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Harry Clinton Goodrich was born on March 22, 1832, died in 1926 at the age of 94. He was married to Louisa M. Fowler on March 22, 1855. They had 11 children. The oldest was Adelaide Eunice Goodrich, born in 1856. She became a famous actress. The Adelaide Eunice Goodrich Collection of documents is located at the University of Chicago Library. Harry C Goodrich also had a son by the same name, Harry C. Goodrich, who was born on September 2, 1871. Harry C. Goodrich (Sr.) had a brother, Herman Barnum Goodrich, who was also an inventor. Herman B. Goodrich married Emily C. Dunkllee on November 8, 1855. They had seven children, one of which was named Harry Clinton Goodrich, born on January 27, 1866. Text on face: "Gibson Art Galleries, Chicago." Text hand written on verso: "H. C. Goodrich, taken about the time he married. Father of Eunice Goodrich. #46." Stamped on verso: "Harry Clinton Goodrich, 72 Wabash Ave., Chicago." Courtesy of the University of Chicago Library. 7.25 x 10 B&W photograph. 0000.47.0323 1879 C Pre 1879 Tomb of John Keats, Circa pre-1879. Keats was born on October 31, 1795 and died on February 23, 1821 in Rome and was buried in the Protestant Cemetery, Rome. His last request was to be placed under a tombstone bearing no name or date, only the words, "Here lies One whose Name was writ in Water." Joseph Severn and Charles Brown erected the tomb stone. Under the relief of a lyre with broken strings, includes the epitaph, "This Grave contains all that was Mortal of a Young English Poet Who on his Death Bed, in the Bitterness of his Heart at the Malicious Power of his Enemies Desired these Words to be engraven on his Tomb Stone: "Here lies One Whose Name was writ in Water. 24 February 1821." Joseph Severn was one of Keats closest friends. When he pasted away August 3, 1879, he was buried next to Keats in the Protestant Cemetery, where they both buried today. This photograph shows a concrete border tightly bordering just the Keats grave, which may indicate this was photographed before Severn's death. The concrete border was expanded to include Severn's tomb stone. Caption: "2508. Cosmos Pictures Co. New York. Tomb of Keats." After the turn of the century in 1900, Cosmos Pictures advertised, "Reproductions... Continue... For more information on the Eve of St. Agnes see our Wright Study.   0000.28.0613 1883 1883 Wright at 16. The Lloyd-Jones clan in 1883. Portrait of the Lloyd Jones family photographed in the Spring Green area. The empty chair in the front row was in memory of the wife of Richard Lloyd Jones. Front row (L-R): Thomas, Mary, Jenkin, Charles, Richard, Frank Lloyd Wright (to the right of the empty chair) holding his sister Maginel, Susan with Mary Lloyd at her feet, and Jenkin with Richard at his feet. Middle row (L-R): Elinor holding Agnes, Laura holding Maud, J. Richard holding Gwen, Orren, Ellen, Edward, M. Helen, Jane (with her niece Jane standing behind her), Elsie. Back row (L-R): Enos holding Chester, James holding Scott, John, Nettie, Thomas B. Jones, Margaret, Thomas, Esther, William Carey Wright and his wife Anna (Frank Lloyd Wright's parents), James Philip, and Mary, three unidentified girls in front of them. Hand written on verso: "The clan. (Frank, setting next to empty chair, is holding Maginel.) Slipping pasted to verso: "The Lloyd-Jones clan in 1883: (Frank Lloyd Wright, seated to the right of the empty chair, holds his sister, Maginel in his lap." Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0000.36.0719 1885 1885 Wright at 18. Frank Lloyd Wright Portrait (circa 1885).  Photographer E.R. Curtiss,  Wisconsin Historical Society.  High-res digital 4 x 5 image. 0001.01.0706 1886 Circa 1886 Wright at 19. Frank Lloyd Wright Portrait (circa1886). In January 1886, Wright was admitted to the University of Wisconsin. In early 1887 Wright left Madison for Chicago. 5.75 x 7.1. Print, High res digital image. 0001.02.0310 1887 1887 Wright at 20. Portrait of Wright shortly after he arrived in Chicago.  Published in "An Autobiography, Frank Lloyd Wright", Wright, 1977, page 64f. Dated at age 20. Also published in "Frank Lloyd Wright A Biography, Secrest, 1992, page 80. Dated at age 20. 4.25 x 6 Print, High res digital image. 0004.01.0509 C 1887 Wright at 20. Circa1887. Wright is looking to the left of the camera. A pleasant, calm look on his face. In January 1886, Wright was admitted to the University of Wisconsin. In early 1887 Wright left Madison for Chicago. Almost immediately he acquired an entry level job as a tracer with Joseph Lyman Silsbee, an architect well known for Queen Anne and Shingle-Style homes. He was soon promoted to draftsman. In 1888 he took a job as a draftsman for Adler and Sullivan. Text on sleeve: "Wright-Portrait -7. American. Wright during Oscar Wilde phase, ca. 1887. Full view. 1882-92. U of Virginia FAIC." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. 0004.06.0520 1888 1888 Victor Falkenau Row House Element, Chicago, 1888. Adler & Sullivan, Architects, Chicago. Terra-cotta Cherub, designed for the face of the three houses in 1888, salvaged from the Victor Falkenau Row Houses during demolition. In 1887 Frank Lloyd Wright joined the firm of Adler & Sullivan where he worked for six years. An illustration of the Falkenau Row Houses was published in the Inland Architect & News Record - V. XI No.7 - June 1888. "Houses for Victor Falkenau, Chicago. Adler & Sullivan, Architects, Chicago." Signed: "Frank L. Wright." A description was published in "The Daily Inter Ocean," December 16, 1888: "The Material Of The Fronts Is Blue Bedford Stone, With Pressed Brick For The Other Walls. There Are Elegant Copper Bays At The Second Storey And Much Beautiful Carving In Stone, Especially About The Cornice And In The Open Lattice-Work Of The Basement. Two Cherub Heads Are Introduced Very Effectively. The Houses Are Three-Storey And Basement, With Hardwood Finish Throughout The First Floor, Very Elaborate Gas-Fixtures, And The Most Liberal Provision Of Sanitary Appliances" The Sidewalks Are Stone, And So Are The Steps Of The House, And The Latter Are Protected By Wrought Iron Rails..." The three row-houses were located at 3420-24 South Wabash avenue... Continue... 0005.01.0919 C 1888 Wright at 21. Frank Lloyd Wright and Cecil Corwin in Chicago, circa 1888.In early 1887 Wright left Madison for Chicago. Almost immediately he acquired an entry level job as a tracer with Joseph Lyman Silsbee, an architect well known for Queen Anne and Shingle-Style homes. He was soon promoted to draftsman. In 1888 he took a job as a draftsman for Adler and Sullivan. It was during his employment with Silsbee that he met and developed his relationship with Corwin. Wright wrote extensively about his friendship with Corwin in An Autobiography, Including a chapter about Corwin. "During these later months at Silsbee's Cecil and I were inseparable. Discussed everything in the heavens above, the earth beneath and the waters thereof. We would go to Madame Galle's Italian table d'hdte and various other cozy restaurants. Or, if we had a little money, to the Tip Top Inn in the Pullman Building." 1932, P.75. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. 8 x 7.75 B&W photograph. (S#09.09) 0009.09.0820 1889 1889 Wright at 22.  Frank Lloyd Wright Portrait (circa 1889).  International Newsreel Photo - Received 9/20/29.  Typed caption on back: "Friends incorporate F.L. Wright, Architect.  Chicago Ill... Frank Lloyd Wright, internationally famous architect who is now an institution under the charter of Frank Lloyd Wright, Inc., following the establishment of the corporation by his friends.  Wright may now give his talent free play unhampered by domestic or financial matters.  He is said to have invented a method that will revolutionize skyscrapers."  Time line: Wright arrived in Chicago in 1887.  Set up his own practice in 1893.  Original silver gelatin photo.  6 x 8. 0009.01.0401 1890 C 1890 Dr. Allison W. Harlan House, Chicago, Illinois, Portrait Circa 1890 (1892 - S.018). Portrait of Dr. Allison Wright Harlan circa 1890. Dr. Harlan was a successful Chicago Dentist. Born on November 15, 1851 and died on March 6, 1909 at the age of 57. He moved to Chicago in 1869. "Dr. Harlan was one of the most active and best known dental practitioners in the United States." The Bur, March 1909, p.35. In 1881, he was appointed a member of the first Board of Dental Examiners. In 1881 he also assisted in organizing the Chicago College of Dental Surgery and on of the first Board Members. He wrote the first published article suggesting the holding of of the Columbian Exposition in 1893. He belonged to numerous dental and medical societies, attending conferences throughout the world. He established The Dental Review, and was the Editor for years. It was reported that his death was caused by a fall in his home. He commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright to designed a house in 1892 while Wright was still working for Louis Sullivan, it was considered one of Wright's "bootlegged" houses. 8 x 10 B&W copy of photograph published in The Bur, March 1909, p.36. 0010.03.0420 1890 Wright at 23, Wright Family, Summer 1890. On June 1, 1889, Catherine and Frank were married in Chicago, Illinois. She was 17 years old. During the Summer of 1890, at one of the family gatherings, this photograph was taken on the front steps of Wright's newly completed home. Always aware of appearance, Wright placed an oriental carpet on the stairs, and a tennis racket in his Aunt's hand. (L to R) Uncle Jenkin Lloyd Jones and his wife Aunt Susan Lloyd Jones; Wright's sister Jane; Catherine holding Frank Lloyd Wright, Jr. (Lloyd); his mother Anna Wright; his sister Maginel; Wright; and Mary, the daughter of Jenkin and Susan. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright's Monona Terrace", Mollenhoff; Hamilton, 1999, page 61, Dated late 1890. 6.75 x 5.5. Print, High res digital image. 0011.01.0310 1891 1891 James Charnley Residence 1891 (1891 - S.009). Presentation Drawing of the James Charnley Residence, Adler and Sullivan Architects. Designed in 1891 by Frank Lloyd Wright. After arriving in Chicago, Frank Lloyd Wright was hired as a draftsman with Joseph Lyman Silsbee who he had collaborated with on Unity Chapel (1886 - S.000) in Spring Green. His employment with Silsbee was short lived after accepting employment in 1887 as a draftsman for Adler and Sullivan, working closely with Sullivan for six years. In his autobiography, Wright wrote: "With Silsbee, I had gained considerable light on the practical needs of the American dwelling. Adler and Sullivan refused to build residences during all the time I was with them. The few that were imperative, owing to social obligations to important clients, fell to my lot out of office hours. They would, of course, check up on them in good time. Sullivan's own home on Lake Avenue (now demolished) was one of these, as were his southern house at Ocean Springs and the house next door for the Charnleys. The city house on Astor Street for the Charnleys, like the others, I did at home evenings and Sundays in the nice studio draughting room upstairs at the front of the little Forest Avenue home... In this Charnley city-house on Astor Street... (Sweeney 11)... Continue... 0011.00.0919 1891-92 Wright's Oak Park Home 1891 to 1892 (1895 - S.002-4). Frank Lloyd Wright purchased the lot in Oak Park in May 1889, drawings for the home are dated 1889. Construction did not begin until late August and was probably finished by the end of 1889 or the early part of 1890. The original working drawings of the 1889 home still exist in the Taliesin Archives. This photograph published in "The Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio, The Plan for Restoration and Adaptive Use," 1978, page 20, and in "In The Nature of Materials", Hitchcock, 1942, Plate 11. Caption: "West facade of home, facing Forest Avenue, about 1891 or 1892. Interlocked windows have been modified, becoming a band of casement windows. Diamond-pane art glass now appears in all the window sash. Awning used to block the western sun." Two large vases sit atop the piers on either side of the stairs. A decorative gate enclosed the porch, and begs to be a Wright design. Label pasted to verso: "The Museum of Modern Art. Wright, Frank Lloyd. House of the Architect, Oak Park, Illinois, Front of the House, 1889." Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0011.10.0216 1891-92 1) Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio, Oak Park, Illinois, 1891 to 1892 (1895 - S.002-4). Set of 2 - 35mm slides. Frank Lloyd Wright purchased the lot in Oak Park in May 1889, drawings for the home are dated 1889. Construction did not begin until late August and was probably finished by the end of 1889 or the early part of 1890. Text on sleeve: "Wright, F. L. Wright Home & Studio. 4-1. Wright Home & Studio. Ext., original facade of house from street. Oak Park, IL. USA. 1889-1909. Wright, Frank Lloyd. U of Virginia FAIC." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. 0011.11.0720 1891-92 2) Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio, Oak Park, Illinois, 1891 to 1892 (1895 - S.002-4). Set of 2 - 35mm slides. Frank Lloyd Wright purchased the lot in Oak Park in May 1889, drawings for the home are dated 1889. Construction did not begin until late August and was probably finished by the end of 1889 or the early part of 1890. Text on sleeve: "Wright, F. L. Wright Home & Studio. 4-3. Wright Home & Studio. Ext., original facade of house from street. Oak Park, IL. USA. 1889-1909. Wright, Frank Lloyd. U of Virginia FAIC." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. 0011.12.0720 1892 C 1892 Dr. Allison W. Harlan House, Chicago, Illinois, Circa 1892 (1892 - S.018). View of the Harlan House from the East. Note: This photograph has not been dated. Our conclusion: It is very similar to image published in The Inland Architect, 1897. The vegetation on the left and right side of the Terrace is similar. The balcony planters do not have plantings in them. This could have been taken just after construction was complete, or a few years after. We lean toward this being an earlier view.        According to Greg Brewer who supplied this more complete photograph concluded: “I think it taken in summer 1892 around the time of first occupancy. (The Harlans occupied the house in July 1892.) Notice what appears to be excavation at right. I think the photo was taken immediately before construction of the neighboring apartment buildings. The building permit was issued September 24, 1892. Harlan and others filed for an injunction to prevent construction in November 1892. The State Supreme Court ruled against them in April 1893. The building later burned in November 1894. The ruins of the north portion are shown on the 1897 Sanborn map. The apartment building shown in the more common later photo of the house was built in 1901... Continue... 0013.29.0524 C 1892 Dr. Allison W. Harlan House, Chicago, Illinois, Circa 1892 (1892 - S.018). View of the Harlan House from the East. Note: This photograph has not been dated. It is very similar to image published in The Inland Architect, 1897. The vegetation on the left and right side of the Terrace is similar. The balcony planters do not have plantings in them. The tree on the far right, 10-20 years old, does not exist in the 1897 view, so this cou8ld have been taken just after construction was complete, or a few years after, and the tree was cut down before the 1897 view. We lean toward this being an earlier view. There are three children standing to the left of the terrace. Designed in 1892 while Frank Lloyd Wright still worked for Louis Sullivan, it is considered one of Wright's "bootlegged" houses. There are two cantilevered balconies, one that runs the length of the front of the house, and a shorter balcony on the South elevation. The face, side and possibly the base of the balcony is covered in Sullivanesque panels, and the front balcony is topped with planters. Just below the roof line is another simplified cut-out design, which is repeated in the dormer above. The entrance is reached on the left side of the house. Stairs lead up to a hall that is open on the second floor. The Library is straight ahead, Living Room to the right, Dining.. Continue... 0041.38.0420 1892 Hillside Home School I 1892 (1897 - S.001). Ellen (Nell) and Jane Lloyd Jones, Frank Lloyd Wright's aunts, formed the Hillside Home School in 1887 and ran it until 1915 when it closed. The private school accepted students between the ages of seven and seventeen. It espoused non-conventional teaching methods, and was the first coeducational school in the nation. After attending the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wright headed for Chicago in 1887 and accepted a position as draftsman in the architectural firm of Joseph Lyman Silsbee. That year, his Aunt's drafted him to design a school building for them, a large Shingle styled building, reflected the designs of his mentor Silsbee, and in the style of his first project, Unity Chapel, in Spring Green. It was demolished in 1950. Photographed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society. 3.75 x 7 B&W photograph. 0013.08.1213 1892 George Blossom Residence, Chicago, Illinois, First Floor Plan 1892 (1892 - S.014). First floor plan for the George Blossom Residence published in In The Nature Of Materials, Wright, 1942, Plate 20. Frank Lloyd Wright designed the George Blossom Residence in 1892. Text on sleeve: "A-20-Wr-100-1. Wright. Blossom House. Plan: First floor." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. 0013.23.0720 0013.24.0720 C 1892 George Blossom Residence, Left (1892 - S.014) and the Warren McArthur Residence, Right (1892 - S.011) Circa 1892. Both designed in 1892, both bootleg projects. Note: this could be one of the earliest photographs of both houses. The houses appear to be near completion, but debris appears to still be in the yards. Sidewalks and curbs have been installed, but the streets still appear to be dirt. The short wall, which is set between two sets of stairs, that borders the sidewalk on the South (left) side of the Blossom house has not yet been installed. The McArthur house on the right, has the circular terrace, which was later squared off and covered. 10 x 7.5 B&W photograph. 0013.10.0517 1892 Dr. Allison W. Harlan House, Chicago, Illinois, Floor Plan 1892 (1892 - S.018). First floor plan for the Allison Harlan House. Designed in 1892 while Frank Lloyd Wright still worked for Louis Sullivan, it is considered one of Wright's "bootlegged" houses. The entrance is reached on the left side of the house. Stairs lead up to a hall that is open on the second floor. The Library is straight ahead, Living Room to the right, Dining and Kitchen to the left. Five sets of floor to ceiling doors (and or windows) in the Living Room open to an enclosed Terrace. Illustration courtesy of In The Nature Of Materials, Hitchcock, 1942, plate 22. Modified by Douglas M. Steiner. 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 0013.16.0420 1892 Warren McArthur Residence, Chicago, IL., Floor Plan Circa 1892 (1892 - S.011). Floor plan for the Warren McArthur Residence. Copy of plan published in Frank Lloyd Wright To 1910, Manson, 1958, p.55. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1892. Text on sleeve: "Wright, F. L. - McArthur House, 1-1. McArthur House. Plan, ground floor. Chicago, IL., USA, 1892. Wright, Frank Lloyd. U of Virginia FAIC." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. 0013.22.0520 1892 Robert P. Parker House, Oak Park, Illinois, 1892 (1892 - S.017). First Floor Plan for the Parker house. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1892. Text bottom right: "First Floor Plan. Dwelling for Robert P. Parker." Stairs lead up to an octagonal front porch. The entrance Hall is through the front door. On the left is the octagonal Reception Room on the Northeast corner. It leads to the Library (Living Room) with fireplace, and a door that leads out to an octagonal Terrace. Continuing on, you enter the octagonal Dining Room on the Southeast corner. Back at the entrance Hall, straight ahead you pass the stairs that lead downstairs and the Kitchen with a door that leads out to an exposed porch on the Southwest corner. On the right side of the Hall, stairs lead to the second floor. Robert P. Parker was an attorney in the Chicago area. The Chicago Legal News reported on October 18, 1884, that Robert P. Parker and Frank A. Parker were admitted to the bar. The Parker House is located about a half-block west of Frank Lloyd Wright's home and Studio. Queen Ann in style, it is similar in design to the Robert G. Emmond House, LaGrange, Illinois (1892 - S.015) and uses the same floor plan as the Thomas H. Gale House (1892 - S.016). It is also one of Wright's earliest designs. Like the Emmond and Gale... Continue... 0013.17.0420 1892/1964 Albert W. Sullivan Residence, Chicago, Illinois, 1892/1964 (1892 - S.019). Reconstructed floor plan for the first and second floors of the Albert Sullivan Residence. Delineated by John Vinci circa 1964. From the Richard Nickel Archive. Designed in 1892 while Frank Lloyd Wright worked for Louis Sullivan. Albert Sullivan, Louis" brother, commissioned him to design a house for their mother. She past away before it was completed and Louis Sullivan moved into the house when it was completed, and lived there until 1896. Albert and his family then took up residence there until 1914. The house was a collaboration between Sullivan and Wright, but most scholars credit Wright with the design and Sullivan with the floral designs. Sullivan was busy on commercial commissions and delegated residential to Wright. The upper copper bay window was removed in 1964. The house was demolished in 1970. Courtesy of The Art Institute of Chicago. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 1596.113.0823 1893 C 1893 Robert G. Emmond Residence, LaGrange, Illinois Circa 1893 (1892 - S.015). Viewed from the Southwest. Designed and built in 1892 while Frank Lloyd Wright still worked for Louis Sullivan, it is considered one of Wright's "bootlegged" houses. It is similar in design to the Thomas Gale Residence (1892 - S.016) and the Robert Parker Residence (1892 - S.017). It is also one of Wright's earliest designs. The stairs on the left lead up to a terrace, and the main entrance. The front door opens to an entry hall with stairs on the left that lead to the upper level. Straight ahead through a doorway leads to the kitchen, or to the right, the octagonal reception room. Between the two octagonal bays on the right is the "library" (living room) which opens to a second terrace. Changes were made over the years, but this photograph shows the house as Wright intended it. 10 x 7 B&W photograph. 0013.11.0619 C 1893 Peter Goan Residence, La Grange, Illinois, Front Elevation Circa 1893 (1893 - S.029). Considered one of Frank Lloyd Wright's last "Bootlegged" Houses. Text: "Front Elevation. House For P. Goan, Esq. La Grange, Ills. - Section." Running the full length of the front of the house was a covered porch. Balustrades were in line with the sills of the upper windows. Balustrades also enclosed the lower portion of the porch. The two corner posts were decorative. Drawings indicated a carved wood base "not included in this contract." They were capped in the drawings with "turned wood balls." Two additional porch columns were capped with "Carved Capitals." Missing from the drawing, but visible today are the attic dormers. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. Copy 8 x 10 photograph of the original drawing. 0013.12.1019 C 1893 Peter Goan Residence, La Grange, Illinois, North Elevation Circa 1893 (1893 - S.029). Considered one of Frank Lloyd Wright's last "Bootlegged" Houses. Text: "North Elevation. House For P. Goan, Esq. La Grange, Ills." Running the full length of the front of the house was a covered porch. Balustrades were in line with the sills of the upper windows. Balustrades also enclosed the lower portion of the porch. The two corner posts were decorative. Drawings indicated a carved wood base. They were capped in the drawings with wood balls. Above the side door on the North Elevation is a tall window, allowing light to flood the stairwell. Missing from the drawing, but visible today are the attic dormers. The only dormer Wright indicated was on the back side of the house. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. Copy 8 x 10 photograph of the original drawing. 0013.13.1019 C 1893 Peter Goan Residence, La Grange, Illinois, First Story Plan Circa 1893 (1893 - S.029). Considered one of Frank Lloyd Wright's last "Bootlegged" Houses. Text: "First Story Plan. House For P. Goan, Esq. La Grange, Ills." The floor plan of the Goan House is similar to the plan of Wright's own home in Oak Park. The doorway on the right leads to a large hall with an open stairway that leads to the upper four bedrooms and bath. To the left is the living room with a central fireplace and inglenook with built-in seating, much like Wright's own home. The bay window in the living room does not continue to the second floor. The dining room also has a bay window which does continue to the second floor. The dining room was designed with built-in cabinets with "Glass Panel Doors." Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. Copy 8 x 10 photograph of the original drawing. 0013.14.1019 C 1893 Peter Goan Residence, La Grange, Illinois, Second Story Plan Circa 1893 (1893 - S.029). Considered one of Frank Lloyd Wright's last "Bootlegged" Houses. Text: "Second Story Plan. House For P. Goan, Esq. La Grange, Ills." The floor plan of the Goan House is similar to the plan of Wright's own home in Oak Park. The doorway on the right leads to a large hall with an open stairway that leads to a large hall on the second floor with four bedrooms and bath. The dining room's bay window continues to the second floor. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. Copy 8 x 10 photograph of the original drawing. 0013.15.1019 1893 William Storrs MacHarg (McHarg), Chicago, Illinois, 1893 (1891 - S.10). World's Columbian Exposition Senior Management Staff. Published in The Inland Architect and News Record, (1893) Volume XXII, No. 5. Wm. Storrs MacHarg is #35, Second row, fifth from the right. Daniel Hudson Burnham is #44, First Row, fifth from the right. Frank Lloyd Wright designed the MacHarg Residence in 1891 while working for Louis Sullivan. MacHarg was the Chief Engineer in Chicago for water, sewage and fire-protection, and oversaw much of the related construction in Chicago. He was also part of the management team for the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition in 1893. Text: "The Director of Works and Staff of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago." Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. 10.5 x 7.25 B&W B&W photograph. 0013.18.0620 1893 Municipal Boathouse, Lake Mendota, Madison, Wisconsin, Front Elevation 1893 (1893 - S.022). Front Elevation for the Municipal Boathouse on Lake Mendota. The Municipal Boathouse on Lake Mendota, in Madison, Wisconsin, a recreational building and storage facility, was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1893. He was 26 year old at the time and a draftsman for the architectural firm of Adler and Sullivan. In March 1893, the Madison Improvement Association announced a competition for sketches of a boat house to be built by the association. Frank Lloyd Wright submitted two designs, and both were excepted, one for Lake Mendota and one for Lake Monona. The boat house for Lake Mendota was completed by the Spring of 1894, but construction... Continue... 0013.25.0823 0013.26.0823 0013.27.0823 0013.28.0823 C 1893 Rookery Building Lobby circa 1893. View of the Lobby looking toward the stairs. The Rookery building was designed by Burnham and Root in 1888. Edward C. Waller, a client of Wright's, managed the Rookery Building in 1905 and retained Wright in 1905 to remodel the Entryway and Lobby. Wright's offices were located in the building from 1898-1899. Photographed before Wright remodeled the lobby. Published by the S. L. Stein Publishing Co. 12 x 9.6. 0013.03.0512 1893 Francis James Woolley, Oak Park, Illinois Floor Plan 1893 (1893 - S.023). Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1893, it is similar to those designed during his "Bootlegged" houses, but there are hints of Prairie elements. Although the house is designed with three octagonal bays, they are not as prominent as the Emmond (1892 - S.015), Gale (1892 - S.016) and Parker (1892 - S.017) houses. Text: "First Story Plan. House For Francis Wooley, Esq. Oak Park, Illinois. F L Wright, Architect." Published in Frank Lloyd Wright, Complete Works 1885-1916, Pfeiffer, 2011, p.50. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. Copy 8 x 9.5 Color Photograph. 0013.19.0620 1893 Francis James Woolley, Oak Park, Illinois Front Elevation 1893 (1893 - S.023). Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1893, it is similar to those designed during his "Bootlegged" houses, but there are hints of Prairie elements. Wright specified 2 1/4 siding on the first floor, running up to the window sills, finished off to the soffit line in 6 inch shingle courses. In the 1980s, the house was covered in vinyl siding, but since restored. Although the house is designed with three octagonal bays, they are not as prominent as the Emmond (1892 - S.015), Gale (1892 - S.016) and Parker (1892 - S.017) houses. Text: "Front Elevation." Published in Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1887-1901, Pfeiffer, 1991, p.38. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. Copy 10 x 7 B&W Photograph. 0013.20.0620 1893 Francis James Woolley, Oak Park, Illinois Side Elevation 1893 (1893 - S.023). Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1893, it is similar to those designed during his "Bootlegged" houses, but there are hints of Prairie elements. Wright specified 2 1/4 siding on the first floor, running up to the window sills, finished off to the soffit line in 6 inch shingle courses. In the 1980s, the house was covered in vinyl siding, but since restored. Although the house is designed with three octagonal bays, they are not as prominent as the Emmond (1892 - S.015), Gale (1892 - S.016) and Parker (1892 - S.017) houses. Text: "Side Elevation." Published in Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1887-1901, Pfeiffer, 1991, p.38. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. Copy 10 x 7 B&W Photograph. 0013.21.0620 1894 1894 1) Dr. Howard W. Bassett Residence Remodel, Oak Park, Illinois, East Elevation 1894 (1894 - S.027). East elevation for the Dr. Howard W. Bassett Residence Remodel. Designed in 1894 by Frank Lloyd Wright. He made "Additions To And Alterations of A Residence, South Oak Park Avenue," turning the house into a office and residence. Dr. Howard W. Bassett, was born Sacramento, California on November 27, 1861. He received a medical degree at Chicago Homoeopathic Medical College in 1889 and interned at the Cook County Hospital. He practiced in Oak Park from 1891 - 1900. The ground level was converted to an office which included a covered entrance, vestibule, waiting room, operating room, and an entry to the private residence above. A large room at the back remained unchanged. Stairs lead to the first floor which had a large entry hall with built in seating, parlor, living room with a fireplace, dining room and kitchen. The covered porch was reached from the parlor. The second floor had three bedrooms with a porch off the larger of the three bedrooms.        Additions to the ground floor included a covered entrance and exterior surfaces covered in cement plaster. The diamond-pane windows were similar to the windows in Wright's own house... Continue... 0016.05.0823 1894 2) Dr. Howard W. Bassett Residence Remodel, Oak Park, Illinois, North Elevation 1894 (1894 - S.027). North elevation for the Dr. Howard W. Bassett Residence Remodel. Designed in 1894 by Frank Lloyd Wright. He made "Additions To And Alterations of A Residence, South Oak Park Avenue," turning the house into a office and residence. Dr. Howard W. Bassett, was born Sacramento, California on November 27, 1861. He received a medical degree at Chicago Homoeopathic Medical College in 1889 and interned at the Cook County Hospital. He practiced in Oak Park from 1891 - 1900. The ground level was converted to an office which included a covered entrance, vestibule, waiting room, operating room, and an entry to the private residence above. A large room at the back remained unchanged. Stairs lead to the first floor which had a large entry hall with built in seating, parlor, living room with a fireplace, dining room and kitchen. The covered porch was reached from the parlor. The second floor had three bedrooms with a porch off the larger of the three bedrooms. Additions to the ground floor included a covered entrance and exterior surfaces covered in cement plaster. The diamond-pane windows were similar to the windows in Wright's own house. The first floor, up to the second ... Continue... 0016.06.0823 1894 3) Dr. Howard W. Bassett Residence Remodel, Oak Park, Illinois, South Elevation 1894 (1894 - S.027). South elevation for the Dr. Howard W. Bassett Residence Remodel. Designed in 1894 by Frank Lloyd Wright. He made "Additions To And Alterations of A Residence, South Oak Park Avenue," turning the house into a office and residence. Dr. Howard W. Bassett, was born Sacramento, California on November 27, 1861. He received a medical degree at Chicago Homoeopathic Medical College in 1889 and interned at the Cook County Hospital. He practiced in Oak Park from 1891 - 1900. The ground level was converted to an office which included a covered entrance, vestibule, waiting room, operating room, and an entry to the private residence above. A large room at the back remained unchanged. Stairs lead to the first floor which had a large entry hall with built in seating, parlor, living room with a fireplace, dining room and kitchen. The covered porch was reached from the parlor. The second floor had three bedrooms with a porch off the larger of the three bedrooms. Additions to the ground floor included a covered entrance and exterior surfaces covered in cement plaster. The diamond-pane windows were similar to the windows in Wright's own house. The first floor, up to the second floor... Continue... 0016.07.0823 1894 Municipal Boathouse, Lake Mendota, Madison, Wisconsin, 1894 (1893 - S.022). The Municipal Boathouse was built at the foot of North Carroll Street on Lake Mendota. View of the Municipal Boathouse from the Southwest on June 10, 1894, shortly after completion. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1893. He was 26 year old at the time and a draftsman for the architectural firm of Adler and Sullivan. In March 1893, the Madison Improvement Association announced a competition for sketches of a boat house to be built by the association. Frank Lloyd Wright submitted two designs, and both were excepted, one for Lake Mendota and one for Lake Monona. The boat house for Lake Mendota was completed by the Spring of 1894. From the lake side, the two towers dominated the front elevation with a large arched opening that led to the interior storage for boats. At the base of each towers, a single centered arched doorway lead to the interior of the towers. Access was also gained by walkways on either side of the arched opening in the center. The boathouse was cut into the hillside and the back of the interior was semicircular. The roof supported the semicircular loggia above. Boats could be loaded onto storage racks via a "pivoted crane"ť that ran on a circular track overhead. Two piers... Continue... 0016.08.0823 1894 William H. Winslow House, River Forest, IL, Reception Hall 1894 (1894 - S.024). Designed in 1894, this was Frank Lloyd Wright's first major commission after leaving Sullivan's office. Photographed in 1894, printed in 1959. Chicago Architectural Photographing Company, Chicago. This is the actual print that was used for producing the image on page 117 in the June 1959 "Architectural Record". Original gelatin silver photograph printed from the original negative. Printed in 1959 by Henry Fuermann and Sons. The original image was published in June 1900 "The Architectural Review" page 62.  Also published in "In The Nature of Materials" 1942 Henry-Russell Hitchcock plate 27; "Frank Lloyd Wright to 1910" 1958 Grant Carpenter Manson page 66; "Frank Lloyd Wright: A study in Architectural Content" 1966 Norris Kelly Smith page 70; "Frank Lloyd Wright and Le Corbusier" 1994 Richard A. Etlin page 42; "Frank Lloyd Wright: Architect" 1994 Terence Riley page 115; "Frank Lloyd Wright and The Meaning of Materials", 1994 Patterson page 34;  "The Decorative Designs of Frank Lloyd Wright", 1979, Hanks, pp 12. Original silver gelatin 8 x 10 B&W photograph, Clarence Fuermann 1275.07.0706 1894 William H. Winslow House, River Forest, IL, Reception Hall 1894 (1894 - S.024). Designed in 1894, this was Frank Lloyd Wright's first major commission after leaving Sullivan's office. A friend of Winslow's, Wright worked with Winslow and another client Chauncey Williams producing The Eve of St, Agnes in 1896. Wright and Winslow produced The House Beautiful in 1898. Published in June 1900 "The Architectural Review" page 62. Also published in "In The Nature of Materials" 1942 Henry-Russell Hitchcock plate 27; "Frank Lloyd Wright to 1910" 1958 Grant Carpenter Manson page 66; "Frank Lloyd Wright: A study in Architectural Content" 1966 Norris Kelly Smith page 70; "Frank Lloyd Wright and Le Corbusier" 1994 Richard A. Etlin page 42; "Frank Lloyd Wright: Architect" 1994 Terence Riley page 115; "Frank Lloyd Wright and The Meaning of Materials", 1994 Patterson page 34; "The Decorative Designs of Frank Lloyd Wright", 1979, Hanks, pp 12. Mounted to gray board. Label pasted to board: "W 20 US Arch. Wright, Frank L:loyd. River Forest, Illinois. Winslow House, 1893. Interior. Photo: Chicago Architectural Photo Co." Photographed by Clarence Fuermann, Chicago Architectural Photographing Company, Chicago. Acquired from the archives of the University of Minnesota. Original 9.5 x 7.75 B&W photograph. 