1911 - 1915, Frank Lloyd
Wright was commissioned by Sherman Booth to design homes and a
suburban development in Glencoe, Illinois, the Ravine Bluffs
Development. The project included both public and private
buildings. Sherman Booth House, Municipal Art Gallery, Sherman
Booth Summer Cottage, Architectural Features for Parker Way,
Glencoe Town Hall, Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Railway
Stations, Sherman Booth Stable and Garage, Ravine Bluffs Bridge
and Concrete Street Lamp, Sherman Booth House Scheme, Ravine
Bluffs Development and Five Rental House. The electric trains
ran until July 1955, and the stations that served the line were
eventually demolished. Photographed May, 2016. Courtesy of
Google.
Size:
10.5 x 7 Color photograph.
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RAVINE BLUFFS
ARCHITECURAL FEATURES & STREET LAMP (1915 - S.185) |
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Date:
1992
Title:
Ravine Bluffs Architectural Features and Street Lamp, Glencoe,
Illinois, Circa 1992 (1915 - S.185.2).
Description: Not dated. Geometric in design,
there is a large circular vase on one end, a tall pedestal
street lamp on the other with "Ravine Bluffs" embedded in the
face of the concrete. Note: Lamp is missing. S.185.2 is at
Franklin Road and Meadow. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in
1915. Text on sleeve: "Mod: Arch: Am: Wright, F. L.: Glencoe,
IL: SC: Ravine Bluffs Development: (Concrete SC): Ext: 1915.
Radford 92US.772/96. 073448." Stamped: "Holy Cross." Acquired
from the archives of the University of Virginia. 3
Size:
5mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount.
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Date:
2002
Title:
Ravine Bluffs Architectural Features and Street Lamp 2002 (1915
- S.185.1-3).
Description: In 1911, Frank Lloyd Wright was
commissioned by Sherman Booth to design a suburban development
in Glencoe, Illinois, the Ravine Bluffs Development. Sherman
Booth was Frank
Lloyd Wright's attorney at that time. The project included both
public and private buildings. The town Hall, an art gallery,
as-well-as the infrastructure for the community. Of all the
structures that were designed, the Ravine Bluffs Sculptures and
Bridge, a train station, Sherman Booths Residence and six
additional Houses were completed. The wait-station was
demolished in the mid-1950s. There are three Ravine Bluffs
Sculptures, all basically the same design. Geometric in design,
there is a large circular vase on one end, a tall pedestal
street lamp on the other with "Ravine Bluffs" embedded in the
face of the concrete. Note: Lamp is missing. S.185.1 is at the
west end of Sylvan Road; S.185.2 is at Franklin Road and Meadow;
and S.185.3 is at the east end of Sylvan Road.
Photographed by Douglas M. Steiner in September, 2002.
Size:
Set of five 35mm slides and 14" x 9" high res digital images.
ST#:
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Ravine Bluffs Architectural Features
and Street Lamp. Geometric in design, there is a large circular
vase on one end, a tall pedestal street lamp on the other with
"Ravine Bluffs" embedded in the face of the concrete. Note: Lamp
is missing. S.185.2 is at Franklin Road and Meadow.
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Ravine Bluffs Architectural Features
and Street Lamp. Geometric in design, there is a large circular
vase on one end, a tall pedestal street lamp on the other with
"Ravine Bluffs" embedded in the face of the concrete. Note: Lamp
is missing. S.185.3 is at the east end of Sylvan Road.
(ST#2002.128.1217 4-5)
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Example of Ravine Bluffs
Street Lamp. Courtesy of the
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RAVINE BLUFFS
DEVELOPMENT BRIDGE (1915 - S.186) |
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Date:
1983
Title:
Ravine Bluffs Development Bridge, Glencoe, Illinois,
Illustration, Circa 1983 (1915 - S.186).
Description:
Illustration (not dated) of the Ravine Bluffs Development Bridge
from Southwest side. Illustrated by Peter Wentworth Shields. The
bridge spanning the ravine at Sylvan Road in Glencoe, Illinois.
Designed in 1915 by Frank Lkloyd Wright for Sherman M. Booth.
Wright designed a number of projects for Booth.
Courtesy of the Library of Congress. Title: ”Ravine Bluffs
Development Bridge, Spanning ravine at Sylvan Road, Glencoe,
Cook County, IL. Sketch Looking from Southwest Side of Existing
Bridge by Peter Wentworth Shields, Ohio, Illinois.”
Size:
Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
ST#:
1983.63.0624 |
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RAVINE BLUFFS: WILLIAM
F. KIER RESIDENCE
(1915 - S.190) |
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Date:
2002
Title:
Ravine Bluffs: William F. Kier Residence 2002 (1915 - S.190).
Description: One of five rental homes designed by
Frank Lloyd Wright for Sherman Booth.
A square plan, refined from the Fireproof House Wright designed
in 1907 for the April issue of
The Ladies' Home Journal. The Root
house is virtually the same layout as the Chesley R. Perry
Residence, but flipped. The first floor includes the kitchen,
Dining Room and a large Living Room, with a centrally located
fireplace. The upstairs has three bedrooms, one bath and a
Sleeping porch. Built as a rental, the house was named for the
second owner of the home, not Sherman Booth who commissioned the
home. Herbert Angster (S.169) was the first resident, but Kier
purchased the property in 1919. Mrs. Herbert Angster was Sherman
Booth's sister.
Size:
Two 35mm slides and 14" x 9" high res digital images.
ST#:
2002.131.1217 (1-2) |
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RAVINE BLUFFS: DANIEL
KISSAM RESIDENCE
(1915 - S.192) |
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Date:
C 1992
Title:
Lute F. And Daniel Kissam Residence (Ravine Bluffs), Glencoe,
Illinois, Circa 1992 (1915 - S.192).
Description: Not dated. View of the Kissam
Residence from the West. One of five rental homes designed by
Frank Lloyd Wright for Sherman Booth. A square plan, refined from
the Fireproof House Wright designed in 1907 for the April issue
of
The Ladies' Home Journal. Like the Root house the roof is
flat. The first floor includes the kitchen, Dining Room and a
large Living Room, with a centrally located fireplace. The
upstairs has three bedrooms, one bath and a Sleeping porch. The
exterior is of wood and stucco. Text on sleeve: "Mod: Arch: Am:
Wright, F. L.: Glencoe, IL: Res: Ravine Bluffs Development: Lute
F. Kissam Res: Ext: 1915. Radford 92US.779/96. 073449." Stamped:
"Holy Cross." Acquired from the archives of the University of
Virginia.
Size:
35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount.
ST#:
1992.136.0920 |
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Date:
2002
Title:
Ravine Bluffs : Lute F. And Daniel Kissam Residence 2002 (1915 -
S.192).
Description: One of five rental homes designed by
Frank Lloyd Wright for Sherman Booth. A square plan, refined from
the Fireproof House Wright designed in 1907 for the April issue
of
The Ladies' Home Journal. Like the Root house the roof is
flat. The first floor includes the kitchen, Dining Room and a
large Living Room, with a centrally located fireplace. The
upstairs has three bedrooms, one bath and a Sleeping porch. The
exterior is of wood and stucco.
Size:
Two 35mm slides and 14" x 9" high res digital images.
ST#:
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RAVINE BLUFFS
DEVELOPMENT |
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PERRY
ROOT
KIER ROSS
KISSAM |
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Date:
1914
Title:
Ravine Bluffs Development,
Glencoe, Illinois, Ravine Bluffs Subdivision, 1914 (FLLW #1516.15).
Description:
Ravine Bluffs
Subdivision was divided into 25 lots (1-17, 21-23, 2A-3A,
5A-7A). It is bordered by the golf course on the North, Franklin
Road on the East, and the Milwaukee and Northwestern tracks on
the Southwest.
In 1911, Frank Lloyd Wright designed an estate for Sherman Booth, Scheme I.
Lot 4 shows the placement of Scheme I. At that time, Booth was not planning
to subdivide the property, and in 1912, Wright had Jens Jensen created a
Planting Plan for the entire property. In 1912, Wright also designed Booth’s
Stable and Garage, completed that year. Lot 3 shows the placement of Booth’s
Stable and Garage. In 1913, Wright designed a Summer Cottage for Sherman
Booth. It was a temporary cottage, completed in 1913, and located in the
vacinity of Lot 1 & 2. After Wright’s second design for Booth was built, the
cottage was sold in 1916 and moved to the Franklin Street location where is
stood until it was moved again by the Glencoe Historical Society in July
2020. It now sits in the Park to the left of where Franklin Road and Maple
Hill road meet.
A reason was never
given as to why Scheme I was put to rest. In 1914 the decision was made to
subdivide the property into lots. Wright also began designing plans for
Scheme II early in 1915. Wright incorporated the Stable and Garage
(Gardener’s Cottage) and designed the new house around the
original two building on Lot 5.
Text top left: “Ravine Bluffs, Glencoe Illinois. Houses By Frank
Lloyd Wright. Landscaping By Jens Jensen. 4 Ravines. 2000 Feet
Of Ravine Bluffs. 1000 Feet Fronting Golf Links. Sherman M.
Booth, Owner. Borland Building, Chicago.”
Text lower right:” It Is Planned To Erect A House Designed By
Frank Lloyd Wright On Every Lot. Every Structure Will Be Located
With Regard To Its Effect On Continuous Property And With The
Strictest Regard For Its Effect On The Whole Subdivision. And No
House, Structure Or Fence, Whatsoever Can Be Erected Until
Approved By Mr. Wright Or The Owner Strict Building Restrictions
Will Run With The Land to Protect All Owners.”
Although plans indicated that Wright would design a house for each
lot, only six Wright houses were built. Sherman Booth’s House,
Lot 5; Perry, Lot 10; Root, Lot 22; Kier, Lot 15; Ross, Lot 16;
Kissam, Lot 17. Plans for additional Wright designed houses are
in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library. Courtesy of
the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library.
See Additional Details...
Size:
8 x 10 B&W
photograph
S#:
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Ravine Bluffs
Subdivision was divided into 25 lots (1-17, 21-23, 2A-3A,
5A-7A). It is bordered by the golf course on the North, Franklin
Road on the East, and the Milwaukee and Northwestern tracks on
the Southwest.
Text top left: “Ravine Bluffs, Glencoe
Illinois. Houses By Frank Lloyd Wright. Landscaping By Jens
Jensen. 4 Ravines. 2000 Feet Of Ravine Bluffs. 1000 Feet
Fronting Golf Links. Sherman M. Booth, Owner. Borland
Building, Chicago.”
Text lower right:” It Is Planned To Erect A House Designed By
Frank Lloyd Wright On Every Lot. Every Structure Will Be Located
With Regard To Its Effect On Continuous Property And With The
Strictest Regard For Its Effect On The Whole Subdivision. And No
House, Structure Or Fence, Whatsoever Can Be Erected Until
Approved By Mr. Wright Or The Owner Strict Building Restrictions
Will Run With The Land to Protect All Owners.”
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