0016.04.0420 1895 1895 Adler, Dankmar (1844-1900) circa 1895. In 1879, Adler formed his own firm. He invited Louis Sullivan to join him and soon after they became partners. They hired Frank Lloyd Wright in 1887 Wright and worked there for six years. Adler left the firm in 1895. Five years later he died of a stroke at the age of 56. 7 x 10 B&W photograph. 0018.36.0814 1895  Francis Apartments Perspective 1895 (1895 - S.032). Perspective view of the Francis Apartments. This illustration was published in The Architectural Review, June 1900, p.70. A variation was published as part of the Ausgefuhrte Bauten und Entwurfe von Frank Lloyd Wright, Plate V (5). Text on sleeve: "Wright, F. L. - Francis Apts.3-1. Francis Apartments, render., Facade. Chicago, IL., USA. 1895. Wright, Frank Lloyd. U of Virginia FAIC." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. 0018.51.0420  1895  Francis Apartments Floor Plan 1895 (1895 - S.032). Typical Floor Plan for the second and third floors of the Francis Apartments. A similar illustration was published in The Architectural Review, June 1900, p.70. Text on sleeve: "Wright, F. L. - Francis Apts.1-1. Francis Apartments, Plan, typical floor plan. Chicago, IL., USA. 1895. Wright, Frank Lloyd. U of Virginia FAIC." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. 0018.52.0420  1895  Francis Apartments Ground Floor Plan 1895 (1895 - S.032). Ground Floor Plan for the Francis Apartments. Copy of plan published as part of the Ausgefuhrte Bauten und Entwurfe von Frank Lloyd Wright, Plate V (5). A similar illustration was published in The Architectural Review, June 1900, p.70. Text on sleeve: "Wright, F. L. - Francis Apts.1-2. Francis Apartments, Plan, typical floor plan. Chicago, IL., USA. 1895. Wright, Frank Lloyd. U of Virginia FAIC." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. 0018.53.0420  1895  Francis Apartments Perspective 1895 (1895 - S.032). Perspective view of the Francis Apartments. Copy of perspective published as part of the Ausgefuhrte Bauten und Entwurfe von Frank Lloyd Wright, Plate V (5). A similar illustration was published in The Architectural Review, June 1900, p.70. Text on sleeve: "Wright, F. L. - Francis Apts.3-2. Francis Apartments, Render, east facade. Chicago, IL., USA. 1895. Wright, Frank Lloyd. U of Virginia FAIC." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. 0018.54.0420  1895 Francisco Terrace Apartments Ground and First Floor Plan 1895 (1895 - S.030). Copy photograph of ground and floor plan for the Francisco Terrace Apartments. "First Story Plan. Flat Building For Mr. E. C. Waller. Francisco Street Near Walnut. Frank L. Wright, Arch't. Oct. 1st, 1895." This drawings appears to differ from the ground and floor plan published in Architectural Review, June 1900, p.71. Where that plan laid out 22 units, this lays out 23. Each unit consisted of a Sitting Room, Kitchen, two Bedrooms and a Bathroom. Of the 23 units, only five had bathtubs. Larger units measured 23' 6" by 27', 637 square feet, minus square footage for stairways that encroached on the space. Smaller units measured 19' 4" by 26' 9", 517 square feet. Overall size of building, 206 feet by 104 feet. The top row of units are labeled "Flat N, No 1" through "Flat N, No. 12." The lower row of units are "Flat S, No 1" through "Flat S, No. 11" for a total of 23 units on the lover level. There was a basement, and in Wright's description of the building published in the Architectural Review, June 1900, p.71, there was a water closet for each unit, and public baths for men and women. The rear stairs led to the basement where the public baths were most likely located. The center courtyard was to have railing enclosing two long rows of grass... Continue... 0018.43.0119 1895 Francisco Terrace Apartments Floor Plan 1895 (1895 - S.030). Lower illustration, ground and lower level. 23 units, each consisted of a Sitting Room, Kitchen, two Bedrooms and a Bathroom. Of the 23 units, only five had bathtubs. Larger units measured 23' 6" by 27', 637 square feet, minus square footage for stairways that encroached on the space. Smaller units measured 19' 4" by 26' 9", 517 square feet. Overall size of building, 206 feet by 104 feet. The top row of units are labeled "Flat N, No 1" through "Flat N, No. 12." The lower row of units are "Flat S, No 1" through "Flat S, No. 11" for a total of 23 units on the lower level. The upper level, 23 units, appears to follow the same plan. Of the 23 units, six had private bathtubs. If these were the final plans, there would have been a total of 46 units. There was a basement, and in Wright's description of the building published in the Architectural Review, June 1900, p.71, there was a water closet for each unit, and public baths for men and women. The rear stairs led to the basement where the public baths were most likely located. The center courtyard was to have railing enclosing two long rows of grass with circular flower beds on either end. 8 x 8.5 B&W photograph. 0018.44.0119 1895 Francisco Terrace Apartments Floor Plan Detail 1895 (1895 - S.030). Detail of the first floor plan. Each consisted of a Sitting Room, Kitchen, two Bedrooms and a Bathroom. Stairs from the street lead to a small landing with three doors. The left and right doors open to the two lower units. The center door leads up to the corner unit on the second floor. Detail published in Frank Lloyd Wright to 1910, Manson, 1958, p.82. 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 0018.45.0119 1895 Francisco Terrace Apartments 1895 (1895 - S.030). Ground plan and detail of the first floor plan for the Francisco Terrace Apartments. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1895, demolished in 1974. Text on sleeve: "Wright, F. L. - Francisco Terrace Apartments. 1-1. Francisco Terrace Apartments. Plan. Chicago, IL, USA. 1895, 1971. Wright, Frank Lloyd. U of Virginia FAIC." Published in Frank Lloyd Wright to 1910, Manson, 1958, p.82. Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. 0018.49.0420 1895 Francisco Terrace Apartments Traverse Section Plan 1895 (1895 - S.030). Traverse Section of the entrance side of the building from the courtyard. Plan illustrates the stairway towers. Stairways were located within four towers at the interior corners. The stairways opened onto an upper balcony that framed the courtyard. Decorative terra cotta designs were above the opening from the stairwell to the balcony on all four corners, allowing additional light into the stairwell. Test lower left: "Detail of Traverse Section." Text lower right: "Flat Building For Mr. E. C. Waller. Francisco Street and Walnut. Frank L:. Wright, Arch't. Dec 1, 1895." Published in Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1887-1901, Pfeiffer, 1986/1991, Plate 164. 10 x 8 B&W copy photograph. 0018.55.1120 1895 Francisco Terrace Apartments Front Elevation and Detail of Terra Cotta Tower 1895 (1895 - S.030). Upper illustration: "Front Elevation, Main Entrance." Lower illustration: "Detail of Terra Cotta of Tower." Plan illustrates the terra cotta detail of the stairway towers. Stairways were located within four towers at the interior corners. The stairways opened onto an upper balcony that framed the courtyard. Decorative terra cotta designs were above the opening from the stairwell to the balcony on all four corners, allowing additional light into the stairwell. Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Francisco Terrace Apartments Mr. E. C. Waller. Published in Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1887-1901, Pfeiffer, 1986/1991, Plate 164. 10 x 8 B&W copy photograph. 0018.56.1120 C 1895 Rookery Building Lobby circa 1895. View of the Lobby looking toward the Balcony. The Rookery building was designed by Burnham and Root in 1888. Edward C. Waller, a client of Wright's, managed the Rookery Building in 1905 and retained Wright in 1905 to remodel the Entryway and Lobby. Wright's offices were located in the building from 1898-1899. Photographed before Wright remodeled the lobby. Courtesy Chicago Historical Society. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0018.26.0512 C 1895 Chauncey L. Williams Residence, River Forest, Illinois, Circa 1895 (1895 - S.033). In 1895 Chauncey Williams hired Frank Lloyd Wright to design a home for him in Oak Park (now River Forest). Chauncey L. Williams Residence viewed from the East. The octagonal Library is on the left, entrance is in Viewed from the Southeast shortly after completion. Photographed before the dormers were remodeled in 1900 as well as before the enclosure of a portion of the back terrace. The steepness of the roof is similar to the Roloson Rowhouses, Moore and Young Houses. Massive brick chimneys slice into the roof line on the North and South elevations. As the chimney extends down on the South elevation the South plane cuts through the roof and ties into the Roman brick that runs beneath the window sills. The brick also extends past the rear of the house forming a terrace. The wall of the terrace is patterned by rows of matching diamond shapes. A unique "arts & crafts" element found only in the Williams home was a mound of boulders embedded on either side of the entryway and along the foundation, extending to the back of the house. According to Grant Manson "The boulders were gathered on summer weekends by the Wrights, the Williamses and the Wallers from the bed of the Des Plaines River... Continue... 0018.48.1019 1895 Wright at 28. Portrait of Wright in 1895. Frank Lloyd Wright: Wright was about 28 at the time this picture was taken, circa 1895.  Just two years earlier he had left the employment of Louis Sullivan and begun his independent practice of architecture. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright, His Life and His Architecture", Twombly, 1979, page 23 but dated 1889. Courtesy National Library of Australia. 3.25 x 5.6 Print, High res digital image. 0018.01.0509 1895 Wright at 28. 1895. "A self-photograph. No 'picture-taker' could satisfy him. So he rigged up his camera with a long rubber tube, and at the right moment, squeezed the bulb! It was the year 1895." John Lloyd Wright, published in "My Father Who is on Earth", 1946, page 18. Stamped on verso, "August 26, 86". Original 8 x 10 B&W Print. 0018.02.1210 1896 1896 Isidore Heller Residence, Chicago, Illinois, 1896 (1896 - S.038). Perspective of the Heller Residence, 1896. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1896. Published in The Architectural Review. June, 1900, Vol. VII., No. 6. Plate XXXV. Also published in Ausgefuhrte Bauten und Entwurfe von Frank Lloyd Wright, Tafel IV (Plate 4), By Ernst Wasmuth A.-G., Berlin, 1910. Text on sleeve: "Wright, F. L. - HellerHo. 3-1. Heller House. Render., Perspective drawing of Southwest facade. Chicago, IL, USA, 1897. Wright, Frank Lloyd. U of Virginia FAIC." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. 0026.06.0920 1896 Charles E. Roberts Housing Project, Ridgeland, Oak Park, Illinois, Perspective (FLLW #9608.010) (1896 Project). Adaptation to the original perspective drawing for the Charles E. Roberts Housing Project.Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1896. Design was utilized for the Harry C. Goodrich Residence, Oak Park, Illinois (1896 - S.042). Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer indicated that there were no drawings that survived in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives for the Harry C. Goodrich Residence, Wright 1885-1916, P.73. But he also indicated that Wright resurrected earlier unrealized plans, originally prepared for a Charles E. Roberts project, Ridgeland Houses. Plans 9608.010-019 are nearly a perfect match with minor changes... Continue... 0022.57.0223 (1-10) 1896 George W. Smith Residence, Oak Park, Illinois, Floor Plan 1896 (1896 - S.045). Floor plan for the George W. Smith Residence, published in The Architectural Review, June, 1900. Although plans did not survive for the George W. Smith Residence, it is generally accepted that Wright used plans designed for the Charles Roberts Ridgeland Development, 1896, an unrealized project. Plans do exist in the Archives for the Ridgeland Development, and Wright did design a number of homes, but in scouring the archives, the George Smith Residence has a few similarities, but nothing as conclusive as can be said for the Goodrich Residence which is clearly one of the homes designed for Ridgeland. There are many similarities to the Ridgeland Development... Continue... 0022.58.0623 (1-2) 1897 1897 Thomas H. Gale Cottage, Whitehall, Michigan First Floor Plan 1897/2023 (1897 - S.088). Designed in 1897 by Frank Lloyd Wright. Plans for the Thomas Gale Cottage have not survived in the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation archives. But the floor plan is similar to the plans of the three Mrs. Thomas Gale cottages, with modifications and slightly larger in size. 24' x 38' compared to 21' x 36', for a total square foot (both floors) of 1,584 SF compared to 1,323 SF. The cottage was designed as a summer cottage, and was not originally occupied year round. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1897, five years after he designed the Gale house. The house has been altered greatly and does not appear to retain many of the original design elements of the original. The front of the cottages faced the lake, so the main entrance was at the back of the cottage and entered into the kitchen. To the left was a maid's room. Straight ahead was the living room with a centrally located fireplace. To the left of the fireplace, stairs led to the second level. From the living room doors opened to a porch. Upstairs were four bedrooms. There was no provision for a bathroom. The lower level was originally 912 square feet including the front porch, the upper 672 for a total of 1584 square feet. In 2023, the Thomas Gale Cottage... Continue... 0026.12.0923 1897 Thomas H. Gale Cottage, Whitehall, Michigan Second Floor Plan 1897/2023 (1897 - S.088). Designed in 1897 by Frank Lloyd Wright. Plans for the Thomas Gale Cottage have not survived in the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation archives. But the floor plan is similar to the plans of the three Mrs. Thomas Gale cottages, with modifications and slightly larger in size. 24' x 38' compared to 21' x 36', for a total square foot (both floors) of 1,584 SF compared to 1,323 SF. The cottage was designed as a summer cottage, and was not originally occupied year round. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1897, five years after he designed the Gale house. The house has been altered greatly and does not appear to retain many of the original design elements of the original. The front of the cottages faced the lake, so the main entrance was at the back of the cottage and entered into the kitchen. To the left was a maid's room. Straight ahead was the living room with a centrally located fireplace. To the left of the fireplace, stairs led to the second level. A bathroom and firth bedroom have been added to the second level. The lower level was originally 912 square feet including the front porch, the upper 672 for a total of 1584 square feet. In 2023, the Thomas Gale Cottage was placed on the market and existing floor... Continue... 0026.13.0923 1897 Dr. Allison W. Harlan House, Chicago, Illinois, View 1897 (1892 - S.018). View of the Harlan House from the Southeast. Published in The Inland Architect and News Record, July, 1897, Volume XXIX, No. 6. Designed in 1892 while Frank Lloyd Wright still worked for Louis Sullivan, it is considered one of Wright’s "bootlegged" houses. There are two cantilevered balconies, one that runs the length of the front of the house, and a shorter balcony on the South elevation. The face, side and possibly the base of the balcony is covered in sullivanesque panels, and the front balcony is topped with planters. Just below the roof line is another simplified cut-out design, which is repeated in the dormer above. The entrance is reached on the left side of the house. Stairs lead up to a hall that is open on the second floor. The Library is straight ahead, Living Room to the right, Dining and Kitchen to the left. Five sets of floor to ceiling doors (and or windows) in the Living Room open to an enclosed Terrace. A side entrance is seen on the left. Over time, the front balcony was modified, and the side balcony eliminated, exposing the large semi-circular window in the stairwell. (Photograph) 8 x 10 color photograph. 0023.01.0524 1897 Dr. Allison W. Harlan House, Chicago, Illinois, View 1897 (1892 - S.018). View of the Harlan House from the Southeast. Published in The Inland Architect and News Record, July, 1897, Volume XXIX, No. 6. Text: "A Chicago Residence. Frank L. Wright, Architect." Designed in 1892 while Frank Lloyd Wright still worked for Louis Sullivan, it is considered one of Wright's "bootlegged" houses. There are two cantilevered balconies, one that runs the length of the front of the house, and a shorter balcony on the South elevation. The face, side and possibly the base of the balcony is covered in Sullivanesque panels, and the front balcony is topped with planters. Just below the roof line is another simplified cut-out design, which is repeated in the dormer above. The entrance is reached on the left side of the house. Stairs lead up to a hall that is open on the second floor. The Library is straight ahead, Living Room to the right, Dining and Kitchen to the left. Five sets of floor to ceiling doors (and or windows) in the Living Room open to an enclosed Terrace. A side entrance is seen on the left. Over time, the front balcony was modified, and the side balcony eliminated, exposing the large semi-circular window in the stairwell. 8 x 10 color photograph. (Sweeney 23) 0023.00.0420 1897 Luxfer Prism Company Corporate Office Building Circa 1897 (Project) (FLLW #9509.001). Study for the front elevation of the proposed Luxfer Prism Corporate Office Building. In 1896 James Pennycuick formed the Radiating Light Company. In 1897, with the help of five major investors, the name was changed to the American Luxfer Prism Company. Two were Wright friends and clients, William Winslow and Edward Waller. Other investor's included Cyrus H. McCormick, George A. Fuller (Skyscraper), Charles H. Wacker (Wacker Drive), and Levi Z. Leiter (Marshall Field & Co.). John M. Ewen was the company's first President. Wright, Winslow and Luxfer all had offices in the Rookery Building. Wright remodeled the Rookery Lobby in 1905. "The company hired the young Chicago architect Frank Lloyd Wright as a product designer, whose office at that time was on the same floor of the Rookery Building in Chicago as that of the Luxfer Prism Company." v, March 1995. Text bottom left: "9509.01." Bottom Right: "Study for Office Building Facade, employing Luxfer prism - lighting. 1894-5." Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. 7 x 10.5 Color photograph. 0026.04.0720 1897 Luxfer Prism Glass Company, John Ewen Patent. In 1896 James Pennycuick formed the Radiating Light Company. In 1897, with the help of five major investors, the name was changed to the American Luxfer Prism Company. Two were Wright friends and clients, William Winslow and Edward Waller. Other investor's included Cyrus H. McCormick, George A. Fuller (Skyscraper), Charles H. Wacker (Wacker Drive), and Levi Z. Leiter (Marshall Field & Co.). John M. Ewen was the company's first President. Wright, Winslow and Luxfer all had offices in the Rookery Building. Wright remodeled the Rookery Lobby in 1905. On December 7, 1897, John Ewen was issued 21 patents related to Luxfer Prisms. Of note is Patent No. 595,264. At first glance, it appears to be the same design as Patent No. 27,977, issued on December 7, 1897, to Frank Lloyd Wright. Ewen's was a patent for the overall design of the glass, Wright's was for the design on the face of the glass. Even though Ewen patented face designs, he chose to use Wright's design, which tends to add confusion to Frank Lloyd Wright's patent. B&W photograph. 0026.02.0620 1897 1) Luxfer Prism Glass Company Design for a Prism Light. "Design. F. L. Wright. Prism Light. No. 27,977. Patented Dec. 7, 1897. Inventor: Frank L,. Wright." Specification: "My invention relates to designs for prism-lights. The essential features of my design are found in a prism-light comprising a body with prisms on one side and on the other a series of concentrically-arranged ornamental lines which interlace or overlap each other, so as to produce a grid-like appearance." United States Patent Office. Published in The Official Gazette of The United States Patent Office, December 7, 1897. B&W photograph. 2) Luxfer Prism Glass Company Design for a Prism Light. "Design. F. L. Wright... Continue... 0026.03.0620 (1-41) 1898 1898 Luxfer Prism Company Corporate Office Building Circa 1897 (Project) (FLLW #9509.001). Study for the front elevation of the proposed Luxfer Prism Corporate Office Building, published in the Architectural Forum, January 1938, p.54. Caption: "An early design for a prism-glass office building, Chicago... 1896... Notwithstandiong the Chicago World's Fair of 1893... A Front only." Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. 5 x 9.5 B&W copy photograph. 0026.05.0720 1898 "Down The Valley" Spring Green, Wisconsin 1898. Photographed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright printed a series of photographs for an album showing the Hillside Home School (S.001 - 1887) run by his Aunts in Spring Green, Wisconsin. The album included a number of horizontal panoramic prints. Five of which are part of the CCA, Canadian Centre for Architecture collection. Each print was titled in Wright's handwriting. When placed side-by-side, three of the images; "N.W", "Down the Valley", and "Bryn Mawr" form a panoramic view of the Jones Valley looking north. A number of these photographs are also part of the Wisconsin Historical Society collection. Clipping pasted on verso: " 'Down the Valley' (Spring Green, Wis.) c. 1898, by Frank Lloyd Wright." Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Tribune. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph, (cropped). 0032.04.0911 1898 Wright's Oak Park Home and Studio, Drawing 1898 (1895 - S.002-4). Illustration of Frank Lloyd Wright's Home and Studio published in The House Beautiful, December 1899, p.37. View from Chicago Avenue. The draughting room is on the left, entrance hall in the center, and octagonal library on the right. The home is in the background on the right. Text on face: "Frank Lloyd Wright's own rendering of his home and studio in Oak Park, Illinois. With Marlin, Architects' Mecca. The Christian Science Monitor." Stamped on verso: Dec 8 1976." Acquired from the archives of the Christian Science Monitor. Original 10 x 5 B&W photograph. 0032.19.0421 1898 Wright's Oak Park Studio Fireplace (1895 - S.004) circa 1898. After securing a commission with the Luxfer Prism Company, Wright built a new Studio attached to his home in 1898. Possibly staged and photographed just after completion. Brick fireplace with a circular opening. A brick column balances out each side, possibly set at 45 degrees (?), base and capped with stone. Cubed stones balance the opening and set on the hearth. Tucked behind the large vase on the far left is a Sullivanesque frieze, similar to the Winslow door panel or the panel that faces the Roloson row houses. A Wright designed studio arm chair is to the left of the fireplace. A large floor matt with an Native American pattern sets in front of the fireplace, a smaller runner is draped over the chair. Wright commissioned Orlando Giannini to paint three American Indian murals in his Oak Park home in in 1895. John Lloyd Wright wrote, " 'Skinny' Giannini from Italy painted American Indians in brilliant colors on the walls of Papa's bedroom... Papa liked Indians!" "My Father Who is on Earth," 1946, page 34. On the upper face of the fireplace hangs four frieze panels sculptured by Richard Bock for the Heller Residence in 1896. According to Richard Bock, Wright asked him to design a small panel for Mrs. Heller (1896 - S.038)...  Continue...  See our Wright Study on the Heller Residence. 0032.15.0514 1898 Wright's Oak Park Studio Fireplace Detail of Heller Frieze (1895 - S.004) circa 1898. On the upper face of the fireplace hangs four frieze panels sculptured by Richard Bock for the Heller Residence in 1896. Winged maiden set within a Sullivanesque design. According to Richard Bock, Wright asked him to design a small panel for Mrs. Heller (1896 - S.038). "As an inducement to do the freeze he asked me to model a portrait statue of his son John, which was intended for the children's playroom in the home he was building in Oak Park. The figure was about two feet tall and was to represent a goldenrod. John Wright was then about four years old and the most contentious model I have ever encountered... It eventually turned out to be an attractive piece of sculpture of a very angelic child." "Memories of an American Artist," Bock, 1989, page 67. 10 x 6.5 B&W photograph. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. See our Wright Study on the Heller Residence. 0032.16.0514 1899 1899 Municipal Boathouse, Lake Mendota, Madison, Wisconsin, Circa 1899 (1893 - S.022). The Municipal Boathouse was built at the foot of North Carroll Street on Lake Mendota. View of the Municipal Boathouse from the Northwest. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1893. He was 26 year old at the time and a draftsman for the architectural firm of Adler and Sullivan. In March 1893, the Madison Improvement Association announced a competition for sketches of a boat house to be built by the association. Frank Lloyd Wright submitted two designs, and both were excepted, one for Lake Mendota and one for Lake Monona. The boat house for Lake Mendota was completed by the Spring of 1894. From the lake side, the two towers dominated the front elevation with a large arched opening that led to the interior storage for boats. At the base of each towers, a single centered arched doorway lead to the interior of the towers. Access was also gained by walkways on either side of the arched opening in the center. The boathouse was cut into the hillside and the back of the interior was semicircular. The roof supported the semicircular loggia above. Boats could be loaded onto storage racks via a "pivoted crane" that ran on a circular track overhead. Two piers extending out into the lake... Continue... 0036.21.0823 1899  Municipal Boathouse, Lake Mendota, Madison, Wisconsin, 1899 (1893 - S.022). The Municipal Boathouse was built at the foot of North Carroll Street on Lake Mendota. Partial view of the Municipal Boathouse from the walkway between the two towers. Madison can be seen in the background. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1893. He was 26 year old at the time and a draftsman for the architectural firm of Adler and Sullivan. In March 1893, the Madison Improvement Association announced a competition for sketches of a boat house to be built by the association. Frank Lloyd Wright submitted two designs, and both were excepted, one for Lake Mendota and one for Lake Monona. The boat house for Lake Mendota was completed by the Spring of 1894. From the lake side, the two towers dominated the front elevation with a large arched opening that led to the interior storage for boats. Photographed on April 24, 1899 by Charles N. Brown. Courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society. 10 x 8 B&W Photograph. 0036.22.0823 1899  Edward C. Waller Residence Remodeling, River Forest, IL 1899 (1899 - S.047). South Elevation of Frank Lloyd Wright's alterations to the Waller Residence in 1899. Edward C. Waller was a successful Chicago Businessman, real estate developer and an early client and patron of Frank Lloyd Wright. According to Thomas A Hines (Frank Lloyd Wright Field Guide, 2005, p.277), in 1886 Waller purchased a large tract of land in River Forest which bordered the Des Plaines River on the west, and Edgewood Place on the East, three blocks wide. It also ran from Lake street North for one block. According to Carla Lind, Lost Wright, 1996, p.49, it was a 6 acre parcel. Architect Daniel Burnham, Burnham and Root, designed the original Waller House. The estate was large enough that Waller had barns for horses and cows, a green house for growing fruits and vegetable, and the Wright designed Poultry House for raising chickens. The house was located around the area where 520 - 528 River Oak Drive is today. River Oak Drive may not existed as a street in 1899. In 1893-4, Waller sold a lot on Auvergne Place, across the street from his own house to William Winslow (1894 - S.24), who commissioned Wright to design his home. In 1895, Waller commissioned Wright to design the Francisco Terrace... Continue... 0036.13.0521 1899 Edward C. Waller Residence Remodeling, River Forest, IL 1899 (1899 - S.047). Two interior sections of the Entrance and upper hall of Frank Lloyd Wright's alterations to the Waller Residence in 1899. Edward C. Waller was a successful Chicago Businessman, real estate developer and an early client and patron of Frank Lloyd Wright. In the In the entrance hall stairway, Wright incorporates circular design elements into the railing baluster. Similar in design to the Charles E. Roberts House, Oak park (1896 - S.40). Robert's windows and skylight were published in The Architectural Review, June 1900, p.62, lower right, and in Light Screens, Sloan, 2001, p.124-125. Another important design element that was designed by Wright was the copper urn. There were three in the Waller House, two in the dining room and one in the entrance. Text lower right: "Alterations in the Residence of Mr. E. C. Waller, River Forest. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect. February, 1899." Text hand written lower left: "9901.06." Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wight Foundation Archives. 10.5 x 6 B&W photograph. 0036.14.0521 1899 Edward C. Waller Residence Remodeling, River Forest, IL 1899 (1899 - S.047). South and East Elevations of the Waller Dining Room of Frank Lloyd Wright's alterations to the Waller Residence in 1899. Edward C. Waller was a successful Chicago Businessman, real estate developer and an early client and patron of Frank Lloyd Wright. Upper illustration: "South Elevation." The built-in "Window Seat" ran the full length of the large window and allowed Wright to hide the Radiator. The Dining Room floor plans (9902.08) include the built-in Window Seat. Lower illustration: "Dining Room East Elevation." To the left of the South Elevation is the East Elevation. Existing photographs indicate that the art glass windows were never completed. Text lower right: "Alterations in the Residence of Mr. E. C. Waller, River Forest. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect. March, 1899." Text hand written lower left: "9901.11." Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wight Foundation Archives. 10.5 x 6.6 B&W photograph. 0036.15.0521 1899 Edward C. Waller Residence Remodeling, River Forest, IL 1899 (1899 - S.047). North and West Elevations of the Waller Dining Room of Frank Lloyd Wright's alterations to the Waller Residence in 1899. Edward C. Waller was a successful Chicago Businessman, real estate developer and an early client and patron of Frank Lloyd Wright. Upper illustration: "North Elevation." The North Elevation included the fireplace as well as built-in shelves above the fireplace behind glass doors. Lower illustration: "Dining Room West Elevation." To the left of the North Elevation is the West Elevation. Existing photographs indicate that the art glass windows were never completed. Text lower right: "Alterations in the Residence of Mr. E. C. Waller, River Forest. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect. March, 1899." Text hand written lower left: "9901.12." Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wight Foundation Archives. 10.5 x 6.6 B&W photograph. 0036.16.0521 1899 Edward C. Waller Residence Remodeling, River Forest, IL 1899 (1899 - S.047). Table design for the E. C. Waller Residence in 1899. Possible for the library. Edward C. Waller was a successful Chicago Businessman, real estate developer and an early client and patron of Frank Lloyd Wright. Front and side elevations. Like the Dining Room table, these legs are square and flared at the bottom. Wright also designed the dining room table, and according to Carla Lind, Lost Wright, 1996, p.49, Wright also designed the dining room chairs. This table measures 56" long, 2' 2" wide, and 2' 2" high. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wight Foundation Archives. 10.5 x 6.6 B&W photograph. 0036.17.0521 1899 Wright's Oak Park Studio (1895 - S.004) circa 1899. Wright hung four Heller frieze panels above fireplace on the left. After securing a commission with the Luxfer Prism Company, Wright built a new Studio attached to his home in 1898. Brick fireplace with a circular opening is on the left. A brick column balances out each side, possibly set at 45 degrees (?), base and capped with stone. On the upper face of the fireplace hangs four frieze panels sculptured by Richard Bock for the Heller Residence in 1896. According to Richard Bock, Wright asked him to design a small panel for Mrs. Heller (1896 - S.038). "As an inducement to do the freeze he asked me to model a portrait statue of his son John, which was intended for the children's playroom in the home he was building in Oak Park. The figure was about two feet tall and was to represent a goldenrod. John Wright was then about four years old and the most contentious model I have ever encountered... It eventually turned out to be an attractive piece of sculpture of a very angelic child." "Memories of an American Artist," Bock, 1989, page 67. Studio is filled with drawing boards, sculptures (3 visible), drawings and plants. An art glass piece hangs in the window. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. See our Wright Study on the Heller Residence. 0036.03.0514 1900 1900 Abraham Lincoln Center 1900 (1903 - S.095). Perspective drawing of the auditorium as Frank Lloyd Wright designed it. What was built was a very simplified version of Wright's design. It has been altered greatly over the years. Published in Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1887-1901, Pfeiffer, 1991, p.165. Also published in the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, September 1991, p.256. 8 x 3.5 Color photograph. 0041.37.0320 1900 William and Jesse Adams Residence, Chicago, Foundation Plan 1900 (1900 - S.048). Basement and Foundation Plan, Attic Plan and Detail of Construction. William Adams was a successful contractor in the Chicago area. Adam's first collaboration with Frank Lloyd Wright was on Wright's first major commission, the Winslow Residence. Although both the Residence and Stable were designed in 1894, it is not clear who the contractor was for the house, but it is clear that William Adams built the Stables, his signature was on the plans, "Frank Lloyd Wright Preliminary Studies 1889-1916," Volume 9, Pfeiffer, 1991, Plate 23-24. Two other major collaborations were the Heller Residences (1896 - S.038) built in 1897 and Husser (1899 - S.046). Text on plans: "Detail of construction." "Attic Plan." "Basement and Foundation plan. Note: Inside of wall flush with inside of studs." Attic appears to have two large rooms with windows and a closet. Basement included laundry and coal storage. Copy photograph of plans published in "Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1887-1901," Volume 1, Pfeiffer, 1991, P.160. 10 x 6 B&W photograph. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. 0041.34.1119 1900 William and Jesse Adams Residence, Chicago, Floor Plans 1900 (1900 - S.048). First and Second Floor plans, Dining Room Sideboard Detail and Sections. William Adams was a successful contractor in the Chicago area. Adam's first collaboration with Frank Lloyd Wright was on Wright's first major commission, the Winslow Residence. Although both the Residence and Stable were designed in 1894, it is not clear who the contractor was for the house, but it is clear that William Adams built the Stables, his signature was on the plans, "Frank Lloyd Wright Preliminary Studies 1889-1916," Volume 9, Pfeiffer, 1991, Plate 23-24. Two other major collaborations were the Heller Residences (1896 - S.038) built in 1897 and Husser (1899 - S.046). Text on plans: "First Floor Plan of a residence for Mrs. Jessie W. Adams to be built at Longwood Illinois. Frank Lloyd Wright . . . Architect. November 1900. Second Floor Plan." "Second Floor Plan." "Sideboard of Dining Room." "Section..." First floor includes the Covered Porch, Vestibule, Reception Room, Living and Dining Rooms, Kitchen, Bath and Rear Porch. The Dining Room's built-in Sideboard was on the West wall, removed during the extensive 1913 remodel. The second floor includes four bedrooms and a full bath. Copy photograph of plans published... Continue... 0041.35.1119 1900 Frederick Bagley Residence 1900 Illustration, Hinsdale, Illinois (1894 - S.028). Copy of the illustration of the Bagley Residence published in an article on Wright's early work in Architectural Review, June 1900. "The polygonal libraries of the Bagley, Devin and McAfee houses and of Mr. Wright's own studio, with their above-head or direct top light and air of quiet seclusion for study and reflection, are noteworthy features." p.67. Although early photographs reveal that the house was covered in cedar shingles, it is illustrated in stucco similar to the Frank Thomas Residence (1901 - S.067). The roof also is illustrated light in color. It has since been covered in white siding. It also appears to show an addition at the back of the house, not indicated on the floor plan. 10 x 3.75 color photograph. 0041.32.0719 1900 Frederick Bagley Residence Floor Plan 1900, Hinsdale, Illinois (1894 - S.028). Copy of the floor plan for the Bagley Residence published in an article on Wright's early work in Architectural Review, June 1900. "The polygonal libraries of the Bagley, Devin and McAfee houses and of Mr. Wright's own studio, with their above-head or direct top light and air of quiet seclusion for study and reflection, are noteworthy features." p.67. From the veranda, the front door leads to a hall. To the left, stairs lead to a landing that leads to the library and the second floor, the hall that leads to the kitchen, or a doorway leading to the living room. The dining room and back veranda are on the opposite corner of the house. (Note: Text enhanced by Douglas M. Steiner.) 9 x 8 color photograph. 0041.33.0719 1900 Dr. Howard W. Bassett Residence Remodel, Oak Park, Illinois, Circa 1900 (Not Dated) (1894 - S.027). The Bassett Residence was demolished in 1922 to make room for an expanding downtown, located just a few steps from the Oak Park Elevated Station and .3 miles from Unity Temple. A perfect spot for a doctor's office/home. According to Thomas Heinz, "Previously the house was the boyhood home of Walter Burley Griffin, from at least 1885 when the city directories began; Griffin, who was apprenticed to Wright... His father, George Walter Griffin, sold the house to Bassett." Field Guide, 2005. Dr. Howard W. Bassett, was born Sacramento, California on November 27, 1861. He graduated from Sacramento High School in 1877, and a medical degree at Chicago Homoeopathic Medical College in 1889 and interned at the Cook County Hospital. He practiced in Oak Park from 1891 - 1900. He took a post graduate course at the Chicago Polyclinic in 1892. He was a member of the staff at St. Anthony's Hospital in Chicago and a clinical assistant chair of neurology at Chicago Homeopathic Medical College. In 1900 he moved to Richmond, Virginia. In 1906 he completed a post graduate course at the Medical College of Virginia continuing his practice during his studies. He was among the... Continue... 0041.63.0823 1900 B. Harley Bradley Residence, Kankakee, Illinois 1900 (1900 - S.052). First floor plan for the Bradley Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1900, completed in 1901. The Bradley Residence is one of Wight's earliest Prairie Houses, and is considered by most to be his first. The depth of Frank Lloyd Wright's design incorporated interior furnishing, carpets, built-ins, art glass windows and landscaping, creating a complete harmonious design. The Bradley House incorporated many design elements that defined Prairie Styled houses. Low pitched gabled roofs, broad overhangs, dominate horizontal lines, the exterior finished in stucco and horizontal bands of art-glass windows. Wright utilized a cruciform floor plan, the living room and kitchen being the main axis, the dining room to the reception room being the cross axis. The entrance is not at the front of the house, but on the side, under the Porte cochere, hidden from view, stereotypical of many of Wright's designs. The first floor includes the reception room, living and dining rooms, kitchen, sitting and dressing rooms, two bathrooms and three terraces/porches. The two-story stable, set behind the house, is connected by a covered walkway. Illustrated by John Eifler. 9 x 8 B&W photograph. 0041.47.0222 1900 B. Harley Bradley Residence, Kankakee, Illinois 1900 (1900 - S.052). Second floor plan for the Bradley Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1900, completed in 1901. The Bradley Residence is one of Wight's earliest Prairie Houses, and is considered by most to be his first. The depth of Frank Lloyd Wright's design incorporated interior furnishing, carpets, built-ins, art glass windows and landscaping, creating a complete harmonious design. The Bradley House incorporated many design elements that defined Prairie Styled houses. Low pitched gabled roofs, broad overhangs, dominate horizontal lines, the exterior finished in stucco and horizontal bands of art-glass windows. The second floor has a smaller footprint, but includes six bedrooms, two bath and a large covered porch. Illustrated by John Eifler. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0041.48.0222 C 1900 James Charnley Residence (1890 - S.009) Circa 1900. Viewed from the Northwest during the winter. The 16-room home included six bedrooms, four baths, and six wood burning fireplaces. James Charnley was a wealthy lumberman who was a personal friend of Louis Sullivan. Frank Lloyd Wright was the chief draftsman at the time for the architectural firm of Adler and Sullivan. Acquired from the Library of Congress. Original 10 x 8 B&W Print. 0041.05.1011 1900 Dwelling For Oakland, California, Oakland, California, Elevation and Plan, 1900 (Project 1900 - FLLW #0013). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1900. Elevation and plan for a dwelling in Oakland California. Top illustration: North elevation. Lower left illustration: Site and main floor plan. Right illustration: Basement plan. The dwelling is prairie styled, but not the typical rectangular footprint. The floor plan is shows two squares overlapping at 90 degrees. The lower left "square" contains the entrance, kitchen, bath and two bedrooms. The upper right "square contains the living and dining rooms, central fireplace and the stairs to the lower level. The basement is only below the living room square and contains two additional bedrooms. The exterior is board and batten construction. Text: "North. Elevation." "Main Story." "Basement. Dwelling For Oakland, California. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect. Chicago, Illinois." FLLW #0013.01. Published in Frank Lloyd Wright 1885-1916, Pfeiffer, 2011, p.109. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0041.36.1219 1900 1) Stephen A. Foster Cottage & Stable, West Pullman, Chicago, Illinois, Perspective (1900 - S.049-050) (FLLW #0003.01). Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1900, it was designed the same year as the pre-Prairie Jessie Adams House, and the Bradley and Hickox Prairie houses, and might be considered a transitions between the two. Text of the perspective plans reads: "Foster Cottage and Barn at West Pullman, at a Cost of Both Complete "" Thirty Five Hundred Dollars" Feb. 20th 1900. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect." The drawing included a front elevation and floor plan for the barn on the left, and perspective and floor plan for the house on the right. Frank Lloyd Wright included this drawing of the house in the June 1900 issue of The Architectural Review. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library, Columbia University. 10 x 4 Color photograph. 0041.50.0622 1900 2) Stephen A. Foster Cottage & Stable, West Pullman, Chicago, Illinois, Perspective (1900 - S.049-050) (FLLW #0003.01). Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1900, it was designed the same year as the pre-Prairie Jessie Adams House, and the Bradley and Hickox Prairie houses, and might be considered a transitions between the two. Text of the perspective plans reads: "Foster Cottage and Barn at West Pullman, at a Cost of Both Complete "Thirty Five Hundred Dollars" Feb. 20th 1900. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect." The drawing included a front elevation and floor plan for the barn on the left, and perspective and floor plan for the house on the right. Frank Lloyd Wright included this drawing of the house in the June 1900 issue of The Architectural Review. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library, Columbia University. 10 x 4 B&W photograph. 0041.51.0622 1900 3) Stephen A. Foster Cottage & Stable, West Pullman, Chicago, Illinois, Floor Plan (1900 - S.049-050) (FLLW #0003.02). Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1900, it was designed the same year as the pre-Prairie Jessie Adams House, and the Bradley and Hickox Prairie houses, and might be considered a transitions between the two. Text: "First Floor Plan. Summer Cottage for Mr. Stephen A. Foster. To Be Built at West Pullman. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect. January 1900." The entrance is not on the front of the house, but the side facing the driveway. As you stepped into the house, you entered the reception hall. Seating was built into the bay window on the right. Stairs on the left lead you to the bedrooms and bath upstairs. Past the stairway on the left was the kitchen and pantry. Straight ahead was the living room and dining area which was one big area, and covered half the lower level. Centrally located was the fireplace. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library, Columbia University. 10 x 6.5 B&W photograph. 0041.52.0622 1900 Stephen A. Foster Cottage & Stable, West Pullman, Chicago, Illinois, Floor Plan (1900 - S.049-050). Adaptation of the floor plan of the first and second floor plans. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1900, it was designed the same year as the pre-Prairie Jessie Adams House, and the Bradley and Hickox Prairie houses, and might be considered a transitions between the two. The entrance is not at the front of the house, but the side facing the driveway. As you stepped into the house, you entered the reception hall. Seating was built into the bay window on the right. Stairs on the left lead you to the bedrooms and bath upstairs. Past the stairway on the left was the kitchen and pantry. Straight ahead was the living room and dining area which was one big area, and covered half the lower level. Centrally located was the fireplace. Although the terrace was uncovered, Wright designed a Japanese styled trellis system which appears to be partially visible. Adaptation from the first and second floor plans by Douglas M. Steiner. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0041.57.0622 1900  4) Stephen A. Foster Cottage & Stable, West Pullman, Chicago, Illinois, Front (West) Elevation (1900 - S.049-050) (FLLW #0003.06). Front elevation facing Harvard Avenue. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1900, it was designed the same year as the pre-Prairie Jessie Adams House, and the Bradley and Hickox Prairie houses, and might be considered a transitions between the two. Text far left: "0003.06." Right: "Front Elevation."  The entrance is not of the front of the house, but the side facing the driveway (left). The entrance is secluded by a prairie styled balustrade screen. To the right of the entrance is a bay window. Seating was built into the bay window. The right set of windows is the living room. A terrace ran the full width of the South elevation (right). A short wall enclosed it on three sides. Balustrade screens decorated both corners of the terrace. Originally the terrace was open, but was later enclosed, and stairs added to the East side of the terrace. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library, Columbia University. 10 x 6 B&W photograph. 0041.53.0622 1900 5) Stephen A. Foster Cottage & Stable, West Pullman, Chicago, Illinois, South Elevation (1900 - S.049-050) (FLLW #0003.07). South elevation facing West 122nd Street. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1900, it was designed the same year as the pre-Prairie Jessie Adams House, and the Bradley and Hickox Prairie houses, and might be considered a transitions between the two. Text far left: "0003.07." Right: "South Elevation."  The entrance is not of the front of the house, but the side facing the driveway (left). A terrace ran the full width of the South elevation. A short wall enclosed it on three sides. Balustrade screens decorated both corners of the terrace. Three sets of doors open outward from the living room, in the center of the terrace. Originally the terrace was open, but was later enclosed, and stairs added to the East side (right) of the terrace. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library, Columbia University. 10 x 6 B&W photograph. 0041.54.0622 1900 6) Stephen A. Foster Cottage & Stable, West Pullman, Chicago, Illinois, Rear (East) Elevation (1900 - S.049-050) (FLLW #0003.08). East elevation facing the alley. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1900, it was designed the same year as the pre-Prairie Jessie Adams House, and the Bradley and Hickox Prairie houses, and might be considered a transitions between the two. Text far left: "0003.08." Right: "Rear Elevation."  A terrace ran the full width of the South elevation (left). A short wall enclosed it on three sides. Balustrade screens decorated both corners of the terrace. Originally the terrace was open, but was later enclosed, and stairs added to the East side of the terrace. The dining area is behind the three sets of windows to the left. The stairs on the right lead up to a small porch, the door lead to the kitchen. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library, Columbia University. 10 x 6 B&W photograph. 0041.55.0622 1900 7) Stephen A. Foster Cottage & Stable, West Pullman, Chicago, Illinois, North Elevation (1900 - S.049-050) (FLLW #0003.09). North elevation facing the driveway. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1900, it was designed the same year as the pre-Prairie Jessie Adams House, and the Bradley and Hickox Prairie houses, and might be considered a transitions between the two. Text far left: "0003.09." Right: "North Elevation."  Stairs on the left lead up to a small porch, a door lead to the kitchen. The door in the center lead to the basement, but was removed before Gilman Lane photographed the house around 1940. The stairs on the right lead up to the main entrance. Balustrade screens on the left and right sides of the porch secluded the main entrance. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library, Columbia University. 10 x 6 B&W photograph. 0041.56.0622 C 1900-10 Francis Apartments (Circa 1900-10). Francis Apartments, 4304 Forestville Ave. Chicago, Illinois (1895 - S.032). Designed by Wright in 1895, for the Terre Haute Trust Company, Chicago. Demolished in 1971. Looking west on East 43rd Street, Forrestville Avenue is on the left. 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 0094.16.0711 1900 Harry C. Goodrich Residence, Oak Park, Illinois, Circa 1900 (1896 - S.042). View of the Goodrich Residence from the West. Copy photograph published in The Architectural Review, June 1900, p.63. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1896. The house has a nearly square footprint, with an off-centered front and back porch. It is two-stories, with a high-pitched roof which flares at the base of all four sides. The roof is covered with shingles, as are the two sides above the eves. Horizontal clapboard covers the lower two-thirds of the exterior and extends upward to the sills of the second story windows which are just beneath the eves. The second story windows are set within a horizontal band, lighter colored, possibly stucco. The bay window which continues from the first to second floor, is centered on the front elevation. Corners and columns have a vertical rectangular design element with a diamond centered in each. The roof flare is repeated in the exterior base trim. Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer indicated that there were no drawings that survived in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Wright 1885-1916, P.73. But he also indicated that Wright resurrected earlier unrealized plans, originally prepared for a Charles E. Roberts project, Ridgeland Houses. Plans 9608.010-019 are nearly a perfect match with minor changes. 8 x 7 B&W copy photograph. 0041.61.0323 C 1900 Arthur Heurtley Cottage Remodeling, Les Cheneaux, Marquette Island, Michigan, Circa 1900 (1902 - S.075). View of the Heurtley Cottage from the Northwest prior to Frank Lloyd Wright revisions. This may be one of the earliest photographs of the Cottage. What is missing in this photograph are the dining room windows Wright added to the basement level, facing the lake, which would be the elevation on the far right. The L-shaped porch has not yet been glassed in. This does confirm that there were windows on the second floor, those on the right are facing the lake. This view also accentuates the outer walls that slope inward. Frank Lloyd Wright may have this original cottage around 1898, but this can not be confirmed cecause original plans for the cottage have not been found. What can be confirmed is that in 1902 Frank Lloyd Wright designed a house for Arthur Heurtley in Oak Park. Concurrently he remodeled the cottage for Heurtley on Marquette Island, in Michigan. The renovation included alterations to the bedrooms and bath on the first floor, and reconfiguring the basement to include a dining room, kitchen and servant's quarters. He also designed a fireplace for the dining room. He also specified maple floor throughout the basement. Written on the plans: "Maple Floor Throughout... Continue... 0041.62.0523 1900 Warren R. Hickox Residence, Kankakee, Illinois, First Floor Plan 1900 (FLLW #0004.01) (1900 - S.056). First floor plan for the Warren R. Hickox Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1900. Both the Hickox and Bradley houses are considered Wright’s first prairie styled houses. Although the Hickox is smaller than the Bradley, it has many of the same characteristics. Broad overhanging eaves, gabled roof, upturned flanges, stucco and wood trim, dominate horizontal lines, and horizontal bands of leaded glass windows. The angles in the windows mimic the angles of the roof line. The entrance to the house is up a few stairs to a covered porch. The front door opens to a small entry hall with a second door that leads into the reception room... Continue... 0041.66.1223 1900 Warren R. Hickox Residence, Kankakee, Illinois, North Elevation 1900 (FLLW #0004.01) (1900 - S.056). North elevation for the Warren R. Hickox Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1900. Both the Hickox and Bradley houses are considered Wright’s first prairie styled houses. Although the Hickox is smaller than the Bradley, it has many of the same characteristics. Broad overhanging eaves, gabled roof, upturned flanges, stucco and wood trim, dominate horizontal lines, and horizontal bands of leaded glass windows. The angles in the windows mimic the angles of the roof line. The library/music room is on the left. The entrance to the house is up a few stairs to a covered porch. The front door opens to a small entry hall with a second door that... Continue... 0041.70.1223 C 1900 Hillside Home School I Circa 1900 (1887 - S.001). View from the driveway. This is considered the first building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Ellen (Nell) and Jane Lloyd Jones, Frank Lloyd Wright's aunts, formed the Hillside Home School in 1887 and ran it until 1915 when it closed. The private school accepted students between the ages of seven and seventeen. It espoused non-conventional teaching methods, and was the first coeducational school in the nation. After attending the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wright headed for Chicago in 1887 and accepted a position as draftsman in the architectural firm of Joseph Lyman Silsbee. That year, his Aunt's drafted him to design a school building for them, Hillside Home School I, a large Shingle styled building, reflected the designs of his mentor Silsbee, and in the style of his first project, Unity Chapel, in Spring Green. As the school grew, so did the need for more space. In 1902 Wright designed a second and larger building for his aunts, Hillside Home School II (S.069) which later was incorporated into the Taliesin Fellowship complex. This building was demolished in 1950. Text in lower left hand corner: "H 22." Published in The Valley of the God-Almighty Joneses, Barney, 1965, p.62e. Also published in Frank Lloyd Wright 1885-1916, Pfeiffer, 2011.. Continue... 0041.31.0619 1900 Joseph & Helen Husser Residence Fireplace Drawing 1900 (1899 - S.046). Copy photograph of drawing published in the June 1900, Architectural Review. During the final stages of the completion of the Husser Residence, Robert C. Spencer, Jr. describes the home in the June 1900 issue of The Architectural Review. "A very recent innovation not yet in place is the facing of gold enamel and glass mosaic for one of the Husser fireplaces. Quietly framed within broad bands of Caen stone, the combination of gold in fusion with color on porcelain have been made to delineate vine trunks and a weeping profusion of wisteria sprays and pendent blossoms upon a ground dull gold below and bright gold above a suggested horizon. The white joints have been employed with great skill to delineate dainty stems and leaves of softer green and crackled gold. The sprays of blossoms are inlays of rosy white and pearly glass which fall in the airiest, sweetest fashion from the tangle of leaves above. Mr. Wright as architect, Miss Ostertag as artist, and Mr. Giannini as craftsman and burner of remarkable enamels, have co-operated to show what may be conceived and executed here above and beyond precedent. They have more than succeeded. No monochrome can even... Continue... See our study of the Husser and Martin fireplaces... 0041.22.1018 1900 Joseph & Helen Husser Residence Fireplace Drawing 1900 (1899 - S.046). Copy photograph of drawing published in Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1902-1906, Volume 2, Pfeiffer, 1987, p.109, plate 188. Published as part of the Martin residence, not identified as the Husser fireplace. Misleading placement of illustration. Plate 186 is the plan for the Martin fireplace. Hand written on plan: "Gold Mosaic Wisteria," "Wisteria Fireplace" and "Mosaic Fire Place, D. D. Martin, Buffalo." The only difference between this illustration and the Husser 1900 Architectural Review is that this illustration is missing the square and text in the upper right hand block, and also the text in the fireplace screen which is too faded out to read. 10 x 6 B&W photograph. See our study of the Husser and Martin fireplaces... 0041.27.1118 C 1900  Joseph & Helen Husser Residence Fireplace Circa 1899-1900 (1899 - S.046). Copy photograph of image published in Frank Lloyd Wright To 1910, Manson, 1958, p.148. Appears to be completed, but not installed around the fireplace. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. See our study of the Husser and Martin fireplaces... 0041.23.1018 1900 Joseph & Helen Husser Residence Fireplace Circa 1900 (1899 - S.046). Husser Fireplace Discovered. Copy photograph of image published in the Frank Lloyd Wright Ausgefuhrte Bauten, Wright, 1911, p.110, and in Frank Lloyd Wright Chicago, Wright, 1911, p.44. Both are identified as the Martin fireplace. AB: "Wohnhaus Martin, Buffalo, N. Y. Kaminwand in Gold-Glasmosaik" translates "Martin House, Buffalo, N. Y. Fireplace Wall in Gold and Glass Mosaic." Chicago: "Wohnhaus Martin, Buffalo, N. Y. Mantelverkleidung in Glasmosaik" translates "Martin House, Buffalo, N. Y. Mantel Paneling in Glass Mosaic." Thanks for the heads-up from Tim Ellison. Although identified as the fireplace mosaic from the Martin Residence (1904), it is actually the fireplace mosaic from the Husser Residence, demolished in 1924. In 1968, The Early Work By Frank Lloyd Wright, Wright, p.110, it was miss identified again as the Martin Fireplace. 10 x 6.75 B&W photograph. See our study of the Husser and Martin fireplaces... 0041.26.1018 1900 Joseph & Helen Husser Residence Fireplace 1900 (1899 - S.046). Copy photograph of image published in the June 1900, The Art-Interchange, P.130. "Two fireplaces in mosaic have attractive much attention in Chicago. One is in true mosaic such as the centuries have known: the other is different, and called "mosaic" simply for convenience. It is a new invention, or a new application -- which amounts to the same thing... Frank Lloyd Wright, architect, is responsible for the creation of the innovation, and Orlando Giannnini invented the new glass work... The motive use by Miss Ostertag is based on the study of the wisteria vine in blossom. The thick trunks of the vine climb up either jamb and, branching, lose themselves in a mass of well-drawn foliage above a conventionalized wall. The bunches of flowers are not formally arranged, but seem to grow as the accidents of nature allowed..." James William Pattison. Although the article does not mention the Husser Residence by name, the Martin Residence was not designed until 1904. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. See our study of the Husser and Martin fireplaces... 0041.24.1018 C 1900 Nathan G. Moore Residence (1895/1923 - S.034) Circa 1900. Original 1895 structure. Originally designed in 1895, the home was destroyed by fire in 1922. It was redesigned by Wright in 1923. 333 Forest Avenue, Oak Park. Viewed from the Northeast. Superior Street is seen in the foreground. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. Original 9 x 7.75 B&W photograph. 0041.06.0112 C 1900 Municipal Boathouse, Lake Mendota, Madison, Wisconsin, Circa 1900 (1893 - S.022). The Municipal Boathouse was built at the foot of North Carroll Street on Lake Mendota. View of the Municipal Boathouse from the Northeast. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1893. He was 26 year old at the time and a draftsman for the architectural firm of Adler and Sullivan. The boat house for Lake Mendota was completed by the Spring of 1894. From the street side the boathouse looks like a one-story building. The boathouse was cut into the hillside. From the street a "T"ť footbridge led to a covered semicircular loggia. At both ends of the loggia were covered pavilions that were the top floors of identical towers. A bridge connected the two towers. The roof and sides of the boathouse were covered in shingles, with the top five feet of both towers covered in cream plaster. On three sides of each tower, were three arched windows and doors. Courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society. 10 x 8 B&W Photograph. 0041.65.0823 C 1900 Albert W. Sullivan Residence, Chicago, Illinois, Circa 1900 (1892 - S.019). View of the front of the Albert Sullivan Residence. Designed in 1892 while Frank Lloyd Wright worked for Louis Sullivan. Albert Sullivan , Louis's brother, commissioned him to design a house for their mother. She past away before it was completed and Louis Sullivan moved into the house when it was completed, and lived there until 1896. Albert and his family then took up residence there until 1914. The house was a collaboration between Sullivan and Wright, but most scholars credit Wright with the design and Sullivan with the floral designs. Sullivan was busy on commercial commissions and delegated residential to Wright. The house was demolished in 1970. Test bottom left: "C349." Photographed by the Chicago Architectural Photographing Company between 1892 - 1910. Courtesy of The Art Institute of Chicago. 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 0041.64.0823 C 1900 Louis Sullivan at his Bungalow (1890 - S.005) in Ocean Springs, MS, circa 1900. In 1887 Wright joined the firm of Adler & Sullivan where he worked for six years. While employed by Adler & Sullivan he designed the Sullivan Bungalow and Stables (1890 - S.006), the Charnley Bungalow (1890 - S.007), Guesthouse and Stables (1890 - S.008), Charnley Residence (1891 - S.009) and the Albert Sullivan Residence (1892 - S.019). To earn extra income Wright also designed "bootleg" houses while still working for Adler & Sullivan. The W. Irving Clark house was one of Wright's first bootleg homes, commissioned in 1892 and completed in 1893. A dispute grew out of his acceptance of independent commissions, and in 1893 Sullivan fired Wright and began his own firm. 7.75 x 10 B&W photograph. 0041.16.0714 C 1900 Edward C. Waller Residence Remodeling, River Forest, IL Circa 1900 (1899 - S.047). View of the Entrance and upper hall of Frank Lloyd Wright's alterations to the Waller Residence. Edward C. Waller was a successful Chicago Businessman, real estate developer and an early client and patron of Frank Lloyd Wright. In the entrance hall stairway, Wright incorporates circular design elements into the railing baluster. Similar in design to the Charles E. Roberts House, Oak park (1896 - S.40). Robert's windows and skylight were published in The Architectural Review, June 1900, p.62, lower right, and in Light Screens, Sloan, 2001, p.124-125. Above the Entry Hall on the second floor is an art glass dome which appears to have a forest scene, as if you are looking up from the forest bed to the tops of the trees in the forest. Another important design element that was designed by Wright was the copper urn setting atop the newel post. There were three in the Waller House, two in the dining room and one in the entrance. Frank Lloyd Wright's original drawing for the urn is published in Drawings for a Living Architecture, 1959, p.238. 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 0041.39.0621 C 1900 Edward C. Waller Residence Remodeling, River Forest, IL Circa 1900 (1899 - S.047). View of the Dining Room from the North, of Frank Lloyd Wright's alterations to the Waller Residence. Edward C. Waller was a successful Chicago Businessman, real estate developer and an early client and patron of Frank Lloyd Wright. The built-in "Window Seat" ran the full length of the large window and allowed Wright to hide the Radiator. The dining room table was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, and according to Carla Lind, Lost Wright, 1996, p.49, Wright also designed the dining room chairs. Wright designed art glass windows for the dining room, but there is no evidence that they were ever executed. Two copper Urns are placed symmetrically in the Dining Room, one on either side of the large window. A similar photograph was published in "Architectural Review" June 1900, p63. There were three Urns in the Waller House, two in the dining room and one in the entrance. Frank Lloyd Wright's original drawing for the urn is published in Drawings for a Living Architecture, 1959, p.238. 10 x 6.75 B&W photograph. 0041.40.0621 C 1900 Edward C. Waller Residence Remodeling, River Forest, IL Circa 1900 (1899 - S.047). View of the Dining Room from the South, of Frank Lloyd Wright's alterations to the Waller Residence. Edward C. Waller was a successful Chicago Businessman, real estate developer and an early client and patron of Frank Lloyd Wright. The dining room table was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, and according to Carla Lind, Lost Wright, 1996, p.49, Wright also designed the dining room chairs. The fireplace is in the background on the North side of the dining room, with built-in shelves above the fireplace behind glass doors. Text lower right: "218891." Copy photograph of image published in Frank Lloyd Wright Interiors and Furniture, Heinz, 1994, p.30. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0041.41.0621 Circa 1900 Wright's Oak Park Home and Studio (1895 - S.003) circa 1900. Wright Weed Holders, Studio Chair with Richard Bock Sculpture in Oak Park Studio. Possibly staged by Wright. Published in "Architectural Review" June 1900, page 65. Also published in "Frank Lloyd Wright Ausgefuhrte Bauten" 1911, page 98. The chair was from Wright's Studio. According to Richard Bock, Wright asked him to design a small panel for Mrs. Heller (1896 - S.038). "As an inducement to do the freeze he asked me to model a portrait statue of his son John, which was intended for the children's playroom in the home he was building in Oak Park. The figure was about two feet tall and was to represent a goldenrod. John Wright was then about four years old and the most contentious model I have ever encountered... It eventually turned out to be an attractive piece of sculpture of a very angelic child." "Memories of an American Artist", Bock, 1989, page 67. Wright used this photograph in his announcement of his first exhibition in 1902. Most likely photographed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Original 6.7 x 10 B&W photograph. 0041.08.0712 Circa 1900 Romeo and Juliet Windmill circa 1900 (1896 - S.037). Designed in 1896 for Wright's two aunts Ellen and Jane Lloyd-Jones and the Hillside Home School, it was completed in 1897. They requested it to stand in harmony with Hillside Home School I, the building he had designed for them ten years earlier. Wright's 60 foot tall structure functioned as a windmill and a belvedere. The design combined a diamond-shaped column wedged into an octagonal structure, symbolizing the embrace of Shakespeare's lovers. Photographed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society. 3 x 7 B&W photograph. 0041.14.1213 1900 Wright at 33. Circa 1900. Wright wearing a hat, looking to the left. 5 x 6.2 Print, High res digital image. 0041.01.0609 C 1900-1910 Miriam Noel Wright. Circa 1900-1910 (30-40 years old). Miriam wearing a hat, facing slightly to the right. Courtesy of the Smithsonian Institute, Phil Fedderson collection. (Note: AIA Monthly Bulletin, Michigan Society of Architects - December 1959) (Phil H. Fedderson: A native of Clinton and a graduate of Iowa State University in Ames, Phil Feddersen gained his work experience with Alden Dow of Midland, Michigan before opening his own architectural firm in Clinton 1959. Like Dow, Feddersen has been strongly influenced by the later work of Frank Lloyd Wright.) Many of Feddersen's designs exhibit the "organic" design philosophy of Wright. Published in "Many Masks"  Gill, 1987, page 235. 5 x 7 Print. High res digital image. 0041.02.0609 1901 1901 B. Harley Bradley Residence, Kankakee, Illinois 1901 (1900 - S.052). View of the Bradley Residence from the street. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1900, completed in 1901. The Bradley Residence is one of Wight's earliest Prairie Houses, and is considered by most to be his first. The depth of Frank Lloyd Wright's design incorporated interior furnishing, carpets, built-ins, art glass windows and landscaping, creating a complete harmonious design. The Bradley House incorporated many design elements that defined Prairie Styled houses. Low pitched gabled roofs, broad overhangs, dominate horizontal lines, the exterior finished in stucco and horizontal bands of art-glass windows. Published in The Chicago Architectural Annual, March 1902. Although published in 1902, this photographs would have been taken after completing in 1901. Caption: "The exterior is a cream-white plaster and unsurfaced wood, stained a soft brown. The interior and furnishings are of quartered oak throughout. The fittings and furnishings were designed by the architect. The color of the interior walls, floor coverings and hangings of the main floor is deep red, combined with yellow overhead. The plaster walls, trim, and furniture are stained and waxed. The house stands in a small glen on the banks of the... Continue... 0049.26.0222 1901 B. Harley Bradley Residence, Kankakee, Illinois 1901 (1900 - S.052). View of the Bradley Residence from the street. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1900, completed in 1901. The Bradley Residence is one of Wight's earliest Prairie Houses, and is considered by most to be his first. The depth of Frank Lloyd Wright's design incorporated interior furnishing, carpets, built-ins, art glass windows and landscaping, creating a complete harmonious design. The Bradley House incorporated many design elements that defined Prairie Styled houses. Low pitched gabled roofs, broad overhangs, dominate horizontal lines, the exterior finished in stucco and horizontal bands of art-glass windows. An exact photograph, minus the dog in the drive is published in The Chicago Architectural Annual, March 1902. Although published in 1902, this photographs would have been taken after completing in 1901. Caption: "The exterior is a cream-white plaster and unsurfaced wood, stained a soft brown. The interior and furnishings are of quartered oak throughout. The fittings and furnishings were designed by the architect. The color of the interior walls, floor coverings and hangings of the main floor is deep red, combined with yellow overhead. The plaster walls, trim, and furniture are stained and waxed. The house... Continue... 0049.27.0222 1901 B. Harley Bradley Residence, Kankakee, Illinois 1901 (1900 - S.052). View of the Bradley Residence living room. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1900, completed in 1901. The Bradley Residence is one of Wight's earliest Prairie Houses, and is considered by most to be his first. The depth of Frank Lloyd Wright's design incorporated interior furnishing, carpets, built-ins, art glass windows and landscaping, creating a complete harmonious design. The Bradley House incorporated many design elements that defined Prairie Styled houses. Low pitched gabled roofs, broad overhangs, dominate horizontal lines, the exterior finished in stucco and horizontal bands of art-glass windows. The living room space spreads into subordinate spaces, and in some respects flows into the dining room. The fireplace is centrally located. Benches originally set on either side of the fireplace as did round andirons in the hearth. Across from the fireplace is a bay window with built in seating. On either side are built -in bookcases. Two smaller rooms - spaces - are on either side of the living room, each with built in bookcases and a set of double doors that lead to the terrace. The top of the doors match the angles of the roof line. Published in The Chicago Architectural Annual, March 1902. Although published... Continue... 0049.28.0222 1901 B. Harley Bradley Residence, Kankakee, Illinois 1901 (1900 - S.052). View of the Bradley Residence living room and fireplace. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1900, completed in 1901. The Bradley Residence is one of Wight's earliest Prairie Houses, and is considered by most to be his first. The depth of Frank Lloyd Wright's design incorporated interior furnishing, carpets, built-ins, art glass windows and landscaping, creating a complete harmonious design. The Bradley House incorporated many design elements that defined Prairie Styled houses. Low pitched gabled roofs, broad overhangs, dominate horizontal lines, the exterior finished in stucco and horizontal bands of art-glass windows. The living room space spreads into subordinate spaces, and in some respects flows into the dining room. The fireplace is centrally located. Benches originally set on either side of the fireplace as did round andirons in the hearth. Across from the fireplace is a bay window with built in seating. On either side are built -in bookcases. Two smaller rooms - spaces - are on either side of the living room, each with built in bookcases and a set of double doors that lead to the terrace. The top of the doors match the angles of the roof line. Published in March 1908, Architectural record. Also published in Frank Lloyd... Continue... 0049.29.0222 1901 B. Harley Bradley Residence, Kankakee, Illinois 1901 (1900 - S.052). View of the Bradley Residence living room. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1900, completed in 1901. The Bradley Residence is one of Wight's earliest Prairie Houses, and is considered by most to be his first. The depth of Frank Lloyd Wright's design incorporated interior furnishing, carpets, built-ins, art glass windows and landscaping, creating a complete harmonious design. The Bradley House incorporated many design elements that defined Prairie Styled houses. Low pitched gabled roofs, broad overhangs, dominate horizontal lines, the exterior finished in stucco and horizontal bands of art-glass windows. The living room space spreads into subordinate spaces, and in some respects flows into the dining room. The fireplace is centrally located. Benches originally set on either side of the fireplace as did round andirons in the hearth. Across from the fireplace is a bay window with built in seating. On either side are built -in bookcases. Two smaller rooms - spaces - are on either side of the living room, each with built in bookcases and a set of double doors that lead to the terrace. The top of the doors match the angles of the roof line. Published in Frank Lloyd Wright Ausgefuhrte Bauten, Wright, 1911, p.25. Similar... Continue... 0049.30.0222 1901 B. Harley Bradley Residence, Kankakee, Illinois 1901 (1900 - S.052). View of the Bradley Residence dining room. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1900, completed in 1901. The Bradley Residence is one of Wight's earliest Prairie Houses, and is considered by most to be his first. The depth of Frank Lloyd Wright's design incorporated interior furnishing, carpets, built-ins, art glass windows and landscaping, creating a complete harmonious design. The Bradley House incorporated many design elements that defined Prairie Styled houses. Low pitched gabled roofs, broad overhangs, dominate horizontal lines, the exterior finished in stucco and horizontal bands of art-glass windows. A built-in china cabinet covers one interior wall. Glass doors included art glass, but are an entirely different design than the windows and skylight. Art glass windows and doors throughout the house utilized a variation of the same design. The angles in the windows mimic the angles of the roof line. The skylight in the dining room is more elaborate in design and is considered the most sophisticated and lavish art glass designed by Wright and do not relate to the design of the windows in the house. According to Sloan, Light Screens, 2001, p.94, the skylights mirrored the size and placement of the dining room table. Published... Continue... 0049.31.0222 1901 E. Arthur Davenport Residence, River Forest, Illinois, First Floor Plan 1901 (1901 - S.068). A variation for the first floor plan of the E. Arthur Davenport Residence. The plan is similar to the completed house, with minor variations. The enclosure at the main entrance is not included. The front porch bay was removed and a bay window was added to the living room. Another change is the built-in seating in the dining room. The house is approaches on the far left side of the property. The front door faces the street, but is enclosed and obscured from the street by a partial wall topped with square balusters. Once inside the enclosure, a stone step leads into the main entry. To the right stairs lead up to the main level. To the immediate left, stairs lead to the second level. Past the stairway is the kitchen. Straight ahead is a partial wall topped with square balusters obscuring the fireplace. To the right is the living... Continue... 0049.32.1023 -- 0049.38.1023 --1901 Fine Arts Building April 1901. Browne's Bookstore (1907 - S.141), which opened for business during the last few months of 1907, was located on the left side of the seventh floor as you faced the building. The W. Scott Thurber Art Gallery (1909 - S.154) occupied the fifth floor of the Annex adjacent on the right. The reader board above the door on the left reads "The Studebaker, Castle Square Opera Co. Pirates of Penzance". The May 1, 1901 issue of "The Dial" ran an ad, "The Studebaker. Fine Arts Building... 3D Year. Castle Square Opera Company. Week of April 29 - Pirates of Penzance." The "Pirates of Penzance" was performed two times. Construction began in late 1887 on the Auditorium building (left) and in late 1889 it held its grand opening. 8 x 10 Print. High res digital image. For more information see our Wright Study on Browne's Bookstore. 0048.01.0311 Circa 1901 Henderson Residence (1901 - S.057) circa 1901. View of the Living Room, Fireplace and Library from the Dining Room. The Henderson Residence was one of Wright's earliest Prairie styled homes and the only one in Elmhurst. In1900, with the Bradley Residence (S.052) and the Prairie style fully blossomed. In 1901 came the Willits Residence (S.054). There was a slight departure with the Hickox Residence (S.056). But the Henderson Residence is authentic Prairie. In essence the Henderson Residence was his fourth Prairie styled house. The massive twelve foot wide brick fireplace centers the home. The deep beams span the width of the Living Room. Two-light gas wall sconces and built-in cabinets line the Library wall. The radiator were left exposed. Most likely photographed by Henry Fuermann. Original 10 x 7.3 B&W photograph. For more information see our Wright Study on the Henderson Residence. 0048.04.0712 1901 1) Warren R. Hickox Residence, Kankakee, Illinois, 1901 (1900 - S.056). View of the Warren R. Hickox Residence from the East. Taken just after completion of the house. This appears to be photographed at the same time as S#49.39 and S#49.40. Lack of landscaping and bushes, and the small tree that was planted in front of the terrace. Shadows are also similar. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1900. Both the Hickox and Bradley houses are considered Wright’s first prairie styled houses. Although the Hickox is smaller than the Bradley, it has many of the same characteristics. Broad overhanging eaves, gabled roof, upturned flanges, stucco and wood trim, dominate horizontal lines, and horizontal bands of leaded glass windows. The angles in the windows mimic the angles of the roof line. The terrace is on the far left. The Library/music room is on the left, reception hall and entrance on the right, and covered front porch of the far right. Published in Frank Lloyd Wright, Ausgefuhrte Bauten and Frank Lloyd Wright, Chicago, in 1911. Copy 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0049.41.1223 1901 2) Warren R. Hickox Residence, Kankakee, Illinois, 1901 (1900 - S.056). View of the Warren R. Hickox Residence from the Southeast. Taken just after completion of the house. This appears to be photographed at the same time as S#49.40 and S#49.41. Lack of landscaping and bushes, and the small tree that was planted in front of the terrace. Shadows are also similar. The Dining room window is open in the same position. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1900. Both the Hickox and Bradley houses are considered Wright’s first prairie styled houses. Although the Hickox is smaller than the Bradley, it has many of the same characteristics. Broad overhanging eaves, gabled roof, upturned flanges, stucco and wood trim, dominate horizontal lines, and horizontal bands of leaded glass windows. The angles in the windows mimic the angles of the roof line. The terrace on the left leads into the living room. The dining room is on the far left, the library/music room is on the right. Published in The Chicago Architectural Annual, Chicago Architectural Club, 1902. Copy 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0049.39.1223 1901 3) Warren R. Hickox Residence, Kankakee, Illinois, 1901 (1900 - S.056). View of the Warren R. Hickox Residence from the South. Taken just after completion of the house. This appears to be photographed at the same time as S#49.39 and S#49.41. Lack of landscaping and bushes, and the small tree that was planted in front of the terrace. Shadows are also similar. The Dining room window is open in the same position. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1900. Both the Hickox and Bradley houses are considered Wright’s first prairie styled houses. Although the Hickox is smaller than the Bradley, it has many of the same characteristics. Broad overhanging eaves, gabled roof, upturned flanges, stucco and wood trim, dominate horizontal lines, and horizontal bands of leaded glass windows. The angles in the windows mimic the angles of the roof line. The dining room is on the left, the living room is in the center and leads out to the terrace in the foreground. The library/music room is on the right. Published in Frank Lloyd Wright, Ausgefuhrte Bauten in 1911. Copy 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0049.40.1223 1901 Edward C. Waller Stable & Poultry House, River Forest, IL (1901 - S.066). South Elevation for the Mr. Edward C. Waller Stables, South Elevation. November 3, 1901. Sheet 3. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1901. On Sheet 1, the floor plan for the first floor, the left side was used for Ice Storage, Cows and Tools and a Storage Area. There is a passage way though the gates in the center. The right side held stalls for horses, harness room, Coachman's room (office?), and a large section for carriages. On Sheet 2, the floor plan for the second floor includes a two-bedroom, one-bath apartment, with a living room and kitchen. About a third of it is used for a hay loft. The two spire "ventilators" are covered in copper and shingles. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wight Foundation. 10.5 x 4 B&W photograph. 0049.20.0521 1901 Edward C. Waller Stable & Poultry House, River Forest, IL (1901 - S.066). North Elevation for the Mr. Edward C. Waller Stables, North Elevation. November 3, 1901. Sheet 4. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1901. On Sheet 1, the floor plan for the first floor, the left side held a Coachman's room (office?), and a large section for carriages, harness room and stalls for horses. There is a passage way though the gates in the center. The right side held a Storage Area, Tools and cows, and Ice Storage. On Sheet 2, the floor plan for the second floor includes a two-bedroom, one-bath apartment, with a living room and kitchen. About a third of it is used for a hay loft. The two spire "ventilators" are covered in copper and shingles. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wight Foundation. 10.5 x 4 B&W photograph. 0049.21.0521 1901 Edward C. Waller Stable & Poultry House, River Forest, IL (1901 - S.066). West (left) and East (right) Elevations for the Mr. Edward C. Waller Stables, West and East Elevation. November 3, 1901. Sheet 5. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1901. On Sheet 1, the floor plan for the first floor of the two-story section, held the harness room, Coachman's room (office?), and a large section for carriages. On Sheet 2, the floor plan for the second floor includes a two-bedroom, one-bath apartment, with a living room and kitchen. About a third of it is used for a hay loft. The two spire "ventilators" are covered in copper and shingles. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wight Foundation. 10.5 x 4.75 B&W photograph. 0049.22.0521 1901 Edward C. Waller Stable & Poultry House, River Forest, IL (1901 - S.066). West and South Elevation for the Mr. Edward C. Waller Poultry House. Text top right: "Poultry House for E. C. Waller, River Forest, ILL. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect, Oak Park." Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1901. The West Elevation is pictured in the photograph by Gilman Lane. The Poultry House appears to be added on to an existing barn to the North. The two spire "ventilators" are similar to those Wright added to the Stables. Text lower left: "0108.03." Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wight Foundation. 10 x 6.5 B&W photograph. 0049.23.0521 1901 Edward C. Waller Stable & Poultry House, River Forest, IL (1901 - S.066). Alternative design of the South Elevation and Floor Plan for the Mr. Edward C. Waller Poultry House. Hand written lower right: "Chicken House." Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1901. This variation removes the spires, but adds large urns. In the background Wright lightly penciled in the existing barn with its tower. Text lower left: "0108.02. E. C. Waller, River Forest." Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wight Foundation. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0049.24.0521 1901 Edward C. Waller Stable & Poultry House, River Forest, IL (1901 - S.066). Detail of the Spire "Ventilator" for the Mr. Edward C. Waller Poultry House. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1901. Wright does not specify materials for finishing this spire, but on the stables he specified copper and shingles. Hand written top left: "0108.09." Hand written to the right of the spire: "These pieces to be bent out." Hand written at the base of the spire: "Ridge of roof. This flange to be fitted to shingles. Elevation. 2 vents for Mr. Waller's Poultry House at River Forest. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect. Oak Park, IL." Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wight Foundation. 5.5 x 10 B&W photograph. 0049.25.0521 1902 Circa 1902 Dana-Thomas Residence(1902 - S.072) Circa 1902. Study for the presentation drawing of the Studio. Hand written on drawing, bottom right corner: "Study for Dana Studio, 1900, Frank Lloyd Wright." Cut-away view of the two-story vaulted studio. Stairs lead up to the studio, windows in the far wall are broken by ribbed beams and trim, and an arched beam. The fireplace is under the balcony on the right. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright's Dana House," Hoffmann, 1996, p.92. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0052.07.0514 Circa 1902 Dana-Thomas Residence(1902 - S.072) Circa 1902. Preliminary Dining Room presentation drawing. Watercolor on paper. Cut-away view of the vaulted dining room, complete with ribbed trim, furniture, hanging lamps, sculpture, carpet and wallpaper. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright's Dana House," Hoffmann, 1996, p.23. Original 7.5 x 9.25 B&W photograph. 0052.06.0514 1902 Mrs. George E. Gerts Summer Cottage, Whitehall, Michigan, Floor Plan 1902 (1902 - S.077). Floor plan for the Mrs. George E. Gerts Summer Cottage. The cottage is very small, 1,026 square feet, not including the two porches. The house is divided in half, with each side mirroring itself. The entrance is from the small porch, not facing the lake. Each side has a portion of the porch, with stairs, a 9' x 9' kitchen and a 6' x 6' servants bedroom. There is not a second bedroom or even a single bathroom. The living room is both private with a portion shared. The fireplace is very unique. It is a double fireplace, triangular in shape. The porch facing the lake is share by both sides. A roof covered half the large porch, and it was not enclosed. The exterior is finished in horizontal board and batten. The cottage is laid out using a three-foot grid system. Text top right: "Mrs. G. E. Gerts Summer Cottage. White Lake, Michigan. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect. Oak Park."  Text bottom left: "0202.01."  Text bottom right: "1."  Courtesy of the Avery Library Archive, Columbia University. 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 0052.23.0822 1902 Mrs. George E. Gerts Summer Cottage, Whitehall, Michigan, Elevations 1902 (1902 - S.077). North, South and East Elevations of the Mrs. George E. Gerts Summer Cottage. The North Elevation faces the lake and a bridge spans Birch Brook. Windows and doors run from corner to corner. The South Elevations has a small porch and two entrances, one for each side of the double house. The East Elevation shows the entrance on the left, bridge on the right, and windows that covers two-thirds of the main portion of the house. The cottage is very small, 1,026 square feet, not including the two porches. A roof covered half the large porch, and it was not enclosed. The exterior is finished in horizontal board and batten. The cottage is laid out using a three-foot grid system. Text bottom left: "0202.02." Text bottom right: "2." Courtesy of the Avery Library Archive, Columbia University. 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 0052.24.0822 1902 Mrs. George E. Gerts Summer Cottage, Whitehall, Michigan, Sections and Details 1902 (1902 - S.077). Transverse Section, Details and Longitudinal Section for the Mrs. George E. Gerts Summer Cottage. Transverse Section illustrated the two fireplaces and the living rooms. Longitudinal Section illustrated the entrance on the left and the bridge on the right. A roof covers half the large porch, and it was not enclosed. The exterior is finished in horizontal board and batten. Text bottom right: "Boards and Battens same as those on side, sprung on soffit of arch, lengthwise of span. Text bottom left: "0202.03." Text bottom right: "3." Courtesy of the Avery Library Archive, Columbia University. 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 0052.25.0822 1902 George E. Gerts Circa 1902 (1902 - S.077). Portrait of George E. Gerts, Chicago. Caption: "Born in Portland, Me., in 1827. Came to Chgo. in 1S50, establishing himself in the business of a brush manufacturer, and located on Wells St., now Fifth Ave. ; the business was conducted under the name of Geo. E. Gerts, afterward Gerts & Loder; afterward it became Geo. E. Gerts & Co., and subsequently Gerts, Lumbard A Co." Published in "Men In Illinois," 1902. Published by Halliday Witherspoon, Chicago. 5 x 7 B&W photograph. 0052.26.0822 1902  Harry C. Goodrich Residence, Oak Park, Illinois, Portrait, Circa 1902 (1896 - S.042). Portrait of Harry C. Goodrich. Frank Lloyd Wright designed a house for Goodrich in 1895. Harry Clinton Goodrich was born on March 22, 1832, died in 1926 at the age of 94. He was married to Louisa M. Fowler on March 22, 1855. They had 11 children. The oldest was Adelaide Eunice Goodrich, born in 1856. She became a famous actress. The Adelaide Eunice Goodrich Collection of documents is located at the University of Chicago Library. Harry C Goodrich also had a son by the same name, Harry C. Goodrich, who was born on September 2, 1871. Harry C. Goodrich (Sr.) had a brother, Herman Barnum Goodrich, who was also an inventor. Herman B. Goodrich married Emily C. Dunkllee on November 8, 1855. They had seven children, one of which was named Harry Clinton Goodrich, born on January 27, 1866. Text hand written on verso: "Harry Clinton Goodrich. #45." Courtesy of the University of Chicago Library. 6.5 x 10 B&W photograph. 0052.31.0323 1902 1) A. W. Hebert Residence Remodel, Evanston, Illinois, East Elevation 1902 (1902 - S.089). East elevation (front) of the A. W. Hebert Residence Remodel. FLLW #0112.07. The remodeling was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1902. Almost all of the changes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright were lost when the house was restored after a fire in 1959. Comparing Wright's plans to the house as it looks today, you would be hard pressed to make a connection without knowing the history of the house. Fire damage to the plans themselves add intrigue to the legacy of the Wright design for the Hebert Residence. 10 x 8 Color photograph. 0052.28.0223 1902 2) A. W. Hebert Residence Remodel, Evanston, Illinois, North Elevation 1902 (1902 - S.089). North elevation (right side) of the A. W. Hebert Residence Remodel. FLLW #0112.09. The remodeling was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1902. Almost all of the changes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright were lost when the house was restored after a fire in 1959. Comparing Wright's plans to the house as it looks today, you would be hard pressed to make a connection without knowing the history of the house. Fire damage to the plans themselves add intrigue to the legacy of the Wright design for the Hebert Residence. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0052.29.0223 1902 3) A. W. Hebert Residence Remodel, Evanston, Illinois, Perspective 1902 (1902 - S.089). Perspective view of the A. W. Hebert Residence Remodel. FLLW #0112.05. The remodeling was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1902. Almost all of the changes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright were lost when the house was restored after a fire in 1959. Comparing Wright's plans to the house as it looks today, you would be hard pressed to make a connection without knowing the history of the house. Fire damage to the plans themselves add intrigue to the legacy of the Wright design for the Hebert Residence. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0052.30.0223 1902 Arthur Heurtley Cottage Remodeling, Les Cheneaux, Marquette Island, Michigan, Alteration Plan 1902 (1902 - S.075). Alteration Plan for the Arthur Heurtley Cottage. Frank Lloyd Wright may have designed the original plans for the cottage, but plans could not be found. The renovation included alterations to the bedrooms and bath on the first floor, and reconfiguring the basement to include a dining room, kitchen and servant's quarters. Plans appear to indicate that the "basement" was built into the slope. He also designed a fireplace and sideboard for the dining room. Original work is indicated in red, new changes indicated in black. Drawings include, Plan of Alteration in First Floor, Plan of Alteration in Basement, West Elevation, South Elevation, Sideboards, Dining Room Fireplace. He also specified maple floor throughout the basement. Written on the plans: "Maple Floor Throughout. Note - Interior Finish to Correspond with Finish of First Floor." Text bottom right: "Alteration Summer Cottage Of Mr. Arthur Heurtley, Les Cheneaux Club, Marquette Island, Michigan. Frank Lloyd Wright - Architect, Oak Park, Illinois. New Work Indicated Thus ------------- (black line). Old Work Indicated Thus ------------- (red line)." Hand written center left: "0214.01." Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library. 10 x 6 Color and 10 x 5.5 B&W photograph. (S#0052.32 : 1&2) 0052.32.0523 (1&2) 1902 1) Francis W. and Mary Little Residence I, Peoria, Illinois, Ground and First Floor Plan 1902, (FLLW #0009.23) (1902 - S.070). House and Stable ground and first floor plan for the Francis W. and Mary Little Residence I. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1902. Francis Little was an attorney and owner of a utility company in Peoria, Illinois. He hired his friend, Frank Lloyd Wright to design his home in Peoria. He retained Wright again that year to add a Stable to the home. In 1908 they hired Wright to build a second home in Minnesota , "Northome".        The Little Residence was included in Frank Lloyd Wright’s Ausgefuhrte Bauten portfolios. Plate XXVIII (28). Perspective and floor plan for the Little Residence. The description reads: "Residence of F. W. Little, Peoria, Ill. 1900. A residence of cream -colored brick. The plan is as the residence was finally built. The exterior sketch, the original scheme."        This illustration is very similar to the illustration published in the 1910 portfolio, with minor changes and text in English. The left is the first floor for the house, the right is the first floor of the stable. The house has a compact cruciform floor plan. The living room is on left side, reception and kitchen in the center and the dining room is on the right side... Continue... 0052.35.0824 1902 2) Francis W. and Mary Little Residence I, Peoria, Illinois, Second Floor Plan 1902, (1902 - S.070). Second floor plan for the Francis W. and Mary Little Residence I, a portion of the Ausgefuhrte Bauten Plate XXVIII (28). Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1902. Francis Little was an attorney and owner of a utility company in Peoria, Illinois. He hired his friend, Frank Lloyd Wright to design his home in Peoria. He retained Wright again that year to add a Stable to the home. In 1908 they hired Wright to build a second home in Minnesota , "Northome".        The Little Residence was included in Frank Lloyd Wright’s Ausgefuhrte Bauten portfolios. Plate XXVIII (28). Perspective and floor plan for the Little Residence. The description reads: "Residence of F. W. Little, Peoria, Ill. 1900. A residence of cream -colored brick. The plan is as the residence was finally built. The exterior sketch, the original scheme."        This illustration a portion of the Ausgefuhrte Bauten Plate XXVIII (28) published in 1910. There are five bedrooms upstairs, three bath, and three balconies. 8.25 x 7.75 Color photograph. 0052.36.0824 1902 3) Francis W. and Mary Little Residence I, Peoria, Illinois, Stable First and Second Floor Plan 1902, (FLLW #0009.15) (1902 - S.070). First and second floor plan for the Francis W. and Mary Little Residence I Stable. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1902. Francis Little was an attorney and owner of a utility company in Peoria, Illinois. He hired his friend, Frank Lloyd Wright to design his home in Peoria. He retained Wright again that year to add a Stable to the home. In 1908 they hired Wright to build a second home in Minnesota , "Northome".        The Little Residence was included in Frank Lloyd Wright’s Ausgefuhrte Bauten portfolios. Plate XXVIII (28). Perspective and floor plan for the Little Residence. The description reads: "Residence of F. W. Little, Peoria, Ill. 1900. A residence of cream -colored brick. The plan is as the residence was finally built. The exterior sketch, the original scheme."        The stable has a carriage room, stalls for horses and a cow, and a bathroom. The upstairs has a “man’s room” and the hay loft. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library. 10 x 7.25 Color photograph. 0052.37.0824 1902 Francis W. and Mary Little Residence I, Peoria, Illinois, Window Plan 1902, (FLLW #0009.21) (1902 - S.070). Window plan for the Francis W. and Mary Little Residence I, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1902. Francis Little was an attorney and owner of a utility company in Peoria, Illinois. He hired his friend, Frank Lloyd Wright to design his home in Peoria. He retained Wright again that year to add a Stable to the home. In 1908 they sold the home and moved to Minnesota where they hired Wright to build a second home, "Northome".        The top one-third of the window holds the most detail. Detailed glass also runs on either side, and along the bottom of the window. The upper and lower portions of the window are bridged together by vertical cames. Julie Sloan called this a “Bamboo-Curtain pattern,” Light Screens, 2001. Other examples include the Davenport (1901), Henderson (1901), Fricke (1901), Cheney (1903), Brown (1905) and the Martin Gardener’s Cottage (1905). Most of the windows in the house included clear glass, with opaque, white and gold accents. The windows in the stable used clear glass.        As in many of Wright’s other houses, he created a different design... Continue... 0052.34.0824 1902 Frederick Carlton Robie 1902 Wedding photograph. Frederick was born on August 14, 1879 in Chicago, Illinois. His father was Fred C Robie. He entered Purdue University in September 1895 while he was only 16. He left in February 1899, before graduating to work for his father. He met Lora Hieronymus at a dance at the University of Chicago. Frederick and Lora continued their relationship, and on June 30, 1902 they were married. Their first child Fred Robie Jr. was born in February 19, 1907. They had a second child, a daughter by the name of Lorraine. They purchased the lot at 5757 Woodlawn on April 8, 1908 for $13,500. They contacted Wright in 1908 and by March 1909 plans were complete. Construction was complete, and they moved in during the early part of 1910. Frederick worked for his father, and when he past away on July 18, 1909, the businesses had to be sold to pay back the debts his father had incurred. Lora Robie moved out of the home in April 1911, and took both children with her. Frederick sold the house in December 1911 to David Lee Taylor, president of the advertising agency Taylor-Critchfield Co. Frederick and Lora were divorced in March, 1912. David Lee Taylor past away in October 1912. His wife sold the house in November 1912 to Marshall Dodge and Isadora Wilber. They had two daughters, Marcia and Jeannette... Continue... 0052.04.0212 1902 Lora Hieronymus Robie 1902 wedding photograph. Photographed by Kessberger & George. Lora Hieronymus was born on May 14, 1878 in Peoria, Illinois. Her father was Benjamin R. Hieronymus. She began attending the University of Chicago in 1896 and met Frederick Robie at a dance at the University. She graduated in June of 1900 and returned to Springfield where her family now lived and taught ninth grade at the Lawrence School. The Lawrence School was named after Rheuna D Lawrence, president of the board, after his death in 1901. He was the father of Susan Lawrence Dana (1902 - S.072). Frederick and Lora continued their relationship, and on June 30, 1902 they were married. Their first child Fred Robie Jr. was born in February 19, 1907. Their daughter Lorraine was born on December 2, 1909. Financial struggles took its toll, Lora Robie moved out of the home in April 1911, and took both children with her. She headed back home to Springfield Illinois and took up teaching to support her children. She filed for divorce in January 1912, claiming infidelity, and was granted a divorce in March, 1912. She became the dean of girls at Springfield High School in the 1920s, then opened a bookstore in 1927. She even broadcast a weekly book review on the radio. She became the manager of the book department at Myers Brothers Department Store... Continue... 0052.05.0212 1903 1903 William G. Fricke Home, 1903 (1901 S.058). Viewed from the Northwest, photographed during the winter. This may be one of the earliest views of the Fricke Residence. The street has not yet been paved but sidewalks have been installed. Landscaping and other homes are sparse. There does not appear to be any window plantings. "Hitching Posts" near the entrance are not visible. William G. Fricke was a partner in Weber, Costello, Fricke, a Chicago firm which manufactured and sold school supplies nationwide. Fricke commissioned Wright in 1901 to design his home. He lived in the home for five years until it was purchased by Emma Martin purchased the home in 1906-7. Patrick F. Cannon suggests that "Fricke sold the house because of Financial difficulties. According to divorce records. William Frick left for work on August 10, 1909, and never returned..." Hometown Architect, 2006. Courtesy of the Historical Society of Oak Park and River Forest. Image partially restored by Douglas M. Steiner. (Dated by the Historical Society.) 8 x 8 B&W photograph. 0054.11.1116 C 1903 Warren R. Hickox Residence, Kankakee, Illinois, C 1903 (1900 - S.056). View of the Warren R. Hickox Residence from the Southeast. This appears to be photographed just a couple years after S#49.39, S#49.40 and S#49.41. Bushes and the small tree have been planted. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1900. Both the Hickox and Bradley houses are considered Wright’s first prairie styled houses. Although the Hickox is smaller than the Bradley, it has many of the same characteristics. Broad overhanging eaves, gabled roof, upturned flanges, stucco and wood trim, dominate horizontal lines, and horizontal bands of leaded glass windows. The angles in the windows mimic the angles of the roof line. The terrace is on the far left. The Library/music room is on the left, reception hall and entrance on the right, and covered front porch of the far right. Photographed by Henry Fuermann and Sons. Text lower left: “2827.” Published in the July, 1905 Architectural Record. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. 10 x 6 B&W photograph. 0054.16.1223 1903 Wright at 36. Circa 1903. Portrait of Wright slightly facing to the right, resting his head on his hand. May have been photographed at the same one dated 1905 (Wright at 38), but his hair does not have the touch of gray. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright" Thomas, 1997, page 6 and dated 1903. 4 x 5 Print, High res digital image. 0054.02.0609 1904 1904 William Adams Illustration 1904 (1900 - S.048). Caricature illustration of William Adams. William Adams was a successful contractor in the Chicago area. Adam's first collaboration with Frank Lloyd Wright was on Wright's Winslow Stable. Two other major collaborations were the Heller Residences (1896 - S.038) built in 1897 and Husser (1899 - S.046). Frank Lloyd Wright also designed the home for Adams. Text in illustration: "William Adams, President, William Adams Co." "Wm. Adams Contract, Chicago." Signed: "Kettner." Illustrated by Magnus G. Kettner, a cartoonist for the Western Newspaper Union. 6.5 x 10.5 Color photograph of illustration published in 1904. 0055.19.1119 1904 William G. Fricke Home, Circa 1904 (1901 S.058). Viewed from the Northwest, photographed during the spring or fall. The street has not yet been paved but sidewalks have been installed. Landscaping and other homes are sparse. Window plantings are visible. "Hitching Posts" near the entrance have been installed. Like the Rollin Furbeck Residence (1897), it includes elements of Wright's transitional period. Corners are turned at a 45 degree angle, it includes a massive central tower, there are rectangular square windows with columns and it is more vertical than Wright's prairie styled horizontal designs. It is also a three story home. The Living and Dining Rooms, Kitchen, Hall and Reception Room are on the first level. The Bedrooms are on the second level. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust.(The Preservation Trust dates the image circa 1902-1907, but the streets are paved in the 1905 photograph published in the Inland Architect and News Record - Volume XLVI No. 1 1905, August 1905) 10 x 7.5 B&W photograph. 0055.10.1116 1904 Larkin Administration Building, Buffalo, New York, 1904 (1903 - S.093). Design for the Larkin Administration Building Telephone Operator's Station FLLW #0403.110. Frank Lloyd Wright's designs for the Larkin Administration building were completed in 1904. The finished building was ready for occupancy in August 1906. In the main lobby of the Larkin Administration Building, behind the semi-circular Telephone Operator's Station is an elaborately designed light fixture. Hung below, but part of the fixture is an "LCO" monogram designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Text: "Larkin Office Building, Buffalo, N.Y. Detail of Telephone Operators Station, Etc. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect, Oak Park, Illinois." Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library. 10 x 6.75 B&W photograph. 0055.27.0721 1904 Larkin Administration Building, Buffalo, New York, 1904 (1903 - S.093). Detail of the design for the Larkin Administration Building Telephone Operator's Station FLLW #0403.110. Frank Lloyd Wright's designs for the Larkin Administration building were completed in 1904. The finished building was ready for occupancy in August 1906. In the main lobby of the Larkin Administration Building, behind the semi-circular Telephone Operator's Station is an elaborately designed light fixture. Hung below, but part of the fixture is an "LCO" monogram designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Text: "Larkin Office Building, Buffalo, N.Y. Detail of Telephone Operators Station, Etc. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect, Oak Park, Illinois." Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0055.28.0721 1904 Larkin Administration Building, Buffalo, New York, 1904 (1903 - S.093). Design for the Larkin Administration Building Light Fixtures FLLW #0403.115. Frank Lloyd Wright's designs for the Larkin Administration building were completed in 1904. The finished building was ready for occupancy in August 1906. In the main lobby of the Larkin Administration Building, behind the semi-circular Telephone Operator's Station is an elaborately designed light fixture. Hung below, but part of the fixture is an "LCO" monogram designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Text: "Fixture (K); Fixture (Q); Fixture (2); (K); Sheet 4." Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library. 10 x 7 B&W photograph. 0055.29.0721 1904 Larkin Administration Building, Buffalo, New York, 1904 (1903 - S.093). Detail of the design for the Larkin Administration Building Light Fixture 2, Side Elevation. FLLW #0403.115. Frank Lloyd Wright's designs for the Larkin Administration building were completed in 1904. The finished building was ready for occupancy in August 1906. In the main lobby of the Larkin Administration Building, behind the semi-circular Telephone Operator's Station is an elaborately designed light fixture. Hung below, but part of the fixture is an "LCO" monogram designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Text: "Fixture (2) Side Elevation." Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0055.30.0721 1904 Larkin Company Workmen's Row Housing Project 1904. Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Number 0408. Glass slide of Larkin Company Workmen's Row Housing floor plan. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright as low-cost rental housing, each brick row house was a laid out as a duplex. The main level included the Living Room and Kitchen. The Living Room was approximately 10' 9" by 11'. The Kitchen was approximately 12' 4" by 14' 6", which may indicate that the kitchen which included the fireplace was where the "Living" took place. The second floor included three bedrooms and one bath. The Basement was for laundry and utilities. The project was never completed, and in 1910 Wright resurrected it and included it in "Ausgefuhrte Bauten und Entwurfe von Frank Lloyd Wright, " the Wasmuth Portfolio, Tafel XL, and titled it "Workmen's Cottages for Mr. E. C. Waller, Chicago, Ill." Label on face: "Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959, 1904. Plans for Larkin Co. Workmen's Row Houses, Buffalo, New York. (35448). 44453. Art Dept. Smith College." Original 3.25 x 4 B&W glass slide. 0055.11.0518 1904 Larkin Company Workmen's Row Housing Project 1904. Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Number 0408. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright as low-cost rental housing, each brick row house was a laid out as a duplex. The main level included the Living Room and Kitchen. The Living Room was approximately 10' 9" by 11'. The Kitchen was approximately 12' 4" by 14' 6", which may indicate that the kitchen which included the fireplace was where the "Living" took place. The second floor included three bedrooms and one bath. The Basement was for laundry and utilities. The project was never completed, and in 1910 Wright resurrected it and included it in "Ausgefuhrte Bauten und Entwurfe von Frank Lloyd Wright, " the Wasmuth Portfolio, Tafel XL, and titled it "Workmen's Cottages for Mr. E. C. Waller, Chicago, Ill." Label on face: "Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959, 1904. Plans for Larkin Co. Workmen's Row Houses, Buffalo, New York. (35448). 44453. Art Dept. Smith College." Two 8 x 10 Color photographs. (S#55.12 A&B) 0055.12.0518 1904 Larkin Company Workmen's Row Housing Project 1904. Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Number 0408. Perspective Drawing. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright as low-cost rental housing, each brick row house was a laid out as a duplex. Each consisted of two floors plus a basement. Constructed of brick. The main level included the Living Room and Kitchen. The Kitchen included the fireplace. The second floor included three bedrooms and one bath. The Basement was for laundry and utilities. The project was never completed, and in 1910 Wright resurrected it and included it in "Ausgefuhrte Bauten und Entwurfe von Frank Lloyd Wright, " the Wasmuth Portfolio, Tafel XL, and titled it "Workmen's Cottages for Mr. E. C. Waller, Chicago, Ill." Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. 8 x 10 Color photographs. 0055.13.0518 1904 Larkin Company Workmen's Row Housing Project 1904. Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Number 0408. Floor Plan, Basement Plan (left, First Floor Plan (center), Second Floor Plan (right). Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright as low-cost rental housing, each brick row house was a laid out as a duplex. Each consisted of two floors plus a basement. The main level included the Living Room and Kitchen. The Kitchen included the fireplace. The second floor included three bedrooms and one bath. The Basement was for laundry and utilities. The project was never completed, and in 1910 Wright resurrected it and included it in "Ausgefuhrte Bauten und Entwurfe von Frank Lloyd Wright, " the Wasmuth Portfolio, Tafel XL, and titled it "Workmen's Cottages for Mr. E. C. Waller, Chicago, Ill." Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. 8 x 10 Color photographs. 0055.14.0518 1904 Darwin D. Martin Residence Bookcase Plans, 1904, Buffalo, New York (1904 - S.100). Bookcase plans designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1904 for the Darwin D. Martin Residence. Among the overwhelming number of drawings for the Darwin Martin House, are plans for a Library Bookcase, FLLW #405.119. Within the plans for the Bookcase is a drawing for a vase. Unless you are intentionally searching, the vase could very easily be overlooked. The original drawing is only 9.75" x 13.5" and stained. The base and pedestal of the vase are square. The vase is turned 45 degrees. As the vase rises to the top, it increases in size. Just below the top, four horizontal indents wrap around all four sides. A small “urn” sets at the top of the vase.        Construction on the Darwin Martin Complex began in 1904, finished in 1905, and took about 15 months to complete. The residence included a complex of six buildings. The Martin Residence, the George Barton House, the gardener's cottage, a greenhouse, a two-story garage and stable, and a conservatory. Darwin Martin was instrumental in Frank Lloyd Wright’s commission with the Larkin Administration Building, and commissioned Wright to design Graycliff, his summer home, in 1927... Continue... 0055.34.1124 (A-D) 1904 Darwin D. Martin Residence Construction 1904 (1904 - S.100). Construction crew for the Darwin D. Martin House in 1904. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1904. Construction was started in 1904, finished in 1905, and took about 15 months to complete. Published in Frank Lloyd Wright's Martin House, Quinan, 2004, p.120-121. Original 20 x 24 B&W photograph. 0055.25.0521 1904 Darwin D. Martin Residence Fireplace Study 1904 (S.100 - 1904). Copy photograph of illustration published in The Prairie School Tradition, Spencer, 1979, p.58-59. Caption: "Darwin D. Martin Residence, Buffalo, New York. 1904. Fireplace study, pencil and watercolor on tracing paper. Delineated by George M. Niedecken." 10 x 8 B&W photograph. See our study of the Husser and Martin fireplaces... 0055.15.1018 1904 George W. Smith Residence, Oak Park, Illinois, Portrait Circa 1904 (1896 - S.045). Portrait of George W. Smith published in Dry Goods Reporter, May 7, 1904. George Smith was a buyer for Marshall Fields. By 1900, he had already worked for the firm for over 30 years. He was also President of the Illinois Commercial Men's Association. The Dry Goods Reporter was published by The Dry Goods Reporter Company, Chicago, Illinois. This photographs was published on May 7, 1904, page 21. 3.5 x 5.5 B&W photograph 0055.31.0623 C 1904 Joseph J. Walser Residence 1904 (1903 - S.091). Viewed from the street from the East. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1903, the house sat on an uncrowded lot, in the newly annexed Austin neighborhood. There appear to be three photographs that were taken around the same time period and after construction was completed, and judging the foliage on the trees, most likely the summer of 1904. One of the three was published in the September 1905 issue of House Beautiful. Although there are slight differences, the Walser is very similar in design to the Barton, De Rhodes and Horner houses. The Living Room faces the street, the dining room is at the back of the house. The Entrance and Reception Room is on the left, the Kitchen is on the right. The Reception room and Kitchen are set back from the front of the house, and two identical porches balanced out the front of the house. The porches were later roofed and enclosed. 7 x 5.75 B&W photograph. 0055.20.0720 C 1904 Joseph J. Walser Residence 1904 (1903 - S.091). Viewed from the street from the Northeast. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1903, the house sat on an uncrowded lot, in the newly annexed Austin neighborhood. There appear to be three photographs that were taken around the same time period and after construction was completed, and judging the foliage on the trees, most likely the summer of 1904. One of the three was published in the September 1905 issue of House Beautiful. Although there are slight differences, the Walser is very similar in design to the Barton, De Rhodes and Horner houses. The Living Room faces the street, the dining room is at the back of the house. The Entrance and Reception Room is on the left, the Kitchen is on the right. The Reception room and Kitchen are set back from the front of the house, and two identical porches balanced out the front of the house. The porches were later roofed and enclosed. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright, Chicago," Wright, 1911, p.76. Caption: "Wohnhaus J. J. Walser, Austin, ILL. 1904." Copy 10 x 7.5 B&W photograph. 0055.21.0720 C 1904 Joseph J. Walser Residence 1904 (1903 - S.091). Viewed from the street from the Northwest. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1903, the house sat on an uncrowded lot, in the newly annexed Austin neighborhood. There appear to be three photographs that were taken around the same time period and after construction was completed, and judging the foliage on the trees, most likely the summer of 1904. This view was published in the September 1905 issue of House Beautiful. Although there are slight differences, the Walser is very similar in design to the Barton, De Rhodes and Horner houses. The Living Room faces the street (left), the dining room is at the back of the house. The Entrance and Reception Room is on the left, the Kitchen is on the right. The Kitchen is in the center foreground. Published in the September, 1905 issue of House Beautiful, p.25, in an article by Robert C. Spencer, Jr.. Copy 7 x 5 B&W photograph. 0055.22.0720 1904 Frank Wright Thomas Residence (1901 - S.067) Circa 1904. Viewed from across the street. Taken approximately the same time as the photographed published in Frank Lloyd Wright Ausgefuhrte Bauten, 1911, p.28. Taken in the winter, the one published was taken in the summer. Both are taken from the same position and location. Note the bushes in the front of the house, the tree trunks, and the stakes to the left side of the wide sidewalk, next to the street and sidewalk. The electrical pole visible in 1902 is gone. Courtesy of The National Library of Australia. 10 x 7.5 B&W photograph. 0055.09.1116 1905 1905 Abraham Lincoln Center Circa 1905 (1903 - S.095). Frank Lloyd Wright's first design was for his Uncle, Reverend Jenkin Lloyd Jones, was for the All Souls' Building, 1897. The design went though many modifications but did not proceed. In 1900, a new design, revised, titling it the Abraham Lincoln Center. It too went through a number of revisions. A perspective view of "The Lincoln Center" was published in The Architectural Review, June 1900, Spencer, p.72. Floor plans for the ground floor and Auditorium were published on page 71. A revised design for the "Abraham Lincoln Center," Frank Lloyd Wright and Dwight Heald Perkins, Associated Architects, was published in The Chicago Architectural Annual, 1902. Jones was still dissatisfied, and Wright resigned as architect. Perkins also resigned. Elements of Wright's original design remained, but the finished project lost many of Wright's ideas. What was built was a very simplified version of Wright's design. It has been altered greatly over the years. Photographed by the Chicago Daily News. Hand written in negative: "Interior Lincoln Center Auditorium." Courtesy of the Chicago History Museum. 5 x 7 B&W photograph. 0058.29.0320 1905 Abraham Lincoln Center Circa 1905 (1903 - S.095). Frank Lloyd Wright's first design for his Uncle, Reverend Jenkin Lloyd Jones, was for the All Souls' Building, 1897. The design went though many modifications but did not proceed. In 1900, a new design, revised, titling it the Abraham Lincoln Center. It too went through a number of revisions. A perspective view of "The Lincoln Center" was published in The Architectural Review, June 1900, Spencer, p.72. Floor plans for the ground floor and Auditorium were published on page 71. A revised design for the "Abraham Lincoln Center," Frank Lloyd Wright and Dwight Heald Perkins, Associated Architects, was published in The Chicago Architectural Annual, 1902. Jones was still dissatisfied, and Wright resigned as architect. Perkins also resigned. Elements of Wright's original design remained, but the finished project lost many of Wright's ideas. What was built was a very simplified version of Wright's design. It has been altered greatly over the years. Published in the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, September 1991, p.256. Courtesy of the Jenkin Lloyd Jones Collection, Meadville-Lombard Theological School Library. 4.5 x 7 B&W photograph. 0058.30.0320 1905 1) Hiram Baldwin Residence, Kenilworth, Illinois, Plot Plan 1905 (1905 - S.107). (FLLW #0502.01) Plot plan for the Hiram Baldwin Residence, Kenilworth, Illinois. Designed in 1905 by Frank Lloyd Wright. Text lower right: "Mr. Hiram Baldwin, Dwelling, Kenilworth, Ill. Frank Lloyd Wright Arch. Oak Park, Illinois. Plot Plan." The living room is semi-circular with a square roof. Like the first George Millard House (1906) in Highland Park, the second level is cantilevered on both ends, but is obscured on one end by the enclosure of the porch. Another feature is the grille on the first level. Wright uses this design element on either side of the living room, one of which conceals the entry to the house, the entry to the porch. A third is at the back of the house. The balustrades are massive, much more so than when Wright used the concept for the Stephen A. Foster Cottage (1900). They appear on either side of the living room, at the back of the house, and a fourth possibly at the garage, but it is a solid wall today. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. 10 x 5 B&W photograph 0058.39.0822 1905 2) Hiram Baldwin Residence, Kenilworth, Illinois, First Floor Plan 1905 (1905 - S.107). (FLLW #0502.03) First floor plan for the Hiram Baldwin Residence, Kenilworth, Illinois. Designed in 1905 by Frank Lloyd Wright. Text lower right: "First Floor Plan." The living room is semi-circular with a square roof. Like the first George Millard House (1906) in Highland Park, the second level is cantilevered on both ends, but is obscured on one end by the enclosure of the porch. The balustrades are massive, much more so than when Wright used the concept for the Stephen A. Foster Cottage (1900). They appear on either side of the living room and at the back of the house. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0058.40.0822 1905 3) Hiram Baldwin Residence, Kenilworth, Illinois, Adaptation of the combined Plot Plan and First Floor Plan 1905 (1905 - S.107). Adaptation of the ground and first floor plan for the Hiram Baldwin Residence, Kenilworth, Illinois. Designed in 1905 by Frank Lloyd Wright. We have combined the plot plan FLLW #0502.01 and the first floor plan FLLW #0502.03. Adapted by Douglas M. Steiner. 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 0058.41.0822 1905  4) Hiram Baldwin Residence, Kenilworth, Illinois, East and West Elevations 1905 (1905 - S.107). (FLLW #0502.06) East and West elevations for the Hiram Baldwin Residence, Kenilworth, Illinois. Designed in 1905 by Frank Lloyd Wright. Text: "East Elevation. West Elevation." The living room is semi-circular with a square roof. Another feature is the grille on the first level. Wright uses this design element on either side of the living room, one of which conceals the entry to the house. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. 10 x 7 B&W photograph. 0058.42.0822 1905    1&2) Charles A. Brown Residence, Evanston, Illinois, Floor Plans 1905 (1905 - S.110). Basement, first and second floor plans for the Charles A. Brown Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1905. Like the Davenport Residence (1901), the house is approached on the far left side of the property. The front door faces the street, but is enclosed and partially obscured from the street by a short wall. Stepping into the semi-enclosed exterior space, the front door opens into the tiled entry. On the right is a partial wall topped with square balusters. Stairs lead up to the living room that runs the full length of the front of the house. At the top of the stairs are built-in shelves, now enclosed with art glass matching the exterior window design. To the right, on the same wall, is a centrally located fireplace. On the far end of the living room, a partial wall topped with square balusters is repeated, creating a room withing a room. From the living room, doors open outward to the half-walled veranda. The dining room and kitchen cover the back half of the first floor. Upstairs there are four bedrooms and a bath. Text lower right: "Mr. Chas. A. Brown. Dwelling North Evanston. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect. Oak Park, Illinois. Note: Overall figures are given to inside face of Studs. Revised Aug. 8/15 - 1905. (Sheet) 1" (FLLW #0503.01)... Continue... 0058.52.1123 0058.53.1123 1905 3) Charles A. Brown Residence, Evanston, Illinois, First Floor Plan 1905 (1905 - S.110). First floor plan for the Charles A. Brown Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1905. Like the Davenport Residence (1901), the house is approached on the far left side of the property. The front door faces the street, but is enclosed and partially obscured from the street by a short wall. Stepping into the semi-enclosed exterior space, the front door opens into the tiled entry. On the right is a partial wall topped with square balusters. Stairs lead up to the living room that runs the full length of the front of the house. At the top of the stairs are built-in shelves, now enclosed with art glass matching the exterior window design. To the right, on the same wall, is a centrally located fireplace. On the far end of the living room, a partial wall topped with square balusters is repeated, creating a room withing a room. From the living room, doors open outward to the half-walled veranda. The dining room and kitchen cover the back half of the first floor. Upstairs there are four bedrooms and a bath. Text lower right: “First Floor Plan” (FLLW #0503.01). Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. 8 x 10 B&W photographs. 0058.54.1123 1905 4) Charles A. Brown Residence, Evanston, Illinois, Second Floor Plans 1905 (1905 - S.110). Second floor plans for the Charles A. Brown Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1905. Behind the book shelves in the living room, stairs lead to the second level and a wide hall. There are four bedrooms, one bath, and a balcony on either side of the second level. Text lower right: “Second floor plan. Mr. Chas. A. Brown. Dwelling North Evanston. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect. Oak Park, Illinois. Note: Overall figures are given to inside face of Studs. Revised Aug. 8/15 - 1905. (Sheet) 1” (FLLW #0503.01). Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 0058.55.1123 1905 Martha "Mamah" Bouton Borthwick Cheney Circa 1905 (June 19, 1869 - August 15, 1914). She was born in Boone, Iowa. She received a BA at the University of Michigan, and later worked as a librarian in Port Huron, Michigan. In 1899, she married Edwin Cheney, an electrical engineer from Oak Park, Illinois, USA. They had two children: John (1902) and Martha (1905). Edwin commissioned Wright to design them a home in 1903. In 1909, Mamah and Frank left their respective spouses and traveled to Europe, settling in Italy for about a year. Upon their return, they settled at Taliesin in Spring Green, Wisconsin. On August 15, 1914, one of Wright's recently hired domestic workers murdered Mamah, both her children, three of Wright's associates, and a son of one of the associates. He set fire to one wing of Taliesin, and murdered the seven people with an ax as they tried to escape the fire. At the time, Wright was overseeing work on Midway Gardens in Chicago. Catherine Wright refused to give Wright a divorce until November 13, 1922. Caption on Verso, dated 11/15/22 (two days after divorce was granted) "Old love of famous architect who is divorced. Photo is of Mamah Borthwick Cheney who fled with Frank Lloyd Wright to a 'Love Hegira' in Japan, and who died in the flames of the 'Love Bungalow' of herself... Continue... 0058.02.0307 1905  Mamah Borthwick Cheney Circa 1905 (June 19, 1869 - August 15, 1914). Portrait of Mamah Borthwick Cheney. She is facing and looking to the left. This is a close up of her head and shoulders from S#0058.02. It is enlargement and appears that the lace of the dress which covers her neck is heavily airbrushed (poorly). In 1899, she married Edwin Cheney. Edwin commissioned Wright to design them a home in 1903. In 1909, Mamah and Frank left their respective spouses and traveled to Europe, settling in Italy for about a year. Upon their return, they settled at Taliesin in Spring Green, Wisconsin. On August 15, 1914, one of Wright's recently hired domestic workers murdered Mamah, both her children, three of Wright's associates, and a son of one of the associates. At the time, Wright was overseeing work on Midway Gardens in Chicago. This photograph is published in Magnificent Builders & Their Dream Houses, Thorndike, 1978, p.114. Photographer unknown. Credit for this photograph goes to the Chicago Tribune. 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 0058.44.0123 1905 Mamah Borthwick Cheney Circa 1905 (June 19, 1869 - August 15, 1914). Portrait of Mamah Borthwick Cheney. This is a variation of S#0058.02 and S#0058.44. She is facing forward, looking to the left. She appears to be wearing a different dress. In 1899, she married Edwin Cheney. Edwin commissioned Wright to design them a home in 1903. In 1909, Mamah and Frank left their respective spouses and traveled to Europe, settling in Italy for about a year. Upon their return, they settled at Taliesin in Spring Green, Wisconsin. On August 15, 1914, one of Wright's recently hired domestic workers murdered Mamah, both her children, three of Wright's associates, and a son of one of the associates. At the time, Wright was overseeing work on Midway Gardens in Chicago. This photograph was published in The Detroit Tribune, August 16, 1914. Copy 8 x 10 Color photograph of the published photograph. 0058.45.0123 1905  Mamah Borthwick Cheney Circa 1905 (June 19, 1869 - August 15, 1914). Portrait of Mamah Borthwick Cheney. This is a variation of S#0058.02 and S#0058.44, and similar to S#0058.45. She is facing forward, looking to the left. In 1899, she married Edwin Cheney. Edwin commissioned Wright to design them a home in 1903. In 1909, Mamah and Frank left their respective spouses and traveled to Europe, settling in Italy for about a year. Upon their return, they settled at Taliesin in Spring Green, Wisconsin. On August 15, 1914, one of Wright's recently hired domestic workers murdered Mamah, both her children, three of Wright's associates, and a son of one of the associates. At the time, Wright was overseeing work on Midway Gardens in Chicago. This photograph was published in the Chicago Examiner, December 24, 1911. p.4. Copy 6.5 x 9 Color photograph of the published photograph. 0058.46.0123 1905 Cinema San Diego Project, San Diego, California (1905 - FLLW #0517). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Perspective drawing of the Cinema's street elevation. Hand written text: "C.1905." Lower left: "0517.01." But there seems to be uncertainty as to the actual date of this project. The illustration hint at Midway Gardens (1913). Not only do the triangles and squares in the facade hint at Midway Gardens, but so do the spheres. This illustration is published in Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1902-1906, Pfeiffer, 1987, p.183, and Wright, 1885-1916, Pfeiffer, 2011, p.505. What adds to the confusion is a second rendering of the Cinema by Louis Rasmussen (1859 - after 1930). Rasmussen regularly assisted Adler and Sullivan, and worked with Frank Lloyd Wright on many occasions. He rendered the Abraham Lincoln Center, published in The Architectural Review, June 1900, p.72. In 1905, he illustrated a perspective of the Frank L. Smith Bank (1905). According to Van Zanten, he also illustrated other projects for Wright during that time period including the San Diego Cinema. Marion Mahony Reconsidered, Van Zanten, 2011, p.54. Rasmussen's illustration of the Cinema is similar, but with changes. The triangles along the top of the facade are a little more subtle, and the squares just... Continue... 0058.27.1219 1905 Cinema San Diego Project, San Diego, California (1905 - FLLW #0517). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Floor plan, Front Elevation and Stage. Top illustration: Stage and "Screen." Center illustration: Floor Plan. Lower illustration: Front Elevation. Text lower left: "0517.03." Text hand written lower right: "Cinema Study." Published in Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1902-1906, Pfeiffer, 1987, p.183. Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 0058.28.1219 1905 E. Arthur Davenport Residence, River Forest, Illinois, Circa 1905 (1901 - S.068). View of the Davenport Residence from the street. A young boy pulling a wagon has paused to look up at the house. This photograph is widely regarded as the earliest photograph of the Davenport, after completion of construction. Judging the size of the bushes in front of the house, that were mostlikely planted after completion of the house, this photograph was most likely taken around 1905. The lower portion of the exterior of the house is board and batten construction, the upper, lighter portion with cream colored plaster. As originally designed in A Small House With Lots of Room In It (1901) the Bradley (1900) and Davenport houses, the projecting hip roof which runs from the peak past the front of the house, is a prominent feature of the house. The roof has broad overhangs. The house is approaches on the far left side of the property. It runs past the porch and living room. During the 1931 renovation, the front porch was removed, the living room's bay window facing the street was replaced with a rectangular addition, and the roof which ran from the peak past the front of the house was altered dramatically. The front door faces the street, but is enclosed and obscured from the street by a partial wall topped... Continue... 0058.51.1023 1905 E-Z Polish Factory Drawing Circa 1905 (1905 - S.114). Drawing of the front elevation for the Martin & Martin E-Z Polish Factory. The building was constructed of reinforces concrete faced with brick. Rows of large horizontal windows were broken by vertical brick piers projecting out from the exterior surface of the brick wall. These were capped by limestone or concrete that ran the full length of the building. The entrance was reached between two smaller rectangular sections of the building that were perpendicular to the main structure. These were reached only by a bridge from the main building. A large planting was in the center of the courtyard that lead to the entrance. Just past the planting was the entrance. The lower doors, the employee entrance lead to into the basement. On either side of the lower doors, were brick piers with large concrete vases. On either side of the employee entrance, stairs lead up to the visitor's entrance on the main floor. To the outside of the entrance, on either side, light flooded the two stairways with tall vertical windows. Text on lower right: "Elevation on Fillmore Street. Scale One Quarter Inch Equals One Foot." Text lower far right: "From Frank Lloyd Wright Architect. Forest and Chicago Avenues, Oak Park, Illinois. Telephone Oak Park Fifty Three. In Chicago By... Continue... 0058.23.0219 1905 E-Z Polish Factory Ground and Floor Plan Circa 1905 (1905 - S.114). Drawing of the ground and floor plan for the Martin & Martin E-Z Polish Factory. The building was constructed of reinforces concrete faced with brick. Rows of large horizontal windows were broken by vertical brick piers projecting out from the exterior surface of the brick wall. These were capped by limestone or concrete that ran the full length of the building. The entrance was reached between two smaller rectangular sections of the building that were perpendicular to the main structure. These were reached only by a bridge from the main building. A large planting was in the center of the courtyard that lead to the entrance. Just past the planting was the entrance. The lower doors, the employee entrance lead to into the basement. On either side of the lower doors, were brick piers with large concrete vases. On either side of the employee entrance, stairs lead up to the visitor's entrance on the main floor. To the outside of the entrance, on either side, light flooded the two stairways with tall vertical windows. Text on lower right: "E-Z Stove Polish Factory. Martin and Martin, Chicago. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect. Chicago. First Floor Plan. Scale One Quarter Inch Equals One Foot." Published in Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1902-1906... Continue... 0058.24.0219 1905 (2011) E-Z Polish Factory Axonometric Drawing of Ground and Floor Plan Circa 1905 (2011) (1905 - S.114). Axonometric drawing of the ground and floor plan for the Martin & Martin E-Z Polish Factory. The building was constructed of reinforces concrete faced with brick. Rows of large horizontal windows were broken by vertical brick piers projecting out from the exterior surface of the brick wall. These were capped by limestone or concrete that ran the full length of the building. The entrance was reached between two smaller rectangular sections of the building that were perpendicular to the main structure. These were reached only by a bridge from the main building. A large planting was in the center of the courtyard that lead to the entrance. Just past the planting was the entrance. The lower doors, the employee entrance lead to into the basement. On either side of the lower doors, were brick piers with large concrete vases. On either side of the employee entrance, stairs lead up to the visitor's entrance on the main floor. To the outside of the entrance, on either side, light flooded the two stairways with tall vertical windows. Created by Ryan Zegarelli in 2011. Text on lower right: "E-Z Stove Polish Factory. Martin and Martin, Chicago, Illinois. Frank Lloyd Wright - Architect." Courtesy of the University of Buffalo. 8 x 8.4 B&W Photograph. 0058.25.0219 C 1905 William G. Fricke Home, C 1905 (1901 S.058). Viewed from the Southwest, photographed during the winter. Like the Thomas Residence, also 1901 and in Oak Park, it is an all-stucco exterior. But unlike the Thomas Residence which is considered Frank Lloyd Wright's first fully developed prairie styled house in Oak Park, it includes elements of Wright's transitional designs. Like the Rollin Furbeck Residence (1897), it includes elements of Wright's transitional period. Corners are turned at a 45 degree angle, it includes a massive central tower, there are rectangular square windows with columns and it is more vertical than Wright's prairie styled horizontal designs. It is also a three story home. The Living and Dining Rooms, Kitchen, Hall and Reception Room are on the first level. The Bedrooms are on the second level. Landscaping is sparse and thin. Plantings missing from window sills. The Pavilion on the right was eventually demolished and lot sold to make room for a brick house. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. 10 x 4.25 B&W photograph. 0058.18.1116 1905 1) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottages, Whitehall, Michigan, First Floor Plan 1905 (1909 - S.088.1-3). First floor plan for three Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottages. FLLW Foundation #521.01. Designed in 1905 by Frank Lloyd Wright. The Gale family were early clients of Frank Lloyd Wright. Brothers Thomas Gale Residence, Oak Park (1892 S.016), Walter Gale Residence, Oak Park (1893 - S.020), Thomas Gale Summer Cottage, Whitehall, Michigan (1897 - S.088), Mrs. Thomas Gale Three Summer Cottages (1909 - S.088 : 1-3), and the Mrs. Thomas Gale Residence, Oak Park (1909 - S.098). The three rental cottages used the same floor plans. These cottages were designed as summer cottages, and were not originally occupied year round. Originally dated 1905, the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation updated the cottages to 1909 after additional records were found. This is also an early use of the unit system which Frank Lloyd Wright consistently used in his later designs. The front of the cottages faced the lake, so the main entrance was at the back of the cottage and entered into the kitchen. To the right was a maid's room. Straight ahead was the living room with a centrally located fireplace. To the right of the fireplace, stairs led to the second level. From the living room doors opend to a porch... Continue... 0058.47.0723 1905 2) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottages, Whitehall, Michigan, Second Floor Plan 1905 (1909 - S.088.1-3). Second floor plan for three Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottages. FLLW Foundation #521.05. Designed in 1905 by Frank Lloyd Wright. The Gale family were early clients of Frank Lloyd Wright. Brothers Thomas Gale Residence, Oak Park (1892 S.016), Walter Gale Residence, Oak Park (1893 - S.020), Thomas Gale Summer Cottage, Whitehall, Michigan (1897 - S.088), Mrs. Thomas Gale Three Summer Cottages (1909 - S.088 : 1-3), and the Mrs. Thomas Gale Residence, Oak Park (1909 - S.098). The three rental cottages used the same floor plans. These cottages were designed as summer cottages, and were not originally occupied year round. Originally dated 1905, the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation updated the cottages to 1909 after additional records were found. This is also an early use of the unit system which Frank Lloyd Wright consistently used in his later designs. The front of the cottages faced the lake, so the main entrance was at the back of the cottage and entered into the kitchen. To the right was a maid's room. Straight ahead was the living room with a centrally located fireplace. To the right of the fireplace, stairs led to the second level. From the living room doors... Continue...  0058.48.0723 1905 3) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottages, Whitehall, Michigan, Front Elevation1905 (1909 - S.088.1-3). Front elevation for three Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottages. FLLW Foundation #521.02. Designed in 1905 by Frank Lloyd Wright. The Gale family were early clients of Frank Lloyd Wright. Brothers Thomas Gale Residence, Oak Park (1892 S.016), Walter Gale Residence, Oak Park (1893 - S.020), Thomas Gale Summer Cottage, Whitehall, Michigan (1897 - S.088), Mrs. Thomas Gale Three Summer Cottages (1909 - S.088 : 1-3), and the Mrs. Thomas Gale Residence, Oak Park (1909 - S.098). The three rental cottages used the same floor plans. These cottages were designed as summer cottages, and were not originally occupied year round. Originally dated 1905, the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation updated the cottages to 1909 after additional records were found. This is also an early use of the unit system which Frank Lloyd Wright consistently used in his later designs. The front of the cottages faced the lake, so the main entrance was at the back of the cottage and entered into the kitchen. Horizontal bans of windows dominated the first and second floors of the front elevation. Two rectangular short piers, approximately 2.5' x 5', possibly planter boxes, projected from the front elevation on either... Continue... 0058.49.0723 1905 4) Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottages, Whitehall, Michigan, Side Elevation1905 (1909 - S.088.1-3). Side elevation for three Mrs. Thomas Gale Summer Cottages. FLLW Foundation #521.03. Designed in 1905 by Frank Lloyd Wright. The Gale family were early clients of Frank Lloyd Wright. Brothers Thomas Gale Residence, Oak Park (1892 S.016), Walter Gale Residence, Oak Park (1893 - S.020), Thomas Gale Summer Cottage, Whitehall, Michigan (1897 - S.088), Mrs. Thomas Gale Three Summer Cottages (1909 - S.088 : 1-3), and the Mrs. Thomas Gale Residence, Oak Park (1909 - S.098). The three rental cottages used the same floor plans. These cottages were designed as summer cottages, and were not originally occupied year round. Originally dated 1905, the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation updated the cottages to 1909 after additional records were found. This is also an early use of the unit system which Frank Lloyd Wright consistently used in his later designs. The front of the cottages faced the lake, so the main entrance was at the back of the cottage and entered into the kitchen. Doors from the livinbg room opened to a 9' x 21' covered porch with slate floors. Two rectangular short piers, approximately 2.5' x 5', possibly planter boxes, projected from the front elevation on either corner. The lower... Continue... 0058.50.0723 1905 Walter Gerts Residence, River Forest, Illinois, First and Second Floor Plan 1905 (1911 - S.177). Original First and Second floor plans for the Walter Gerts Residence by Charles E. White, Jr. in 1905. When it suffered and extensive fire and in 1911, they asked Frank Lloyd Wright to remodel the house. Wright moved the stairs from the center of the house to the back as well as moving interior walls. Wright also specified art-glass windows, interior furnishings, a living room ceiling fixture and interior glass doors. 5 x 8.5 B&W photograph. 0058.43.0922 C 1905-08 Isidore Heller Residence, Chicago, Circa 1905-08 (1896 - S.038). Appears to have been taken after plate 43, published in "In The Nature of Material", Hitchcock, 1942, and at the same time as a photograph published in the November 1908 issue of House Beautiful. It appears to have been photographed just after completion of the home, with a few minor details not finished. Photographed during the winter, there are no vines on the front of the home, like those in the AB 1911 image (circa 1910).The three trees on the left, and one on the right are seen in AB 1911 photograph. The exterior light fixture to the right of the entrance seen in 1913 has not been installed. Although the gutters have been installed, the down spout on the east side of the Southeast corner seen in AB 1911, are missing, but the house numbers have been installed. The vase sits on a low pedestal, just behind the bushes, centered in the entrance sidewalk. Courtesy of the City of Chicago. 10 x 7.6 B&W photograph. See our Wright Study on the Heller Residence. 0058.09.0514 C 1905 1) Warren R. Hickox Residence, Kankakee, Illinois, C 1905 (1900 - S.056). View of the Warren R. Hickox Residence from the East. This appears to be photographed just a couple years after S#54.16. Bushes and the small tree have matured. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1900. Both the Hickox and Bradley houses are considered Wright’s first prairie styled houses. Although the Hickox is smaller than the Bradley, it has many of the same characteristics. Broad overhanging eaves, gabled roo7yf, upturned flanges, stucco and wood trim, dominate horizontal lines, and horizontal bands of leaded glass windows. The angles in the windows mimic the angles of the roof line. The terrace is on the far left. The Library/music room is on the left, reception hall and entrance on the right, and covered front porch of the far right. Published in The Architectural Annual, 1906. Copy 10 x 6 B&W photograph. 0058.58.1223 C 1905 2) Warren R. Hickox Residence, Kankakee, Illinois, C 1905 (1900 - S.056). View of the Warren R. Hickox Residence from the Southeast. This appears to be photographed at the same time as S#58.58. Bushes and the small tree are similar and the upper left window is open on both. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1900. Both the Hickox and Bradley houses are considered Wright’s first prairie styled houses. Although the Hickox is smaller than the Bradley, it has many of the same characteristics. Broad overhanging eaves, gabled roof, upturned flanges, stucco and wood trim, dominate horizontal lines, and horizontal bands of leaded glass windows. The angles in the windows mimic the angles of the roof line. The terrace is on the left. The dining room is iun the background on the left. The living room is in the center, the Library/music room is on the right. Published in the Cyclopedia of Architecture, 1907, Volume VI. Copy 10 x 6.5 B&W photograph. 0058.59.1223 C 1905-06 Larkin Administration Building (1903 - S.093) circa 1905-6. According to Jack Quinan, Frank Lloyd Wright's designs for the Larkin Administration building were completed in 1904. The finished building was ready for occupancy in August 1906 "Frank Lloyd Wright's Larkin Building, Myth and Fact", 1989, p. xiii. Photographed after the completion of the exterior. It became the focal point of the Larkin Company. The building was constructed of dark red brick, utilizing pink tinted mortar. Photographed by Edward Van Altena. 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 0058.10.0514 C 1905-06 Larkin Administration Building (1903 - S.093) circa 1905-6. Copy of the photograph published in "Frank Lloyd Wright Ausgefuhrte Bauten" 1911, p.131. Frank Lloyd Wright's designs for the Larkin Administration building were completed in 1904. The finished building was ready for occupancy in August 1906. Photographed after the completion of the exterior about the same time as S#58.10. The building was constructed of dark red brick, utilizing pink tinted mortar. Also published in "Frank Lloyd Wright's Larkin Building, Myth and Fact" Quinan, 1987, p.31. Original 16 x 20 B&W photograph. 0058.19.0218 C 1905-06 Larkin Company Side Chair Circa 1905-6 (1903 - S.093). View of a Larkin Company Side Chair. Constructed of wood and leather. Photograph not dated. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1903, the building was completed in 1906. Text on sleeve: "Wright, F. L. - Larkin Building. 8-2. Larkin Building. Full view, wood and leather side chair. Buffalo, NY, USA, 1904-06. Wright, Frank Lloyd. U of Virginia FAIC." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. 0058.32.0420 C 1905-06 Larkin Company Side Chair Circa 1905-6 (1903 - S.093). Two views of the Larkin Company Side Chair, back and side. Constructed of wood and leather. Photograph not dated. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1903, the building was completed in 1906. Text on sleeve: "Wright, F. L. - Larkin Building. 8-1. Larkin Building. Full view, wood and leather side chair. Buffalo, NY, USA, 1904-06. Wright, Frank Lloyd. U of Virginia FAIC." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. 0058.33.0420 C 1905-06 Larkin Company Office Arm Chair Circa 1905-6 (1903 - S.093). View of a Larkin Company Office Arm Chair. Constructed of metal, wood and leather with casters. Photograph not dated. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1903, the building was completed in 1906. Text on sleeve: "Wright, F. L. - Larkin Building. 8-3. Larkin Building. Full view, wheeled desk chair with arms. Buffalo, NY, USA, 1904-06. Wright, Frank Lloyd. U of Virginia FAIC." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. 0058.34.0420 C 1905 1) Francis W. and Mary Little Residence I, Peoria, Illinois, Street View Circa 1905 (1902 - S.070). View of the Francis W. and Mary Little Residence I from the Southeast. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1902. Francis Little was an attorney and owner of a utility company in Peoria, Illinois. He hired his friend, Frank Lloyd Wright to design his home in Peoria. He retained Wright again that year to add a Stable to the home. In 1908 they hired Wright to build a second home in Minnesota , "Northome".        The Little Residence was included in Frank Lloyd Wright’s Ausgefuhrte Bauten portfolios. Plate XXVIII (28). Perspective and floor plan for the Little Residence. The description reads: "Residence of F. W. Little, Peoria, Ill. 1900. A residence of cream -colored brick. The plan is as the residence was finally built. The exterior sketch, the original scheme."        This photograph was published in Frank Lloyd Wright, Ausgeführte Bauten (Executed Buildings), published by Ernst Wasmuth A.-G., Berlin, 1911, p.30. The photograph was taken after the house was complete, and most likely before Wright left for Europe in 1909.        The stable can be seen in the background on the left. The living room... Continue... 0058.65.0824 C 1905 2) Francis W. and Mary Little Residence I, Peoria, Illinois, Street View Circa 1905 (1902 - S.070). View of the Francis W. and Mary Little Residence I from the Southeast. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1902. Francis Little was an attorney and owner of a utility company in Peoria, Illinois. He hired his friend, Frank Lloyd Wright to design his home in Peoria. He retained Wright again that year to add a Stable to the home. In 1908 they hired Wright to build a second home in Minnesota , "Northome".        The Little Residence was included in Frank Lloyd Wright’s Ausgefuhrte Bauten portfolios. Plate XXVIII (28). Perspective and floor plan for the Little Residence. The description reads: "Residence of F. W. Little, Peoria, Ill. 1900. A residence of cream -colored brick. The plan is as the residence was finally built. The exterior sketch, the original scheme."        Similar to S#58.65 which was published in Frank Lloyd Wright, Ausgeführte Bauten (Executed Buildings), published by Ernst Wasmuth A.-G., Berlin, 1911, p.30. The photograph was taken after the house was complete, and most likely before Wright left for Europe in 1909.        The stable can be seen in the background on the left. The living room... Continue... 0058.66.0824 C 1905 3) Francis W. and Mary Little Residence I, Peoria, Illinois, Street View Circa 1905 (1902 - S.070). View of the Francis W. and Mary Little Residence I from the Northeast. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1902. Francis Little was an attorney and owner of a utility company in Peoria, Illinois. He hired his friend, Frank Lloyd Wright to design his home in Peoria. He retained Wright again that year to add a Stable to the home. In 1908 they hired Wright to build a second home in Minnesota , "Northome".       The Little Residence was included in Frank Lloyd Wright’s Ausgefuhrte Bauten portfolios. Plate XXVIII (28). Perspective and floor plan for the Little Residence. The description reads: "Residence of F. W. Little, Peoria, Ill. 1900. A residence of cream -colored brick. The plan is as the residence was finally built. The exterior sketch, the original scheme."        This photograph was published in Frank Lloyd Wright, Ausgeführte Bauten (Executed Buildings), published by Ernst Wasmuth A.-G., Berlin, 1911, p.31. The photograph was taken after the house was complete, and most likely before Wright left for Europe in 1909.        The living room on the left, the entrance and covered porch are in the center... Continue... 0058.67.0824 C 1905 4) Francis W. and Mary Little Residence I, Peoria, Illinois, Street View Circa 1905 (1902 - S.070). View of the Francis W. and Mary Little Residence I from the Northeast. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1902. Francis Little was an attorney and owner of a utility company in Peoria, Illinois. He hired his friend, Frank Lloyd Wright to design his home in Peoria. He retained Wright again that year to add a Stable to the home. In 1908 they hired Wright to build a second home in Minnesota , "Northome".        The Little Residence was included in Frank Lloyd Wright’s Ausgefuhrte Bauten portfolios. Plate XXVIII (28). Perspective and floor plan for the Little Residence. The description reads: "Residence of F. W. Little, Peoria, Ill. 1900. A residence of cream -colored brick. The plan is as the residence was finally built. The exterior sketch, the original scheme."        This photograph was published in Sonderheft, Frank Lloyd Wright, Chicago, published by Ernst Wasmuth A.-G., Berlin, 1911, p.16. The photograph was taken after the house was complete, and most likely before Wright left for Europe in 1909.        The living room on the left, the entrance and covered porch are in the center and... Continue... 0058.68.0824 C 1905 Frank Wright Thomas Residence (1901 - S.067) Circa 1905. Viewed from across the street. Taken shortly after the image from 1904, during the summer. Taken around the same time as the photograph published in The Sketch Book, September 1905. The front bushes are fuller, the branch hanging over the front yard from the tree on the right has broken off. There is a horse hitching pole in the foreground. There is a horse drawn cart to the far right. The ivy growing on the front of the house to the left of the entrance has grown substantially. Courtesy of The National Library of Australia. 10 x 7.5 B&W photograph. 0058.17.1116 1905  Ward W. Willits Dining Room, Highland Park, Illinois (1901 - S.054) Circa 1905. Wright designed dining room table and chairs. Three styles of chairs are visible, low and high back chairs, and a third with a raised seat, possibly for young children. But the raised seat version may actually be the low back chair setting on a base. The Willits had four children. Ward W. Willits was the president of the Adams and Westlake Company, a brass and bronze foundry. Orlando Giannini, an artist who designed art glass and murals for Wright, also worked for Adams and Westlake. In 1905, Willits and his wife accompanied Frank and Catherine Wright on their first trip to Japan. Courtesy Ryerson & Burnham Archives, Art Institute of Chicago. Original 10 x 8 B&W print. 0058.06.1013 1905 Wright at 38. Circa 1905. Wright slightly facing to the right. This portrait has been dated circa 1926, which would place Wright at 59. A more accurate date would be circa 1905. A very similar portrait is published in "Frank Lloyd Wright Collected Writings", Volume 1, Pfeiffer, page 2. 5 x 7 Print, High res digital image. 0058.03.0609 C 1905 Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio, Oak Park, Illinois, Circa 1905 (1895 - S.002-4). Frank Lloyd Wright purchased the lot in Oak Park in May 1889, drawings for the home are dated 1889. Construction did not begin until late August and was probably finished by the end of 1889 or the early part of 1890. Text on sleeve: "Wright, F. L. Wright Home & Studio. 5-35. Wright Home & Studio. Int., studio reception hall. Oak Park, IL. USA. 1889-1909. Wright, Frank Lloyd. U of Virginia FAIC." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. 0058.35.0720 1906 1906 Charles A. Brown Residence, Evanston, Illinois, Perspective 1906 (1905 - S.110). Perspective view of the Brown Residence under construction, viewed from the North. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1905. The front door faces the street, but is enclosed and partially obscured from the street by a short wall. The exterior walls of the house are board and batten, and extend up to the sills of the second floor windows. The horizontal band of windows and stucco surrounds all four side and extends to the roof line. The sills match the light color of the stucco. The windows are trimmed in wood, and trim is also used to as a design element between windows. A striking feature of the house is the roof that is cantilevered over the veranda. Published in Frank Lloyd Wright, Complete Works 1885-1916, Pfeiffer, 2011. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. 10 x 8 B&W photographs. 0064.51.1123 1906 Stephen A. Foster, 1906. Foster Cottage & Stable, West Pullman, Chicago, Illinois (1900 - S.049-050). News article reprint, Chicago Tribune, September 22, 1906, P.7. Candidate for Municipal Judge. Stephen A. Foster. Stephen A. Foster, who has been nominated by the republicans as a candidate for Municipal court judge, is a comparatively young man. He was born in Vermont in 1806, was graduated from Tufts college In 1887, being the valedictorian of his class, and afterwards studied law at Harvard. While at Harvard he was an editor of the Law Review and was a classmate of Judges Honore and Carpenter of the local bench. Mr. Foster practiced law In Boston from 1891 to 1806 and then came to Chicago, where he became a law partner of Charles H. Aldrich, and since the dissolution of the firm of Aldrich, Reed, Foster & Allen has been associated with Frank F. Reed. Mr. Foster Is an assistant attorney for the sanitary district. He was the secretary of the Calumet Canal association, which was instrumental in bringing the "Calumet district" into the sanitary district proper. In 1899 Mr. Foster marred Almeda Hodges and they live at 12147 Harvard avenue. 3.25 x 10 B&W photograph. 0064.36.0622 1906 1) Grace Fuller House, Glencoe, Illinois (1906 - S.123). Two perspective views for the Grace Fuller House, with and without the covered terrace. In the top perspective, stairs on either side lead up to the semicircular terrace. The entrance is centered and is covered with a cantilevered roof. In the lower perspective the stairs leading up to the entrance is on the left. The cantilevered cover has been removed. Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Grace Fuller House in 1906. Eight original drawings are housed in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives at the Columbia University Avery Library. Hand written to the right of the upper illustration: "This one." Text hand written lower left: "0603.01." FLLW Foundation #0603.001. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives at the Columbia University Avery Library. 8 x 8.75 B&W photograph. 0064.33.0221 (1-8) 1906 1) A. W. Gridley Residence, Batavia, Illinois, Plan 1906 (1906 - S.121). First floor plan for the Gridley Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1906. Copy of plan published in In The Nature of Materials, Hitchcock, 1942, Plate 127. Text on sleeve: "Wright, F. L. - Gridley Ho. 1-1. Gridley House. Plan, ground floor. Batavia, IL, USA. 1906. Wright, Frank Lloyd. U of Virginia FAIC." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. 0064.28.0720 1906 2) A. W. Gridley Residence, Batavia, Illinois, Plan 1906 (1906 - S.121). Second floor plan for the Gridley Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1906. Copy of plan published in In The Nature of Materials, Hitchcock, 1942, Plate 127. Text on sleeve: "Wright, F. L. - Gridley Ho. 1-2. Gridley House. Plan, second floor. Batavia, IL, USA. 1906. Wright, Frank Lloyd. U of Virginia FAIC." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. 0064.29.0720 Circa 1906 William R Heath Residence (1904 - S.105) Buffalo, NY, circa 1906. Viewed from the Northwest. One of Wright's larger prairie styled homes. Main entry on the far left, children's entry seen in the center. The covered Porch and Living Room are on the far left, the Maid's bedrooms are on the right. Bedrooms are on the second level. Heath was an attorney for the Larkin Company and was married to Mary, the sister of one of the company's cofounders Elbert Hubbard. Darwin Martin, a longtime friend of Wright's, began working for the Larkin Company in 1878. He was instrumental in the selection of Wright for the design the Administration Building for the Larkin Company (S.093) in 1903. The following year, 1904, Darwin Martin (S.100) hired Wright to design a home in Buffalo NY. Wright next designed a home for Martin's sister and her husband, George and Delta Barton (S.103) on an adjacent lot. That same year, Wright designed a home for the Larkin Company's attorney, William Heath. Original 10 x 7.2 B&W photograph. 0064.06.0712 Circa 1906 William R Heath Residence (1904 - S.105) Buffalo, NY, circa 1906. Viewed from the Northwest. One of Wright's larger prairie styled homes. Main entry on the far left, children's entry seen in the center. The covered Porch and Living Room are on the far left, the Maid's bedrooms are on the far right. Bedrooms are on the second level. Heath was an attorney for the Larkin Company and was married to Mary, the sister of one of the company's cofounders Elbert Hubbard. Darwin Martin, a longtime friend of Wright's, began working for the Larkin Company in 1878. He was instrumental in the selection of Wright for the design the Administration Building for the Larkin Company (S.093) in 1903. The following year, 1904, Darwin Martin (S.100) hired Wright to design a home in Buffalo NY. Wright next designed a home for Martin's sister and her husband, George and Delta Barton (S.103) on an adjacent lot. That same year, Wright designed a home for the Larkin Company's attorney, William Heath. Original 10 x 7.5 B&W photograph. 0064.07.0712 Circa 1906 William R Heath Residence (1904 - S.105) Buffalo, NY, circa 1906. View of the Living Room fireplace which covers the North wall. The massive sandstone mantel reads "The reality of the house is order. The blessing of the house is contentment. The glory of the house is hospitality. The crown of the house is Godliness." Sandstone cubes balances the fireplace opening. A pair of art glass light fixtures are positioned symmetrically from the ceiling on either side of the fireplace. On the far right is an example of an art glass wall sconce, used earlier in the Dana Residence (1902 - S.072) and the George Barton Residence (1903 - S.103). Original 10 x 7.6 B&W photograph. 0064.08.0712 Circa 1906 Hillside Home School II circa 1906 (1902 - S.069). View from the South. Ellen (Nell) and Jane Lloyd Jones, Frank Lloyd Wright's aunts, formed the Hillside Home School in 1887. Wright designed Hillside Home School I in 1892 (1897 - S.001). As the school grew, so did the need for more space. Wright designed Hillside Home School II in 1902, which was completed in 1903. (Plate X, Ausgefuhrte Bauten.) The building was constructed of light rose colored sandstone, heavy oak beams and red roof tiles. The gymnasium/theatre was on the left, two floors of classrooms and offices in the center, and a three story assembly hall on the right. The windows were diamond patterned leaded glass. Hillside Home School closed in 1915, and the building fell into disrepair. When Wright began the Taliesin Fellowship in 1932, it became part of the Taliesin Fellowship complex. He began restoring and remodeling the building. Image is from a real photo postcard, enhanced and enlarged. 8 x 5 B&W photograph. (See progression of the Hillside Home School / Taliesin Complex) 0094.43.0215 1906 P. D. Hoyt Residence, Geneva, Illinois, Perspective 1906 (1906 - S.120). Perspective view of the of Front Elevation. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1906. The Hoyt House is similar in design to the Hunt and Stockman houses. In some respects a simplification of the design used in Wright's "Fireproof" House. Square in its footprint, it is constructed of stucco with wood trim. The entrance is in the center of the front elevation and opens into the living room. Unusual for Wright because he preferred concealing the entrance. It appears very symmetrical in design. Another design element unique to the Hoyt House is the letter "H" monogram repeated at the top portion of every window. Wright emphasizes the vertical appearance with wood strips that extend from the first to the second floors, and wrap around the four corners. A trellis-arbor above the front door surrounds the entrance with vegetation. Published in Wright 1885-1916, Pfeiffer, 2011, p.266. Also published in Frank Lloyd Wright Monogram 1902-1906, Pfeiffer, 1989, p.221. FLLW Foundation #0605.001. 8.5 x 8 Color photograph. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. 0064.32.0121 1906  1) A. P. Johnson Residence, Delavan Lake, Wisconsin, Floor Plans (1906 - S.087). First and second floor plans for the A.P. Johnson Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1906. FLLW Foundation #0508.01. The house is two-stories with covered porches on either side forming a cruciform. An open porch runs the full length of this of the house, connecting both porches, with stairs in the center leading to the lawn facing the lake. Four pilasters project from the surface of the house and frame the first floor windows. The pilasters are rectangular. The long side of the two outer pilasters face outward while the short side of the two inner pilasters face outward. The pilasters project through the first floor roof line to the sill line of the second floor, and are capped by a horizontal row of windows. Text bottom right: "Mr. A. P. Johnson. Residence at Lake Delavan. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect. Oak Park, Illinois." Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library. 10 x 5.5 B&W photograph. 0064.44.0323 1906  2) A. P. Johnson Residence, Delavan Lake, Wisconsin, Foundation Plan (1906 - S.087). Foundation plan for the A.P. Johnson Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1906. FLLW Foundation #0508.03. Below the stairs that lead to the second floor, stairs lead down to the cellar which is 14' 4" x 18' 6." Text lower right: "Foundation Plan." Hand written text: "Johnson House, Lake Delavan." Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library. 10 x 5.5 B&W photograph. 0064.45.0323 1906 3) A. P. Johnson Residence, Delavan Lake, Wisconsin, Front and Rear Elevations (1906 - S.087). Front and Rear elevation for the A.P. Johnson Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1906. FLLW Foundation #0508.04. The house is designed so that the side facing the driveway is the back of the house, and the side facing the lake is the front of the house. The house is two-stories with covered porches on either side forming a cruciform. An open porch runs the full length of this of the house, connecting both porches, with stairs in the center leading to the lawn facing the lake. Four pilasters project from the surface of the house and frame the first floor windows. The pilasters are rectangular. The long side of the two outer pilasters face outward while the short side of the two inner pilasters face outward. The pilasters on the front of the house project through the first floor roof line to the sill line of the second floor, and are capped by a horizontal row of windows. Text: "Front Elevation. Rear Elevation." Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library. 10 x 5.5 B&W photograph. 0064.46.0323 1906 4) A. P. Johnson Residence, Delavan Lake, Wisconsin, Side Elevation and Cross Section (1906 - S.087). Side elevation, cross section and details for the A.P. Johnson Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1906. FLLW Foundation #0508.05. The house is two-stories with covered porches on either side forming a cruciform. Text: "Side Elevation. Cross Section." Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library. 10 x 5.5 B&W photograph. 0064.47.0323 1906 A. P. Johnson Residence, Delavan Lake, Wisconsin, First Floor Plan (1906 - S.087). First floor plan for the A.P. Johnson Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1906. Adapted from the original floor plan by Douglas M. Steiner. As you approach the back of the house from the drive, it is symmetrical in appearance. Four pilasters project from the surface of the house and frame the first floor windows. The pilasters are rectangular. The long side of the two outer pilasters face outward while the short side of the two inner pilasters face outward. The pilasters rise up to the sill line of the second floor, and are capped by a horizontal row of windows. Stairs on either end of the back elevation each lead to a porch, each with an entrance to the house. The right stairs lead to a semi-enclosed porch, the same width as the kitchen. Vertical spindles enclose the window openings. A door leads into the kitchen. The left stairs lead to a small porch with a door that leads to the entrance hall. In the hall are stairs leading to the second level. There are five bedrooms and a bath upstairs. The kitchen is to the right behind the stairway. Straight ahead is the living room. The hall opens up to an expansive living room which runs the full width of the front of house and is approximately 16' by 24'. Doors on either end of the living room... Continue... 0064.48.0323 C 1906-07 Larkin Administration Building (1903 - S.093) circa 1906-07. Designed by Wright in 1903, completed in 1906. Photographed after completion circa 1906-07, but before the installation of the wall-mounted lanterns mounted on either side of the relief. The building became the focal point of the Larkin Company. The building was constructed of dark red brick, utilizing pink tinted mortar. The entrance of the building was flanked by a waterfall-like fountain that ran into a pool. Above the fountains was a bas-relief by Richard Bock, who also designed the globes at the top of the central exterior piers of the building. Of note are the two holes drilled near the top in the border of the relief on the left and right sides. Two Wright designed wall-mounted lanterns were seen in later photographs. The globes were removed by 1941 due to structural problems associated with their weight. Photographed by Henry Fuermann. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0080.13.0712 C 1906-07 Larkin Administration Building (1903 - S.093) circa 1906-07. A) Detail of the entrance. The entrance piers are dwarfed by the size of the building. Pedestrians give a size perspective to the piers and fence. Designed by Wright in 1903, the building was completed and occupied in August, 1906. Photographed after completion circa 1906-07, by Henry Fuermann. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0080.13.0712 A C 1906-07 Larkin Administration Building (1903 - S.093) circa 1906-07. B) Detail of the pier and column capitals. Richard Bock created the globe sculptures as well as the decorative column capitals seen between the two globes. Designed by Wright in 1903, the building was completed and occupied in August, 1906. The globes were removed by 1941 due to structural problems associated with their weight. Photographed after completion circa 1906-07, by Henry Fuermann. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0080.13.0712 B C 1906-07 Larkin Administration Building (1903 - S.093) circa 1906-07. C) Detail of the bas-relief waterfall-like fountain carved by Richard Bock. The fountain flowed into a pool. The women to the left give a size perspective to the sculpture and pool. Note the two holes drilled near the top in the border of the relief on the left and right sides. Two Wright designed wall-mounted lanterns were seen in later photographs. Designed by Wright in 1903, the building was completed in 1906. Photographed after completion circa 1906-7 by Henry Fuermann, but before the installation of the wall-mounted lanterns mounted on either side of the relief. 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 0080.13.0712 C C 1906-07 Larkin Administration Building exterior, circa 1906-7(1903 - S.093). Designed by Wright in 1903, completed in 1906. Photographed after completion circa 1906-7, but before the installation of the plaques mounted on the entrance piers on the far left. The building was constructed of dark red brick, utilizing pink tinted mortar. The entrance of the building was flanked by a waterfall-like fountain that ran into a pool. Above the fountains was a bas-relief by Richard Bock, who also designed the globes at the top of the central exterior piers of the building. This image has a dot pattern which indicated it is a copy photograph of a printed photograph. Possibly a copy published in "Frank Lloyd Wright Ausgefuhrte Bauten", Wright 1911, p.131. Label pasted to verso: "The Museum of Modern Art. Wright, Frank Lloyd. The Larkin Building, Buffalo, New York, 1904. Exterior View.) Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 0080.29.0216 C 1906-07 Larkin Administration Building Interior, circa 1906-7 (1903 - S.093). View of the interior Central Hall from the ground floor. Designed by FL Wright in 1903, photographed after the completed in 1906. The building was constructed of dark red brick, utilizing pink tinted mortar. Similar view published in "Frank Lloyd Wright Ausgefuhrte Bauten", Wright 1911, p.130, but photographed from the opposite end of the Hall. The inscription at the far end on the fifth floor reads: "Ask and it Shall Be Given You, Seek and Ye Shall Find Knock, and it Shall Be Opened unto You." The inscription from the image on page 130 reads: "All Things Whatsoever Ye, Would That Men Should Do, to You Do Ye Even So to Them." Both quotes are from Matthew 7. "On the magnesite panels between the capitals surmounting the columns that form the central sky-lighted court in our new Administration Building, inscribed in gold letters, are two quotations from the Sermon on the Mount, and forty-two words. The passages from the Bible are on the large panels at the ends of the court..." The Larkin Idea, May 1907, pp.1-2. Label pasted to verso: "The Museum of Modern Art. Wright, Frank Lloyd. The Larkin Building, Buffalo, New York, 1904. Exterior View.) Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 0080.30.0216 C 1906-07 Larkin Administration Building (1903 - S.093) circa 1906-7. View of the interior Central Hall from the second level. Designed by Wright in 1903, the building was completed in 1906. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright Ausgefuhrte Bauten" Wright, 1911, p.130, and "Frank Lloyd Wright, Chicago" Wright, 1911, p.110. 6 x 10 B&W photograph. 0080.24.0115 1906  George Millard Residence (I), Highland Park, Illinois, Perspective 1906 (1906 - S.126). (FLLW #0606.01) Perspective presentation drawing of the George Millard Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1906. The house is surrounded by woods. The approach to the house is an arched bridge over a ravine on the right. A low wall, the height of the terrace wall, extends past the bridge to the edge of the illustration. It also extends a short distance on the left side of the house. The entrance is on the left, the covered terrace is in the center foreground. The second floor is cantilevered on either end. This drawing was dramatic enough that Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer decided to give it a two-page spread in Frank Lloyd Wright, Complete Works 1885-1916, 2011, p.268-269. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library, Columbia University. 10 x 4 Color photograph, 0064.37.0622 1906 1) George Millard Residence (I), Highland Park, Illinois, South Elevation 1906 (1906 - S.126). (FLLW #0606.05) The South elevation of the George Millard Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1906. The entrance is on the left, the covered terrace to the right of center. Both the East and West ends of the second floor were cantilevered. Text top right: "4." Text bottom left: "0606.05." Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library, Columbia University. 10 x 5 B&W photograph, 0064.38.0622 1906 2) George Millard Residence (I), Highland Park, Illinois, West and East Elevation 1906 (1906 - S.126). (FLLW #0606.06) The West (left) and East (right) elevation of the George Millard Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1906. Left: The back of the house is on the left, the dining room in the center, the entrance to the right, and the covered terrace is on the right. Right: The covered terrace is on the left, the living room is in the center, tghe back of the house is on the right. Text top right: "5." Text bottom left: "0606.06." Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library, Columbia University. 10 x 5 B&W photograph, 0064.39.0622 1906 3) George Millard Residence (I), Highland Park, Illinois, North Elevation 1906 (1906 - S.126). (FLLW #0606.07) The North elevation of the George Millard Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1906. This is a view of the back of the house. The back entrance is in the center, the dining room is on th right. . Both the East and West ends of the second floor were cantilevered. Text top right: "6." Text bottom left: "0606.07." Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library, Columbia University. 10 x 5 B&W photograph, 0064.40.0622 1906 Mrs. William H. Pettit Memorial Chapel, Belvidere, Illinois, Perspective 1906 (1906 - S.116). Perspective view of the Pettit Memorial Chapel. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1906. Published in Ausgefuhrte Bauten und Entwurfe von Frank Lloyd Wright, 1910, Tafel XLI (41). It is very symmetrical in design. The floor plan is T-shaped. It consists of one large room (Chapel) with a fireplace, and doors on either side that opens out to a large covered porch that wraps around one end of the Chapel. "A small inexpensive burial chapel at Belvidere, Illinois. A simple, not unhomelike room for services, with shelter at rear and sides to accommodate people waiting for cars. A memorial tablet and modest fountain characterize it as a memorial to Mr. Pettit." FLLW #0619.002. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library, Columbia University. 10 x 7 B&W photograph. 0064.41.1022 1906 Mrs. William H. Pettit Memorial Chapel, Belvidere, Illinois, Floor Plan 1906 (1906 - S.116). Floor plan for the Pettit Memorial Chapel. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1906. It is very symmetrical in design. The floor plan is T-shaped. It consists of one large room (Chapel) with a fireplace, and doors on either side that opens out to a large covered porch that wraps around one end of the Chapel. There are three sets of stairs, one on either side of the Chapel, and one on the opposite side in the center. There are built in planter on each end of the porch. Doors on either side of the center stairs lead down to a storage room for wood, and a bathroom. The main level is raised off the ground. FLLW #0619.008. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library, Columbia University. 10 x 7 B&W photograph. 0064.42.1022 1906 Mrs. William H. Pettit Memorial Chapel, Belvidere, Illinois, Floor Plan 1906 (1906 - S.116). Floor plan for the Pettit Memorial Chapel adapted from the original design. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1906. It is very symmetrical in design. The floor plan is T-shaped. It consists of one large room (Chapel) with a fireplace, and doors on either side that opens out to a large covered porch that wraps around one end of the Chapel. There are three sets of stairs, one on either side of the Chapel, and one on the opposite side in the center. There are with a built in planter on each end of the porch. Doors on either side of the center stairs lead down to a storage room for wood, and a bathroom. The main level is raised off the ground. FLLW #0619.008. Adapted by Douglas M. Steiner. 10 x 7 B&W photograph. 0064.43.1022 1906 River Forest Tennis Club, Floor Plan 1906 (1906 - S.119). Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1906. When the River Forest Tennis Club caught fire and burned in 1906, Wright was tapped to redesign their building. The Tennis Club was 204 feet long. There were two covered Porte Cochere (Carriage Entryways), and three Fireplaces. The left side included a Women's Locker Room and Kitchen. The right included the Men's Locker Room. The Fireplace Nook and Alcoves on either side included built-in seating. Doors opened outward from the expansive interior, in essence, removing the wall which lead to an open Terrace which ran nearly the full length of the building. Wright designed each end by rotating a square 90 degrees. On either side of the Men's and Women's Locker rooms was a elongated row of Balustrated windows, or as Wright specified, 4"x4" Vertical Spindles with glass between. This allowed natural light in, while providing a measure of privacy. Original floor plan copyright 1958, "Frank Lloyd Wright To 1910" Manson, page 171. Modified by Douglas M. Steiner from original drawings, copyright 2010. Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 0064.35.0421 1906 Robie House, Chicago, Illinois 1906 (1906 - S.127). Floor plan for the first, second and third floors. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1906. Text on sleeve: "Wright, Frank Lloyd (1869-1959). Robie House, Chicago, IL, 1906. Floor Plan. Am. Arch." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. 0064.30.0920 1906 Robie House, Chicago, Illinois 1906 (1906 - S.127). Perspective drawing of the Robie House. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1906. This illustration was published in Modern Architecture, Wright, 1931, p.64 and dated 1906. Published on the cover of The Prairie House, 1990 Calendar, Pomegranate. Text on sleeve: "Wright, Frank Lloyd (1869-1959). Robie House, Chicago, IL, 1906. Perspective. American Architecture." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. 0064.31.0920 1907 1907 Art Institute of Chicago. Exhibition of Frank Lloyd Wright's work at the Art Institute of Chicago, 1907. Wright's work was featured at the Twentieth Annual Exhibition of the Chicago Architectural Club, at the Galleries of the Art Institute of Chicago during the month of April 1907. The exhibition included Wright's drawings, models, art glass windows, furniture, light fixtures and Wright-designed objects. Photographed by Henry Fuermann and Sons. 8 x 9.5 B&W photograph. 0080.25.0115 C 1907 E. A. Cummings Real Estate Office, circa 1907 (1905 - S.112). Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1905, little is know about the building, and few photographs exist. Broad overhanging eaves surrounds the building. Two pedestals on either side of the entrance hold large prairie styled concrete vases that appear to be round at the top, with four square legs setting on a square base. Two high walls float out from the front corners with the ends attached to pedestal setting on a large base. A decorative pole rests on top of the pedestal. Text on the left wall: "River Forest Land..." Right: "We Welcome all who would a home acquire." Edmund Augustus Cummings was born in Lowell, Mass on Nov. 29, 1842. When he was a boy, his family moved to Elgin, Ill. He enlisted as a soldier in the war in 1860 at 18 years of age and served with General Grant. After the war, he moved to Chicago in 1864, working in the insurance and real estate business. He married Ellen M. Merrill in Chicago on Sept. 11 1867. In 1869 he formed the firm of E.A. Cummings & Co. He was very successful in the real estate business, considered one of the most successful at the time, creating as many as 250 subdivisions. He was one of the organizers of the Chicago Real Estate Board and was for a time president of the board. He was a founder and director of the...  Continue...   0080.26.0215 C 1907 1) Colonel George Fabyan Residence First Floor Plan 1907, Fabyan Villa, Geneva, Illinois (1907 - S.129). Floor plan for the first floor of the Fabyan Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1907. Text: "First Floor Plan, For Mrs. Fabyan, Geneva, Ill. Alterations and Addition. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect. Oak Park, Illinois. March 25, '07." It is interesting to note that this first plan is for Mrs. Fabyan. Possibly because the addition of a bedroom on the South side was for Mrs. Fabyan. Text bottom left: "0703.01." Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0080.48.1021 C 1907 1C) Colonel George Fabyan Residence Color First Floor Plan 1907, Fabyan Villa, Geneva, Illinois (1907 - S.129). Color floor plan for the first floor of the Fabyan Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1907. Text: "First Floor Plan, For Mrs. Fabyan, Geneva, Ill. Alterations and Addition. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect. Oak Park, Illinois. March 25, '07." It is interesting to note that this first plan is for Mrs. Fabyan. Possibly because the addition of a bedroom on the South side was for Mrs. Fabyan. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. Published in Frank Lloyd Wright, Complete Works 1885-1916, Pfeiffer, 2011. 10 x 8 Color photograph. 0080.49.1021 C 1907 2) Colonel George Fabyan Residence Second Floor Plan 1907, Fabyan Villa, Geneva, Illinois (1907 - S.129). Floor plan for the second floor of the Fabyan Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1907. Text: "Second Floor Plan. Col. Fabyan," Possibly titled for Col. Fabyan because the second floor bedroom was for Mr. Fabyan. Three of the rooms are listed as "Old Room,' with one "New Room" which was part of the addition. Text bottom left: "0703.03." Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0080.50.1021 C 1907 2C) Colonel George Fabyan Residence Color Second Floor Plan 1907, Fabyan Villa, Geneva, Illinois (1907 - S.129). Color Floor plan for the second floor of the Fabyan Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1907. Text: "Second Floor Plan. Col. Fabyan," Possibly titled for Col. Fabyan because the second floor bedroom was for Mr. Fabyan. Three of the rooms are listed as "Old Room,' with one "New Room" which was part of the addition. Text bottom left: "0703.03." Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. Published in Frank Lloyd Wright, Complete Works 1885-1916, Pfeiffer, 2011. 10 x 8 Color photograph. 0080.51.1021 C 1907 3) Colonel George Fabyan Residence Basement Plan 1907, Fabyan Villa, Geneva, Illinois (1907 - S.129). Floor plan for the Basement of the Fabyan Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1907. Text: "Mr. Geo. Fabyan Dwelling. Revised Plan of Basement. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect. Oak Park, Illinois." Text bottom left: "0703.02." Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0080.52.1021 C 1907 4) Colonel George Fabyan Residence Design for the Window Seats 1907, Fabyan Villa, Geneva, Illinois (1907 - S.129). Design for the Window Seats for the Fabyan Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1907. Text: "Mr. George Fabyan, Detail of Window Seats. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect. Oak Park, Illinois." Caption center left: "Elevation of Window Seat. One like this in Bed Room #2 & Bed Room #3." Caption center right: "Elevation of Window Seat. One in Bed Room #2 & Bed Room #3." Text bottom left: "0703.04." Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0080.53.1021 1907 Avery Coonley Residence, Riverside, Illinois, Dressing Table, Bedroom #1 (FLLW #0803.51) (1907 - S.135 ). Front and side view of the dressing table and side view of the chair. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1907, the chair was executed in 1908. We could not find examples of this table, but many examples the the chair. In 1989, Cassina produced a low back that matched this drawing but called it a dining room chair. The Cassina: 609 Coonley, 1. Was designed with a handhold below the crest rail. There is a space at the base of the back of the chair that mirrors the Handhold at the top. Eight shorter spindles run parallel to a long and larger spindle on either side. Horizontal trim runs along the base of the seat and runs along the front, sides and back. Like the crest tail that curves out at the top, the base of the legs curve outward also. Forward in the front, backwards in the back. There is a matching chair in a photograph from 1911, Wright's Home and Studio (S#0104.15). In a bedroom for Wright's daughter Catherine, there is a Japanese Print Table, designed by Wright in 1898, used as a desk. In front of desk is a low back chair that matches this Coonley low back chair. Wright also designed a low bak chair for William E. Martin Residence, Oak Park, Illinois (1902 - S.061)... Continue... 0080.57.0323 C 1907 William G. Fricke Home, C 1907 (1901 S.058). Viewed from the North, photographed during the late Spring or late fall. Curbs have been installed on the streets, but it appears that they have not been paved yet. Short "hitching posts" are visible. Frank Lloyd Wright designed a two-story garage for Emma Martin, and were dated March 15, 1907. It appears that the Garage is under construction on the far left. Landscaping on the far right is maturing. Like the Thomas Residence, also 1901 and in Oak Park, it is an all-stucco exterior. But unlike the Thomas Residence which is considered Frank Lloyd Wright's first fully developed prairie styled house in Oak Park, it includes elements of Wright's transitional designs. Like the Rollin Furbeck Residence (1897), it includes elements of Wright's transitional period. Corners are turned at a 45 degree angle, it includes a massive central tower, there are rectangular square windows with columns and it is more vertical than Wright's prairie styled horizontal designs. It is also a three story home. The covered Porch is on the far left followed by the Kitchen, Reception and Entryways. The Living Room is on the far right. The Bedrooms are on the second level, with a Balcony on the right, above the main Entrance. Published in the Architectural Record, March 1908; Frank Lloyd Wright... Continue...   0080.31.1116 C 1907 William G. Fricke Home, C 1907 (1901 S.058). Viewed from the West, photographed during the winter. The bushes on the far let have reached the height of the wall surrounding the Entrance. Photographed from Fair Oaks Avenue, which is it's street address, and although the front door faces this direction, Wright turned the home so that the Entrance to the home is from Iowa Street. Like the Thomas Residence, also 1901 and in Oak Park, it is an all-stucco exterior. But unlike the Thomas Residence which is considered Frank Lloyd Wright's first fully developed prairie styled house in Oak Park, it includes elements of Wright's transitional designs. Like the Rollin Furbeck Residence (1897), it includes elements of Wright's transitional period. Corners are turned at a 45 degree angle, it includes a massive central tower, there are rectangular square windows with columns and it is more vertical than Wright's prairie styled horizontal designs. It is also a three story home. Where the Rollin columns were round, these are closer to the appearance of the square Thomas columns. The Entrance, along with the triangular bay windows enclosing the Reception room is on the left. The Living Room is toward the center, the Pavilion, which was later demolished to make room for another home is on the right. The Bedrooms are on... Continue...   0080.32.1116 C 1907 William G. Fricke Home, C 1907 (1901 S.058). Viewed from the Southwest, photographed during the winter. The bushes on the far let have reached the height of the wall surrounding the Entrance. The Garage can be seen in the background on the far right. Like the Thomas Residence, also 1901 and in Oak Park, it is an all-stucco exterior. But unlike the Thomas Residence which is considered Frank Lloyd Wright's first fully developed prairie styled house in Oak Park, it includes elements of Wright's transitional designs. Like the Rollin Furbeck Residence (1897), it includes elements of Wright's transitional period. Corners are turned at a 45 degree angle, it includes a massive central tower, there are rectangular square windows with columns and it is more vertical than Wright's prairie styled horizontal designs. It is also a three story home. Where the Rollin columns were round, these are closer to the appearance of the square Thomas columns. The Living Room is on the left, the Pavilion, which was later demolished to make room for another home is on the right. The Bedrooms are on the second level, with a Balcony on the left, above the Living Room. Published in the Architectural Record, March 1908 and Frank Lloyd Wright, Chicago, Wright, 1911, p.63. Photographed by Edward Van Altena. 10 x 6.5 B&W photograph. 0080.33.1116 C 1907 William G. Fricke Home, C 1907 (1901 S.058). Viewed from the Southeast, photographed during the winter. Although more vertical than his later prairie houses, Frank Lloyd Wright did include a dominate horizontal line that incorporates the second story window sills and completely encircles the house, an element of his Prairie styled homes. Like the Thomas Residence, also 1901 and in Oak Park, it is an all-stucco exterior. But unlike the Thomas Residence which is considered Frank Lloyd Wright's first fully developed prairie styled house in Oak Park, it includes elements of Wright's transitional designs. Like the Rollin Furbeck Residence (1897), it includes elements of Wright's transitional period. Broad overhanging eves, corners are turned at a 45 degree angle, it includes a massive central tower, there are rectangular square windows with columns and it is more vertical than Wright's prairie styled horizontal designs. It is also a three story home. Where the Rollin columns were round, these are closer to the appearance of the square Thomas columns. The pavilion, in the foreground on the left, which was later demolished to make room for another home, was reached by the outer stairs on the East (right) side, and a doorway and covered passage on the South side of the house. The Living Room is in the background... Continue...   0080.34.1116 C 1907 Mrs. George E. Gerts Summer Cottage, Whitehall, Michigan, Circa 1907 (1902 - S.077). View of the Mrs. George E. Gerts Summer Cottage from the Northeast. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1902. First published in the March, 1908, Architectural Record. Wright captioned it "Summer Cottage" Mrs. Geo. E. Gerts." Summer leaves date the photograph prior to the fall of 1907. By 1907, an elongated addition appears to be at the "front" of the house, either an addition or separate building. The bridged porch can be seen in the foreground. Also published in Frank Lloyd Wright, Ausgefuhrte Bauten, 1911. Wright captions the photograph "Doppelsommerlandhaus Geo E. Gets, Birch Brook, Mich." (Twin Summer Cottage Geo E. Gets, Birch Brook, Mich.). It was also published in Frank Lloyd Wright, Chicago, 1911, and is titled "Doppel sommerlandhaus Geo E. Gerts, Birch Brook, Mich." (Double Summer Cottage Geo E. Gerts, Birch Brook, Mich.). 8 x 10 B&W copy photograph. 0080.55.0822 1907 Larkin Jamestown Exposition Pavilion, 1907 (1907 - S.132). View of entrance. The exhibition room is on the left, the lecture room is to the right. Text on exterior wall: "Larkin Co. Factory to Family. Soaps and Toilet Articles, Food Products, and Premiums." "Larkin Co. at Jamestown Ter-Centennial. Along with the many beautiful structures that will soon be completed on the grounds of the great Jamestown Exhibition is the private building of Larkin Co. In this building there will be an interesting display of the Larkin Products and Premiums... The Larkin Building is intended for the entertainment and comfort of the hosts of our friends and customers that will attend the exhibition. ...the object of the Jamestown Exhibition is primarily to celebrate the three hundredth anniversary of the first English settlement on the American continent..." From The Larkin Idea, March, 1907, Larkin Co., Buffalo, NY. 10 x 5 B&W photograph. 0080.22.0115 1907 Larkin Jamestown Exposition Pavilion Interior, 1907 (1907 - S.132). The exhibition room viewed from the lecture room. In the background are six sets of large windows with pairs of smaller panes on either side. The window design is reminiscent of Pebbles & Balch Store Remodeling,(1907 - S.131) and the Beachy Residence Remodel (1906 - S.117). "Larkin Co. at Jamestown Ter-Centennial. Along with the many beautiful structures that will soon be completed on the grounds of the great Jamestown Exhibition is the private building of Larkin Co. In this building there will be an interesting display of the Larkin Products and Premiums... The Larkin Building is intended for the entertainment and comfort of the hosts of our friends and customers that will attend the exhibition. ...the object of the Jamestown Exhibition is primarily to celebrate the three hundredth anniversary of the first English settlement on the American continent..." From The Larkin Idea, March, 1907, Larkin Co., Buffalo, NY. 10 x 5.6 B&W photograph. 0080.23.0115 1907 William Storrs MacHarg (McHarg) House, Chicago, Illinois, Circa 1907 (Not Dated) (1891 - S.10). Real photo postcard of the MacHarg Residence viewed from the Northeast. To date, this is only the second photograph of the MacHarg House known to exist. It was discovered by Greg Brewer while researching the house for an article he published. It was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1891 while working for Louis Sullivan. Many of the residential designs that came to Adler and Sullivan, were turned over to Wright. But Grant Manson believes that this was one of the first “Bootlegged” houses, designed by Wright during that period. Demolished around 1926.        According to Greg Brewer, “Childs was a prolific photographer of Chicago neighborhoods in the early years of the twentieth century. It is estimated that the C.R. Childs Company produced between twenty-five and forty thousand real-photo postcard views of Illinois towns and cities and various locations in Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Iowa. The Chicago History Museum has nearly ten thousand C.R. Childs images in its collection, but the postcard showing the BerryMacHarg house is not among them. Ths image... was discovered in the personal collection of LeRoy Blommaert, a resident historian... Continue... 0080.63.0524 C 1907 Municipal Boathouse, Lake Mendota, Madison, Wisconsin, Circa 1907 (1893 - S.022). The Municipal Boathouse was built at the foot of North Carroll Street on Lake Mendota. View of the University Crew on the lake in front of the Municipal Boathouse. The Municipal Boathouse was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1893. He was 26 year old at the time and a draftsman for the architectural firm of Adler and Sullivan. The boat house for Lake Mendota was completed by the Spring of 1894. Text: "University Crew, Madison, Wis."ť Photographic copy of a postcard published circa 1907. Not dated, but we have a copy of this postcard postmarked December 1908. 10 x 6.5 B&W Photograph. 0080.60.0823 1907 Pebbles and Balch Remodeling Drawings 1907 (1907 - S.131). Copy photograph of Frank Lloyd Wrights original designs for the Pebbles and Balch Store Remodeling. Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Pebbles and Balch Store Remodeling in 1907. Text bottom right: "Remodeling Store Front for Pebbles and Balch, Oak Park, Ill. Frank Lloyd Wright Arch't." Top left: Front Elevation. Center: Floor Plan. Top right: Longitudinal Section Looking Toward West. Center Right: Cross Section Looking Toward South. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright, Complete Works 1885-1916", Pfeiffer, 2011, p.301. Courtesy of The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. 10 x 4.75 Color photograph. 0080.41.0519 1907 Pebbles and Balch Store Remodeling (1907 - S.131). This exterior photograph was taken just after completion of the remodel and was acquired by Grant Manson. The exterior was first published in "In The Nature of Materials: 1887 - 1941", Hitchcock, 1942. Hitchcock indicated "Photo courtesy of Grant C Manson". Manson could not have taken them in 1907-08, he would have been only three to four years old at the time. He published this photograph in "Frank Lloyd Wright to 1910", 1958. In Manson's Illustration Credits, he indicates that "Another source of illustrations of erected buildings of the Oak Park Period are the remaining photographs of the set made around 1910 by Henry Fuermann of Chicago...", but is not specific as to the origin of the image. The clerestory windows with wood muntins (thin bands of wood), are similar to the earlier Peter Beachy Residence Remodel (S.117) and the Frederick D. Nichols Residence (S.118), both in 1906. Wright designed the large show window as an enclosed display area, blocking exterior activity, giving privacy to clients shopping inside. Wright compensated for the blocked daylight by an unobstructed band of clerestory windows. Of interest are the two exterior light fixtures. They are very similar to the fixtures... Continue...  For more information see our Wright Study on Pebbles and Balch Remodel. 0080.11.1011 1907 Pebbles and Balch Store Remodeling (1907 - S.131). This interior photograph was taken just after completion of the remodel and was acquired by Grant Manson. The interior photograph was first published in "Frank Lloyd Wright to 1910", 1958. In Manson's Illustration Credits, he indicates that "Another source of illustrations of erected buildings of the Oak Park Period are the remaining photographs of the set made around 1910 by Henry Fuermann of Chicago...", but is not specific as to the origin of the image. Wright designed the large show window as an enclosed display area, blocking exterior activity, giving privacy to clients shopping inside. Wright compensated for the blocked daylight by an unobstructed band of clerestory windows. The interior reflected Wright's prairie style. Bands of horizontal trim, natural wood and warm earth tones and stained glass lighting fixtures. The interior glass fixture seems to be a scaled down, less complex fixture than the Browne's Bookstore (S.141) fixture. All the wood cabinetry was designed by Wright. There were wood framed cabinets with glass doors for displaying decorative objects to entice any homeowner in Oak Park. Being a "paper-hanger's" shop, Wright also designed some of the cabinetry to hold and display rolls of wallpaper... Continue...  For more information see our Wright Study on Pebbles and Balch Remodel. 0080.12.1011 1907 Andrew Porter Residence, Tanyderi, Spring Green, Wisconsin Perspective 1907 (1907 - S.134). Presentation drawing of the Andrew Porter House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1907 for his sister and brother-in-law Jane and Andrew T. Porter. He designed the house when Andrew Porter became headmaster of Hillside Home School. The Porter Residence preceded Taliesin by six years and was built on one of the higher hills at Taliesin, just beneath Romeo and Juliet. The home's floor plan is based on Wright's "Fireproof House for $5,000" published in Ladies Home Journal in 1907. It is square with an extension off the front, enclosing the stairway, and creating a balcony above it on the second floor. One of twelve drawings in the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives at the Avery Library, Columbia University. Text bottom left: "0709.09." Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation #0709.09. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives, Avery Library, Columbia University. 10 x 8" B&W photograph. 0080.56.0123 C 1907 River Forest Tennis Club, Membership Card, Circa 1907 (1906 - S.119). The River Forest Tennis Club was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1906. When the River Forest Tennis Club caught fire and burned in 1906, Wright was tapped to redesign their building. This may be one of the earliest photographs of the Tennis Club. Plans published in Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1902-1906, Pfeiffer, 1989, p.184, and Frank Lloyd Wright 1885-1916, Pfeiffer, 2011, p.272, are dated August 7th, 1906. Taking into consideration construction schedules, and the foliage in this photograph, it was most likely photographed in 1907. Wright designed the Logo seen on either side of the photograph. Courtesy of Wisconsin Historical Society. 8 x 4.75 B&W photograph. 0080.47.0421 1907 Unity Temple, Oak Park, Illinois, Under Construction 1907 (1904 - S.096). View of Unity Temple under construction, from the Northeast, early 1907. This view is the exterior of Unity Temple's main sanctuary. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1904. The walls were executed in poured concrete. Wood bracing holds the forms in place until the concrete sets. The roof has not yet been poured, but the upper columns on the left have been completed. The street is made of brick. Published in Unity Temple, Frank Lloyd Wright, McCarter, 1997, p.13.        This photograph may be be flipped horizontally. Similar view published in Inland Architect & News Record - Volume LII December 1908. Original 24 x 20 B&W photograph. Gold Nielsen frame: 24.25 x 20.25. 0080.66.1024 1907 Burton J. Westcott Residence, Springfield, Ohio, Presentation Drawing Circa 1907 (1907 - S.099) (FLLW #0712.54). Aerial perspective drawing of the Westcott Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1907, completed in 1909-11. This is possible one of the earliest presentation drawing of the Westcott Residence. Very similar to Ausgefuhrte Bauten Tafel LIII (Plate 53). This rendering is missing the large urns as well as the stairs on either side of the front of the pool, that are visible in the 1910 Ausgefuhrte Bauten illustration. Frank Lloyd Wright described the Westcott house, “Plastered walls, tile roof, cement base courses and groundwork. House of the large living-room type: the necessary privacy for various functions obtained by screens, contrived as bookcases, and seats beside the central fireplace. In front a tiled terrace, to be covered with awning in summer, and a lily pool, flanked with large cast concrete bases. The grounds are terraced above the street." Published in the March 1908 issue of Architectural Record, p.218. Caption: “House For Mr. B. J. Westcott. Springield, Ohio. A simple treatment of the same problem as the Coonley house at Riverside, III. Living room at center; dining room on one side and sleeping rooms on the other; service wing extending from the rear of the living room.” Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library. 10 x 6.25 B&W photograph. 0080.61.0324 1907 Burton J. Westcott Residence, Springfield, Ohio, Front Elevation 1907 (1907 - S.099) (FLLW #0712.07). Front elevation of the Westcott Residence with Urns. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1907, completed in 1909-11. Hand written lower right: “Burton Westcott House. Springfield, Ohio, 1907.” Hand written lower left: “0712.07.” Frank Lloyd Wright described the Westcott house, “Plastered walls, tile roof, cement base courses and groundwork. House of the large living-room type: the necessary privacy for various functions obtained by screens, contrived as bookcases, and seats beside the central fireplace. In front a tiled terrace, to be covered with awning in summer, and a lily pool, flanked with large cast concrete bases. The grounds are terraced above the street." Published in the March 1908 issue of Architectural Record, p.218. Caption: “House For Mr. B. J. Westcott. Springield, Ohio. A simple treatment of the same problem as the Coonley house at Riverside, III. Living room at center; dining room on one side and sleeping rooms on the other; service wing extending from the rear of the living room.” Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library. 10 x 4 B&W photograph. 0080.62.0324 1907-1908 Catherine Tobin Wright. Circa 1907-1908. Catherine and her youngest child Robert Llewellyn Wright (1903-1985) age 4-5. Catherine Tobin Wright in a dress designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. See similar photograph without Robert in "The decorative designs of Frank Lloyd Wright", Hanks, page 25. (Note: Robert Llewellyn Wright was born on November 15, 1903 in Oak Park, IL, and passed away on February 22, 1986 in West Bethesda, MD. He married Elizabeth Bryant Kehler on July 29, 1933. He was buried in Unity Chapel Cemetery, Spring Green, WI.) Courtesy of the Smithsonian Institute, Mrs. Robert L. Wright collection. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright A Biography", Secrest, 1992, page 191, dated 1907. 5 x 6.5 Print. High res digital image. 0080.07.0609 1908 1908 Edmund D. Brigham Residence Ground and Garage Plan, Glencoe, Illinois 1908 (1908 - S.184). Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1908, construction began in 1908 and completed in 1909. In 1907, Frank Lloyd Wright proposed a concrete house in the April issue of The Ladies Home Journal in his article "A Fireproof House for $5,000." One year later Wright designed the Brigham House as a reinforced board-formed concrete house. Text on plan, bottom left: "Plan of Grounds." Bottom right: "Mr. E. D. Brigham Dwelling. Glencoe, Illinois. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect, Oak Park, Ill. Plan of Garage." Hand written bottom left corner: "1503.05." Courtesy of the Columbia University, Avery Library. 8 x 9.5 B&W photograph. 0085.43.1119 1908 Edmund D. Brigham Residence First Floor Plan, Glencoe, Illinois 1908 (1908 - S.184). Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1908, construction began in 1908 and completed in 1909. In 1907, Frank Lloyd Wright proposed a concrete house in the April issue of The Ladies Home Journal in his article "A Fireproof House for $5,000." One year later Wright designed the Brigham House as a reinforced board-formed concrete house. Text on plan, bottom right: "Mr. E. D. Brigham Dwelling. Glencoe, Illinois. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect, Oak Park, Ill. First Floor Plan." Hand written bottom left corner: "1503.03." Courtesy of the Columbia University, Avery Library. 8 x 9.5 B&W photograph. 0085.44.1119 1908 Edmund D. Brigham Residence First Floor Plan, Glencoe, Illinois 1908 (1908 - S.184). Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1908, construction began in 1908 and completed in 1909. In 1907, Frank Lloyd Wright proposed a concrete house in the April issue of The Ladies Home Journal in his article "A Fireproof House for $5,000." One year later Wright designed the Brigham House as a reinforced board-formed concrete house. Text on plan, bottom right: "First Floor Plan." Hand written bottom left corner: "1503.02." Hand written bottom right: "For contractor to build for himself. FLLW." "Brigham house On Sheridan Road." Courtesy of the Columbia University, Avery Library. 8 x 9.5 B&W photograph. 0085.45.1119 1908 Edmund D. Brigham Residence Second Floor Plan, Glencoe, Illinois 1908 (1908 - S.184). Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1908, construction began in 1908 and completed in 1909. In 1907, Frank Lloyd Wright proposed a concrete house in the April issue of The Ladies Home Journal in his article "A Fireproof House for $5,000." One year later Wright designed the Brigham House as a reinforced board-formed concrete house. Text on plan, bottom right: "Mr. E. D. Brigham Dwelling. Glencoe, Illinois. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect, Oak Park, Ill. Second Floor Plan." Hand written bottom left corner: "1503.04." Courtesy of the Columbia University, Avery Library. 8 x 9.5 B&W photograph. 0085.46.1119 1908 Edmund D. Brigham Residence Stable Plan, Glencoe, Illinois 1908 (1908 - S.184). Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1908, construction began in 1908 and completed in 1909. In 1907, Frank Lloyd Wright proposed a concrete house in the April issue of The Ladies Home Journal in his article "A Fireproof House for $5,000." One year later Wright designed the Brigham House as a reinforced board-formed concrete house. Text on plan, bottom right: "Mr. E. D. Brigham. Stable. Frank Lloyd Wright Arch, Oak Park, Illinois." Hand written: "Revised May 11 - 08." Hand written bottom left corner: "0811.01." Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright, Complete Works 1885-1916," Pfeiffer, 2011, p.308. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. Copy 10 x 5.5 color photograph. 0085.47.1119 C 1908 Lucius M. Boomer, Circa 1908, was born in New York on August 22, 1878, and passed away on June 26, 1947 in Norway. His parents were Lucius S. Boomer and Berthaldine Sterling Boomer. Owned or managed a number of hotels with industrialist Thomas Coleman DuPont. Courtesy of the State Archives of Florida. 6 x 9 B&W photograph. For more information on the Boomer Residence see our Wright Study. 0085.33.1014 1908 Browne's Bookstore (1907 - S.141) Exterior Entrance Circa 1908. Exterior view of entry from hallway. Glass, envelopes the entryway. Two doors allow customers to enter. "Browne's Bookstore" is on the glass above the left door. Two Copper Weed Holders are seen inside display case. Storrer dates Bookstore as 1908. But November 1907 issue of The Dial announced that "Browne's Bookstore... is now open". Photographed by Henry Fuermann and Sons. 8 x 8 Print. High res digital image. For more information see our Wright Study on Browne's Bookstore. 0085.09.0311 1908 Browne's Bookstore (1907 - S.141) Interior Entrance Circa 1908. The cashier's station is conveniently situated between the two entry doors. Wright designed every fixture and every piece of furniture. "Browne's Bookstore" is on the glass above the right door. Storrer dates Bookstore as 1908. But November 1907 issue of The Dial announced that "Browne's Bookstore... is now open". Photographed by Henry Fuermann and Sons. 8 x 10 Print. High res digital image. For more information see our Wright Study on Browne's Bookstore. 0085.10.0311 1908 Browne's Bookstore (1907 - S.141) Front Cove Circa 1908. View of front Cove. Browne sought to combine the best features of a well-equipped bookstore with those of a choice home library. Built-in seating, high-backed chairs and tables, stained glass windows and light fixtures, and a view of Lake Michigan from these seventh floor windows. Wall and ceiling trimmings were of quartered oak throughout. Storrer dates Bookstore as 1908. But November 1907 issue of The Dial announced that "Browne's Bookstore... is now open". Photographed by Henry Fuermann and Sons. 7 x 10 Print. High res digital image. For more information see our Wright Study on Browne's Bookstore. 0085.11.0311 1908 Browne's Bookstore (1907 - S.141) Viewed From Front to Back Circa 1908. Alcoves were arranged along the left side; each alcove had chairs, a table and reading light. The shelves extend only part way up the walls, giving the effect of a home library. By a unique system of shelf-lighting, the title of every volume from top shelf to bottom were easily be read, while at the same time the lights were hidden from the eye. Every fixture and every piece of furniture was specially designed by Wright and manufactured to order. The cases, tables, chairs, and wall trimmings were of quartered oak throughout. Wright also lowered the ceiling in the main room. Storrer dates Bookstore as 1908. But November 1907 issue of The Dial announced that "Browne's Bookstore... is now open". Photographed by Henry Fuermann and Sons. 8 x 9 Print. High res digital image. For more information see our Wright Study on Browne's Bookstore. 0085.12.0311 1908 Browne's Bookstore (1907 - S.141) Viewed From Entry to Back Circa 1908. View from entry to back. Alcoves were arranged along the left side; each alcove had chairs, a table and reading light. The shelves extend only part way up the walls, giving the effect of a home library. By a unique system of shelf-lighting, the title of every volume from top shelf to bottom were easily be read, while at the same time the lights were hidden from the eye. Set between every tier of shelves, at right angles to the wall are long library tables, with dependent reading lamps and high-backed chairs. The cases, tables, chairs, and wall trimmings were of quartered oak throughout. Wright also lowered the ceiling in the main room. Wright adorned the top of a book shelf with his familiar Winged Victory Statue and quotations on the wall. Moving from one room to the next, Wright would often lower the ceiling, giving the effect of immensity as you moved into the next room. Wright dropped the ceiling in the space between the two rooms, while continuing the ceiling above. Storrer dates Bookstore as 1908. But November 1907 issue of The Dial announced that "Browne's Bookstore... is now open". Photographed by Henry Fuermann and Sons. 8 x 10 Print. High res digital image. For more information see our Wright Study on Browne's Bookstore. 0085.13.0311 1908 Browne's Bookstore (1907 - S.141) View of Cove Circa 1908. Each Cove included a built in table, four high-backed chairs and a reading light. The shelves extend only part way up the walls, giving the effect of a home library. By a unique system of shelf-lighting, the title of every volume from top shelf to bottom could easily be read, while at the same time the lights were hidden from the eye (PW). The book tier on the left shows the design of the lighting system just above the top shelf. Not only were the upper shelves recessed, but the lower shelves were slightly slanted, angling the books upward. Storrer dates Bookstore as 1908. But November 1907 issue of The Dial announced that "Browne's Bookstore... is now open". Photographed by Henry Fuermann and Sons. Original 8 x 9.8 B&W photograph. For more information see our Wright Study on Browne's Bookstore. 0085.27.0712 1908 Browne's Bookstore (1907 - S.141) View Toward Fireplace Circa 1908. The smaller room contains no shelving other than on either side of the fireplace, and is arranged with cases and tables for the display of fine bindings and special editions. A large fireplace and comfortable easy-chairs give this the appearance of an attractive living-room. Every fixture and every piece of furniture in both rooms has been specially designed and manufactured to order. Photographed by Henry Fuermann and Sons. 8 x 10 Print. High res digital image. For more information see our Wright Study on Browne's Bookstore. 0085.14.0311 1908 Coonley Residence (1907 - S.135 ) 1908. View of the Pool and Terrace. Avery and Queene Ferry Coonley are on the right. Their daughter Elizabeth is playing by the pool in the center. Verso: "Photographed by Clarence Fuermann, The Chicago Architectural Photographing Co." Published in Frank Lloyd Wright, Ausgefuhrte Bauten, Wright, 1911, p 119. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0085.20.0112 1908 Coonley Residence 1908 (1907 - S.135 ). Copy of the photograph published in Frank Lloyd Wright Ausgefuhrte Bauten, 1911, p.117. View of the Pool and Terrace. Photographed at the same time as S#85.20. The children's playroom is on the first level in the center. The main level is the upper level. The Living Room is in the center above the children's playroom, the Dining Room is on the left. Photographed by Clarence Fuermann, The Chicago Architectural Photographing Co." Original 16 x 20 B&W photograph. 0085.40.0218 1908 Avery Coonley Residence, Riverside, Illinois, 1908 (1907 - S.135 ). Back elevation viewed from the Northwest. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1907. The Coonley's daughter Elizabeth is standing by a tree. The swimming pool is to the far right. The children's playroom is on the first level in the center. The main level was raised to the upper level. The Living Room is in the center above the children's playroom, the Dining Room is on the left. "The Coonley house is one of the great masterpiece of all time. In it the architect has been given full reign to produce a work in which every facet came from his own imagination, and produced a unity we rarely see in the world of architecture." Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer, Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1907-1913, 1987/1991, p.2. Published in Frank Lloyd Wright, Ausgefuhrte Bauten, Wright, 1911, p.119. Mounted to gray board. Label pasted to board: "182, R52453, B13C, 41. Riverside, Illinois. Coonley House. 1907-1908. Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright (1969- ). Label pasted to verso: Gift of the Carnegie Corporation." Photographed by Clarence Fuermann, The Chicago Architectural Photographing Co. Acquired from the archives of the University of Minnesota. Original 9 x 6.5 B&W Photograph. 0085.48.0420 1908 Dana-Thomas Residence Circa 1908 (1902 - S.072). Deigned by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1902 for Susan Lawrence Dana, it was completed in 1904. Single photograph with three images on it. 1) Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright slightly facing to the right. Hair has just a touch of gray. Caption: "Top Left: Frank Lloyd Wright, Dana Thomas House architect. Photo taken during House construction (sic)." 2) Susan Lawrence Dana, looking slightly to the right. Caption: "Top Right: Susan Lawrence Dana, circa 1910. She hired Wright to design a house suitable for entertaining." 3) View of the entrance to the Dana House. Caption: "Right: Dana-Thomas House entrance shortly after construction was completed." Published in Frank Lloyd Wright, Ausgefuhrte Bauten, Wright, 1911, p.35. Text: Photos Courtesy of Illinois State History Library. Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 0085.49.0720 Circa 1908 William G. Fricke Home, C 1908 (1901 S.058). Viewed from the Northwest, photographed during the Summer. Landscape is mature and in full bloom. Curbs have been installed, but the street in the foreground appears to be dirt. Like the Thomas Residence, also 1901 and in Oak Park, it is an all-stucco exterior. But unlike the Thomas Residence which is considered Frank Lloyd Wright's first fully developed prairie styled house in Oak Park, it includes elements of Wright's transitional designs. Like the Rollin Furbeck Residence (1897), it includes elements of Wright's transitional period. Broad overhanging eves, corners are turned at a 45 degree angle, it includes a massive central tower, there are rectangular square windows with columns and it is more vertical than Wright's prairie styled horizontal designs. It is also a three story home. Where the Rollin columns were round, these are closer to the appearance of the square Thomas columns. The Garage (1907) is visible on the far left. The covered porch and Kitchen are on the left. The Entrance and triangular bay window in the center, and the Living Room is on the right. Bedrooms are on the second level. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. Photographed by J. W. Taylor. 10 x 7.75 B&W photograph. 0085.35.1116 Circa 1908 William G. Fricke Home, C 1908 (1901 S.058). Viewed from the West, photographed during the Summer. Landscape is mature and in full bloom. Curbs have been installed, but the street appears to be dirt. Like the Thomas Residence, also 1901 and in Oak Park, it is an all-stucco exterior. But unlike the Thomas Residence which is considered Frank Lloyd Wright's first fully developed prairie styled house in Oak Park, it includes elements of Wright's transitional designs. Like the Rollin Furbeck Residence (1897), it includes elements of Wright's transitional period. Broad overhanging eves, corners are turned at a 45 degree angle, it includes a massive central tower, there are rectangular square windows with columns and it is more vertical than Wright's prairie styled horizontal designs. It is also a three story home. Where the Rollin columns were round, these are closer to the appearance of the square Thomas columns. The Entrance, with the triangular bay windows enclosing the Reception room is on the left. The Living Room is in the center, the Pavilion, which was later demolished to make room for another home is on the right. The Bedrooms are on the second level, with a Balcony on the left, above the main Entrance. Published in Frank Lloyd Wright Ausgefuhrte Bauten, 1911, p.72. 10 x 7 B&W photograph. 0085.36.1116 Circa 1908 Hillside Home School II circa 1908 (1902 - S.069). View from the Southwest. Three students can be seen in front of the building. Ellen (Nell) and Jane Lloyd Jones, Frank Lloyd Wright's aunts, formed the Hillside Home School in 1887 and ran it until 1915 when it closed. The private school accepted students between the ages of seven and seventeen. It espoused non-conventional teaching methods, and was the first coeducational school in the nation. After attending the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wright headed for Chicago in 1887 and accepted a position as draftsman in the architectural firm of Joseph Lyman Silsbee. That year, his Aunt's drafted him to design a school building for them, Hillside Home School I, a large Shingle styled building, reflected the designs of his mentor Silsbee, and in the style of his first project, Unity Chapel, in Spring Green. As the school grew, so did the need for more space. Wright designed Hillside Home School II in 1902, which was completed in 1903. (Plate X, Ausgefuhrte Bauten.) It eventually became part of the Taliesin Fellowship complex. When Wright began the Taliesin Fellowship in 1932, he began restoring and remodeling the building. Courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society. 7 x 4 B&W photograph. (See progression of the Hillside Home School / Taliesin Complex) 0085.29.1213 1908 Joseph & Helen Husser Residence (1899 - S.046). Purcell Exterior Image #1, 1908. Viewed from the Southwest. Photographed from the driveway of the Southern end of the Entrance Pergola, circa 1908. The Pergola leads into the lower level of the Stair Bay. The entrance to the home is through the lower level of the Stair Bay. The Bedrooms are located on the Second (top) level. The Sullivanesque frieze wraps horizontally under the eves. The top half of the frieze extends out approximately six to twelve inches. The arches were also of a Sullivanesque design. The Husser residence was a blend of Wright's Prairie style and the last usage of Sullivanesque details by Wright. The openings of the Covered Porch were enclosed. Wright placed large vases on either side of the entrance to the covered Pergola. William Gray Purcell (1880 - 1965) was born and raised in Oak Park. He attended Cornell University and in 1903 apprenticed with Louis Sullivan. According to the Archives, Purcell visited and photographed the Husser Residence in 1908. Courtesy of the William Gray Purcell Papers, Correspondence file: Frank Lloyd Wright, Northwest Architectural Archives, University of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis, MN. 4x5 B&W Photograph from original digital scan. See our Wright Study on the Husser Residence. 0085.22.0312 1908 Joseph & Helen Husser Residence (1899 - S.046). Purcell Exterior Image #2, 1908. Viewed from the South. Circa 1908. Lower level: On the left is the Driveway. From the street, the Drive leads to the Porte Cochere which Wright designed into the lower level of the Stair Bay. The Driveway leads through the lower level of the Stair Bay to the Stable. Just to the right of the Drive is the covered Entrance Pergola. Both the Drive and the Entrance Pergola lead to the Entrance and the Lower Hall. First and Second Level: The Stair Bay can be seen above the Porte Cochere. Bedrooms are located on the Second (top) level above the main part of the house. William Gray Purcell (1880 - 1965) was born and raised in Oak Park. He attended Cornell University and in 1903 apprenticed with Louis Sullivan. According to the Archives, Purcell visited and photographed the Husser Residence in 1908. Courtesy of the William Gray Purcell Papers, Correspondence file: Frank Lloyd Wright, Northwest Architectural Archives, University of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis, MN. 4x5 B&W Photograph from original digital scan. See our Wright Study on the Husser Residence. 0085.23.0312 1908 Joseph & Helen Husser Residence (1899 - S.046). Purcell Exterior Image #3, 1908. Viewed from the Southeast. Circa 1908. Lower level: Wright designed the Lower level as a basement, although it was at ground level. This allowed the First floor (second level) a better view of Lake Michigan. The Lower Level housed the utilities, heating, laundry, servant's and butler's rooms, children's playroom and entry hall. The Children's Playroom was mostly located below the Living Room. To the left of the Dining Room Bay is the entry to the back of the Entrance Hall. Double stairways gave access to the main level and lead to an Entrance Hall or "foyer" situated between the Dining and Living Rooms on the First level. First and Second Level: The Covered Porch on the far left. The Living Room is just to the right. The Dining Room Bay is on the right. Between the Living and Dining Rooms is the Entrance Hall or "foyer". Bedrooms are located on the Second (top) level. William Gray Purcell (1880 - 1965) was born and raised in Oak Park. He attended Cornell University and in 1903 apprenticed with Louis Sullivan. According to the Archives, Purcell visited and photographed the Husser Residence in 1908. Courtesy of the William Gray Purcell Papers, Correspondence file: Frank Lloyd Wright, Northwest...  Continue...  See our Wright Study on the Husser Residence. 0085.24.0312 1908 Joseph & Helen Husser Residence (1899 - S.046). Purcell Interior Image #1 (#4), 1908. Robert C. Spencer, Jr. describes the home in the June 1900 issue of The Architectural Review. He wrote, "...the Husser home, whose interior walls are of a dull yellow brick engaged with deep toned and unvarnished wood with inlaid lines of tawny gold mosaic..." As you pass through the archway on the left, there are double sets of leaded glass cabinet doors on either side. A stairway leads down to the Lower Hall and Entrance. In the center, wood spindles create a partition, blocking the view of the stairs that lead down to the Lower Hall and Entrance. The built-in Sideboard is just to the right of the spindles. Six upper leaded glass doors are bordered on either side by a leaded glass light fixture atop a pedestal and larger wooden column with a carved capital. The triple-row checkerboard pattern is carved into the horizontal shelf set between the upper and lower Sideboard doors. The Kitchen is accessed to the left of the Fireplace. The Dining Room Fireplace is on the right. William Gray Purcell (1880 - 1965) was born and raised in Oak Park. He attended Cornell University and in 1903 apprenticed with Louis Sullivan. According to the Archives, Purcell visited and photographed the...  Continue...  See our Wright Study on the Husser Residence. 0085.25.0312 1908 Joseph & Helen Husser Residence (1899 - S.046). Purcell Interior Image #2 (#5), 1908. Robert C. Spencer, Jr. describes the home in the June 1900 issue of The Architectural Review. He wrote, "...the Husser home, whose interior walls are of a dull yellow brick engaged with deep toned and unvarnished wood with inlaid lines of tawny gold mosaic..." Standing in the Dining Room Bay, the Living Room is to the far left. The entry to the Kitchen is through the doorway just to the left of the Fireplace. Two matching vertical panels adorn either side of the fireplace. A Built-in cabinet sets off the Dining Room Bay and encompasses a single hanging leaded glass light fixture. Wright would have envisioned a planter or sculpture atop the cabinet. The checkerboard pattern is carved into the cabinet's top. A Dining Room Bay window and Built-in seating is to the right. William Gray Purcell (1880 - 1965) was born and raised in Oak Park. He attended Cornell University and in 1903 apprenticed with Louis Sullivan. According to the Archives, Purcell visited and photographed the Husser Residence in 1908. Courtesy of the William Gray Purcell Papers, Correspondence file: Frank Lloyd Wright, Northwest Architectural Archives, University of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis, MN. 4x5 B&W Photograph from original digital scan. See our Wright Study on the Husser Residence. 0085.26.0312 1908 Japanese Print Exhibition at The Art Institute of Chicago. Wright loaned over two hundred prints to an extensive exhibition of Japanese Colour Prints from March 5-25, 1908, at The Art Institute of Chicago, titled A Loan Exhibition of Japanese Colour Prints. The committee in charge, and major contributors, were Clarence Buckingham, Frederick W. Gookin, J. Clarence Webster and Frank Lloyd Wright. It was the largest exhibit of Ukiyo-e prints ever displayed in America. Wright designed the exhibition installation for the Art Institute. Wright's display consisted of a long horizontal panel suspended above the ground, held up on each end by a pair of vertical pedestals. Included with the designs for the exhibition was a Japanese Print Easel or Stand. Courtesy of The Art Institute of Chicago. 10 x 6.5 B&W print. For more information see our Wright Study on the Japanese Print Stand. 0085.16.1211 1908 Japanese Print Exhibition at The Art Institute of Chicago. Wright loaned over two hundred prints to an extensive exhibition of Japanese Colour Prints from March 5-25, 1908, at The Art Institute of Chicago, titled A Loan Exhibition of Japanese Colour Prints. The committee in charge, and major contributors, were Clarence Buckingham, Frederick W. Gookin, J. Clarence Webster and Frank Lloyd Wright. It was the largest exhibit of Ukiyo-e prints ever displayed in America. Wright designed the exhibition installation for the Art Institute. Included with the designs for the exhibition was a Japanese Print Easel or Stand. The print was held in a tall vertical frame that intersected the base, and floated above the surface it was placed on. The low base was designed to hold a small vase for flower arrangements or other decorative items. The overall design was very consistent with Wright's prairie style. Although very vertical in appearance, this first Print Stand appears to be about three feet in height and was designed to be placed off the ground at eye level. Courtesy of The Art Institute of Chicago. 7.25 x 9 B&W print. For more information see our Wright Study on the Japanese Print Stand. 0085.17.1211 Circa 1908 Japanese Print Exhibition at The Art Institute of Chicago. Wright loaned over two hundred prints to an extensive exhibition of Japanese Colour Prints from March 5-25, 1908, at The Art Institute of Chicago, titled A Loan Exhibition of Japanese Colour Prints. The committee in charge, and major contributors, were Clarence Buckingham, Frederick W. Gookin, J. Clarence Webster and Frank Lloyd Wright. It was the largest exhibit of Ukiyo-e prints ever displayed in America. Wright designed the exhibition installation for the Art Institute. Included with the designs for the exhibition was a Japanese Print Easel or Stand. The print was held in a tall vertical frame that intersected the base, and floated above the surface it was placed on. The low base was designed to hold a small vase for flower arrangements or other decorative items. The overall design was very consistent with Wright's prairie style. Although very vertical in appearance, this first Print Stand appears to be about three feet in height and was designed to be placed off the ground at eye level. 5.75 x 9.75 B&W print. For more information see our Wright Study on the Japanese Print Stand. 0085.18.1211 Circa 1908 Darwin D. Martin Residence Fireplace Circa 1908 (S.100 - 1904). Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Martin Residence in 1904. This photograph was first published in the March 1908 issue of Architectural Record. Of the Husser fireplace mosaic, Spencer wrote, "Mr. Wright as architect, Miss Ostertag as artist, and Mr. Giannini as craftsman and burner of remarkable enamels, have cooperated to show what may be conceived and executed here above and beyond precedent." Architectural Review, June 1900, Robert C. Spencer, Jr. At the same time, Pattison wrote of the same fireplace, "Frank Lloyd Wright, architect, is responsible for the creation of the innovation, and Orlando Giannnini invented the new glass work... The motive use by Miss Ostertag is based on the study of the wisteria vine in blossom." The Art-Interchange, June 1900, James William Pattison. The three collaborated again on the... Continue... See our study of the Husser and Martin fireplaces... 0085.41.1018 (A-C) 1908 Photo of Minnehaha Falls.  F.L. Wright Photo, St. Paul. Copyright 1908. Not a Frank Lloyd Wright photograph. 1908.00.1201 1908 Ingwald Moe Residence, Gary, Indiana, Map 1908 (1909 - FLLW #0531). The Sanborn Fire Insurance Map for the City of Gary, Indiana, published in December, 1908 shows a vacant lot on the Northeast corner of 7th and Van Buren Street. The Moe House was built on the Southwest corner of Block 53. Sanborn Maps published in January 1911 includes the footprint of a two-story house with a one-story partially covered porch. Published December, 1908 by the Sanborn Map Company, New York. Sheet 1 of 12 sheets. By comparing the map published in December, 1908 to the map published in January 1911, it confirms that the Ingwald Moe house was constructed during 1909-1910. The Inwald Moe House was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1905/1908-9, and most likely plans from the Evanston Model Housing Project. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. 8 x 9.5 Color photograph. 0085.56.1123 1908 Ingwald Moe Residence, Gary, Indiana, Map 1908 (1909 - FLLW #0531). The Sanborn Fire Insurance Map for the City of Gary, Indiana, published in December, 1908 shows a vacant lot on the Northeast corner of 7th and Van Buren Street. The Moe House was built on the Southwest corner of Block 53. Sanborn Maps published in January 1911 includes the footprint of a two-story house with a one-story partially covered porch. Published December, 1908 by the Sanborn Map Company, New York. Sheet 5 of 12 sheets. By comparing the map published in December, 1908 to the map published in January 1911, it confirms that the Ingwald Moe house was constructed during 1909-1910. The Inwald Moe House was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1905/1908-9, and most likely plans from the Evanston Model Housing Project. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. 8 x 9.5 Color photograph. 0085.57.1123 Circa 1908 Robie House, Dining Room, Dining Table and Six Chairs (1906 S.127) Circa 1908. Label pasted to verso: "Frank Lloyd Wright, Interior view of Dining Room - 1908. Title: Dining table & six side chairs in interior of the Frederick C. Robie House, Chicago. Medium: Oak. Exhibition: The Arts & Crafts Movement in America 1876-1916. Date of Exhibition: Feb 24 - April 22, 1973. Lender's name as it should appear: Lent by the university of Chicago." Published in the Chicago Tribune February 18, 1973 and October 12, 1986. Originally published in "Frank Lloyd Wright Ausgefuhrte Bauten", Wright, 1911. Possibly photographed by Henry Fuermann & Sons. Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Tribune. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0085.19.1211 Circa 1908 Robie House, Chicago, Illinois, Circa 1908 (1906 - S.127). Robie House, Dining Room, Dining Table and Six Chairs. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1906. Text on sleeve: "Wright, F. L. - Robie House, 5-13. Robie House. Int., dining room. Chicago, IL., USA. 1908-9. Wright, Frank Lloyd. U of Virginia FAIC." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. 0085.50.0720 Circa 1908 Unity Temple (1904 - S.096), Oak Park Circa 1908. Unity Temple during construction, nearing completion. Construction material along Lake Street. Viewed from the Southwest, Unity Temple is on the left, Unity House is on the right, and the Entrance is in the center. Lake Street is on the left, North Kenilworth Avenue in the foreground. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust. Original 10 x 6.7 B&W photograph. 0085.21.0112 1908 Unity Temple (1904 - S.096), Oak Park 1908. Unity Temple after completion of construction. Viewed from the Northwest, Unity Temple is on the left, Unity House is on the right, and the Entrance is in the center. Lake Street is on the left, North Kenilworth Avenue in the foreground. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0085.32.0914 C 1908 Unity Temple, Oak Park Circa 1908 (1904 - S.096). Copy of the photograph published in Frank Lloyd Wright Ausgefuhrte Bauten, 1911, p.11. Viewed from the Northeast, the exterior of Unity Temple's main sanctuary. Lake Street is in the foreground, North Kenilworth Avenue is on the right. Lake Street is made of brick. The pedestal on the far left has been constructed, but the large urn has not yet been placed on top. Original 16 x 20 B&W photograph. 0085.39.0218 1908 Burton J. Westcott Residence, Springfield, Ohio, Circa 1908 (1907 - S.099). Perspective view of the Westcott Residence from the Southeast. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1907. Westcott purchased the lot in July, 1907. “On October 7, 1907, The Springfield Gazette reported: “The foundation is being laid for a new residence for Burton J. Westcott at the corner of High Street and Greenmount Avenue.” Frank Lloyd Wright’s Westcott House in Springfield, Siek, Ohio History, Summer 1978, p.282. Siek indicated that the Westcotts moved into their house in 1909, but was not completed until 1911. Taken near the completion of the home. The large exterior vases on the terrace have not been installed nor the awnings over the veranda. The second floor "Veranda" (balcony) has not been enclosed. The home to the West (left), 1330 E. High Street has not been constructed. It is visible in the photograph dated circa 1912 (S#0114.06). There are three trees in the front of the house, and in 1912, the two larger threes have been removed, and the center tree has matured. Courtesy of the Clark County Historical Society, which dates this image 1908. 10 x 4 B&W photograph. 0085.59.0324 1908 Wright at 41. Circa 1908. Portrait of Wright slightly facing to the right. Hair has just a touch of gray. May have been photographed at the same one dated 1905 (Wright at 38). Published in Frank Lloyd Wright Collected Writings Volume 1, Pfeiffer, page 2. Also published in Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1907-1913 (3), Pfeiffer, 1991, page v, and dated 1908 by Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer. Many Masks Gill, 1987, page 180. 7 x 8.2 B&W photograph, 0064.02.0609 1908 Wright at 41. Circa 1908. Portrait of Wright facing to the right, looking at the camera. Very similar to S#64.02, but his head is turned a little more to the right, and sitting up a little straighter. Hair has just a touch of gray. Hand written on face: "Frank Lloyd Wright." Hand Written on verso: "Frank at time he met Mamah Borthwick Cheney - his first soul mate - who was murdered. Frank Lloyd Wright." Edwin Cheney commissioned Wright to design them a home in 1903. In 1909, Mamah and Wright left their respective spouses and traveled to Europe, settling in Italy for about a year. Upon their return, they settled at Taliesin in Spring Green, Wisconsin. On August 15, 1914, one of Wright's recently hired domestic workers murdered Mamah, both her children, three of Wright's associates, and a son of one of the associates. May have been photographed at the same one dated 1905. Stamped on verso: "Filed Jun 21 1932." Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 0085.38.0218 1909 1909 Mamah Borthwick Cheney, Circa 1909 (June 19, 1869 - August 15, 1914). Mrs. E. H. (Mamah Borthwick) Cheney. Chicago Tribune Photograph. Published in the Chicago Tribune on August 6, 1911 at the time of her divorce and in 1914 at the time of her death. Courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society. Published in Frank Lloyd Wright A Biography, Secrest,1992, page 196. Caption: "The only known photograph of Mamah Borthwick Cheney, published in the Chicago Tribune at the time of her murder, in 1914." 4.25 x 6 Print, High res digital image. 0085.05.0509 C 1909 William Storrs MacHarg (McHarg) House, Chicago, Illinois, Circa 1909 (Not Dated) (1891 - S.10). View of the MacHarg Residence from the street. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1891 while working for Louis Sullivan. Many of the residential designs that came to Adler and Sullivan, were turned over to Wright. But Grant Manson believes that this was one of the first "Bootlegged" houses, designed by Wright during that period. Demolished around 1926. Very few photographs exist of the MacHarg Residence, and this may be the only image to exist. According to The American Architect and Building News, April 1893, MacHarg was the Chief Engineer in Chicago for water, sewage and fire-protection, and oversaw much of the related construction in Chicago. He was also part of the management team for the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition in 1893. There was another connection between MacHarg and Wright. In 1894 Frank Lloyd Wright designed a house for William Winslow (S.024). In 1895 Wright designed the Francisco Terrace (S.030) and Waller (S.031) Apartments for Edward Waller. In 1895 Wright worked with Winslow and Chauncey Williams, two of his clients, and designed the title page for The Eve of St. Agnes. Beginning in 1896, Wright worked with Winslow designing and publishing... Continue... 0086.28.0620 1909 Ingwald Moe Residence, Gary, Indiana, Perspective Drawing 1909 (1909 - FLLW #0531). Perspective presentation drawing of the Moe Residence by Marion Mahony. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1905/1908-9, and most likely plans from the Evanston Model Housing Project. The exterior walls of the house are covered in plaster and extends up to the roof line. When this drawing was rediscovered, it was initially credited to be the Charles Brown House because of the similarity. It was nearly a complete match. Christopher Meyers writes: “In the summer of 1996, I had the pleasure to confirm a perspective drawing from the business portfolio of Marion Mahony as the Moe residence... The drawing was originally accredited to be the Charles Brown House. Mahony's perspective denotes a stucco structure on a large corner lot. The Charles Brown House is not on a corner lot rather it is located mid-block and possesses a wooden board and batten first floor. Rather Mahony's rendering illustrates the Moe residence, on the corner of 7th and Van Buren, possessing a hipped roof, broad projecting eaves, inset banding, double hung art glass windows, a front veranda with a cantilevered roof, and as being amply landscaped...” Christopher Meyers continues, “669 Van Buren is a precise realization... Continue... 0086.34.1123 1909 Scoville Park Fountain, Oak Park (1903 S.094) 1909. Published in the Chicago Daily News in 1909. Taken by a Chicago Daily News photographer. Erected by the Oak Park Horse Show Association. Dedicated and presented to the Village July 24, 1909. Photographed and first published after the presentation. Note height of horse trough. Plants growing on top. Wrought iron fence beyond fountain. Home is visible in the background. 8.25 x 6 Print. High res digital image. 0086.04.0310 1909 George C. Stewart Residence First Floor Plan, Montecito, California, 1909 (1909 - S.160). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1909 and built in 1910. It was Wright's first house and the only Prairie styled house built in California. FLLW Foundation #0907. Text on face: "Summer Cottage For Mr. George C. Stewart, Santa Barbara, California. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect. Oak Park, Illinois. First Floor Plan." In 1910, Frank Lloyd Wright included the Stewart Residence in his Ausgefuhrte Bauten und Entwurfe von Frank Lloyd Wright, Plate XLIIIa. Published in Wright, 1885-1916, Pfeiffer, 2011, p.368. Also published in Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1907-1913, Pfeiffer, 1991, p.112. Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 0086.25.1219 1909 Thurber Art Galleries Elevations and Plans 1909 (1909 - S.154). Elevations, plan and details of the furniture for the Thurber Art Galleries designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1909. Top left: "Elevation of South Wall of East Room. Elevation of North Wall." Top right: "Chair. Bench Stool. Bench." Center: "Plan of East Room." Text center right: "Thurber's Art Galleries. Fine Arts Building, Chicago. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect. Oak Park, Illinois., June 23, 09." Bottom left and right: "Elevation. Detail of Stall. Elevation and Stall." Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation #0911.001. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Architectural Library. 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 0086.32.0622 C 1909 Thurber Art Galleries (1909 - S.154), circa 1909. View of the smaller Viewing Gallery looking toward the Southwest. The woodwork was of fumed oak, with bronze worked into the grain and inlaid with a line of white holly. The floors were designed especially to reflect the light, composed of white magnasite. Around the edge of the floor was a band of dull yellow-toned magnasite, bringing the golden wall color down into the floor. The two colors were divided by a narrow strip of inlaid brass. The walls of both galleries were covered with cork gilded in a low-toned bronze dadoed by a higher-keyed gilded rough plaster. Each gallery had a skylight, composed of oblong pieces of dull grayed white glass, with smaller oblong pieces of rich yellow and a few small squares of black, set in brass leadings of various widths, and were different in each gallery. The furniture was designed by Wright. Photographed by Published in "International Studio", February, 1910. 10 x 7.4 B&W Print. For more information see our Wright Study on the Thurber Art Galleries. 0086.05.0911 C 1909 Thurber Art Galleries (1909 - S.154), circa 1909. View of the built-in portfolio booths in the larger Print and Reproduction Gallery. They were seven and one-half feet high and included viewing spaces, desks that fold up and down, drawer spaces, and innovative viewing portfolio screens that slid up and down within the wall on the right. There were no fixtures of any sort. Electric lights were concealed in the portfolio booths, so that the source of light was hidden and diffused. The furniture was designed by Wright. Published in "International Studio", February, 1910. 10 x 7.6 B&W Print. For more information see our Wright Study on the Thurber Art Galleries. 0086.06.0911 1909 Edward C. Waller Bathing Pavilion, Charlevoix, Michigan, Elevation and Plan 1909 (1909 - S.166). Side and Front Elevations, Floor Plan. Windows run the entire periphery of the pavilion. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1909. Text center left: "Mr. E. C. Waller. Bathing Pavilion. Charlevoix, Mich. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect. Oak Park, Illinois. June 10, 1909." Hand written lower left: "0916.01." Edward C. Waller was a successful Chicago Businessman, real estate developer and an early client and patron of Frank Lloyd Wright. One of his projects was a 2,000 acre parcel of land on Lake Michigan, just north of Charlevoix, and ran half way Petosky. Immediately North of Charlevoix there is still a Road named Waller that runs a little over half a mile. In 1902 Wright created two designs for a large summer house on the property (FLLW #0212 and #0310). Neither was built. In 1909 Wright designed a Bathing (swimming) Pavilion on the property. Located on the beach, it provided a large common area with fireplace, separate bath/changing room and lounge for men and women. Behind the fireplace was a kitchen. The front of the building had a large veranda, balance on either side by large concrete urns. It was demolished in 1922-23 by fire. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wight Foundation. 10 x 6.75 B&W photograph. 0086.30.0521 1909 Edward C. Waller Bathing Pavilion, Charlevoix, Michigan, Elevation and partial Plan 1909 (1909 - S.166). Side and Front Elevations, partial Floor Plan. Windows run the entire periphery of the pavilion. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1909. This plan appears to have enlarged the building. Stairs and a doorway were added on both sides, leading to the common area. The veranda also appears to be enlarged. Wright may have presented both versions at the same time. Comparing the plans to the photograph, it appears this is the plan that was chosen. Text center left: "Mr. E. C. Waller. Bathing Pavilion. Charlevoix, Mich. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect. Oak Park, Illinois. June 10, 1909." Edward C. Waller was a successful Chicago Businessman, real estate developer and an early client and patron of Frank Lloyd Wright. One of his projects was a 2,000 acre parcel of land on Lake Michigan, just north of Charlevoix, and ran half way Petosky. Immediately North of Charlevoix there is still a Road named Waller that runs a little over half a mile. In 1902 Wright created two designs for a large summer house on the property (FLLW #0212 and #0310). Neither was built. In 1909 Wright designed a Bathing (swimming) Pavilion on the property. Located on the beach, it provided a large common area with fireplace, separate bath/changing room and lounge for men and women. Behind the fireplace was a kitchen. The front of the building had a large veranda, balance on either side by large concrete urns. It was demolished in 1922-23 by fire. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wight Foundation. 10 x 6.75 B&W photograph. 0086.31.0521 C 1909 Chauncey L. Williams Residence, River Forest, Illinois, Circa 1909 (1895 - S.033). In 1895 Chauncey Williams hired Frank Lloyd Wright to design a home for him in Oak Park (now River Forest). Chauncey L. Williams Residence viewed from the East. The octagonal Library is on the left, entrance is in Viewed from the South. Copy phonograph of image published in "Frank Lloyd Wright Ausgefuhrte Bauten," Wright, 1911, p.22. Photographed after the dormers which were remodeled in 1900. Other changes made since 1895, down spouts have been added, as well as the diamond shaped vents in the brick just below the Living Room windows as well as a fourth next to the down spout on the right. The massive brick chimneys slice into the roof line. As the chimney extends down it cuts through the roof and ties into the Roman brick that runs beneath the window sills. The brick also extends past the rear of the house forming a terrace. The wall of the terrace is patterned by rows of matching diamond shapes. 10 x 6.75 B&W photograph. 0086.21.1019 1910 1910 Ausgefuhrte Bauten und Entwurfe von Frank Lloyd Wright, Tafel XL (40). "Workmen's Cottages for Mr. E, C. Waller, Chicago, Ill. Suurban Cottage for Miss Grace Fuller, Glencoe, Ill." The Larkin Company Workmen's Row Housing Project, 1904, was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright as low-cost rental housing, each brick row house was a laid out as a duplex. The project was never completed, and in 1910 Wright resurrected it and included it in "Ausgefuhrte Bauten und Entwurfe von Frank Lloyd Wright, " the Wasmuth Portfolio, Tafel XL, and titled it "Workmen's Cottages for Mr. E. C. Waller, Chicago, Ill." Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Number 0408. 8 x 10 Color photograph. 0087.40.0518 1910 Frank J. Baker Residence, Wilmette, Illinois Circa 1910 (1909/1920 - S.151). View of the South elevation from across the street. The Living Room is on the left, the Entrance is to the right of the Living Room. The Dining Room is in the center. The covered Porch is to the right. It is not enclosed, and the Southeast corner of the roof is cantilevered. The garage can be seen in the background on the right. Curbs and sidewalks have been installed. The street is constructed of brick. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1909, it is somewhat similar in style to the Roberts (1908 - S.150) and Davidson (1908 - S.149) Residences, the Living Room stands a story and a half. A long covered porch is on either end of the house. Wright's first design for the Baker Residence in 1908 was very similar to the Beachy Residence. In 1908, Wright also designed a similar house for William Norman Guthrie, which was never realized. Wright modified the Guthrie design in 1909 and it became the second design proposal for the Baker Residence . Although built as the Baker Residence, Wright included it in the Wasmuth Portfolio, Ausgefuhrte Bauten und Entwurfe von Frank Lloyd Wright, Tafel LXI (61), "Perspective view of the dwelling for William Norman Guthrie." Text bottom left: "3495." Published in Frank Lloyd Wright Ausgefuhrte Bauten, Wright, 1911, p.96, and Frank Lloyd Wright, Chicago, Wright, 1911, p.83. Photographed by Henry Fuermann. Courtesy of The Art Institute of Chicago. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0094.70.0120 1910 Frank J. Baker Residence, Wilmette, Illinois Circa 1910 (1909/1920 - S.151). View of the East elevation. The Covered Porch is on the left. The Kitchen is in the center. The Bedrooms are on the upper level. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1909, it is somewhat similar in style to the Roberts (1908 - S.150) and Davidson (1908 - S.149) Residences, the Living Room stands a story and a half. A long covered porch is on either end of the house. Wright's first design for the Baker Residence in 1908 was very similar to the Beachy Residence. In 1908, Wright also designed a similar house for William Norman Guthrie, which was never realized. Wright modified the Guthrie design in 1909 and it became the second design proposal for the Baker Residence . Although built as the Baker Residence, Wright included it in the Wasmuth Portfolio, Ausgefuhrte Bauten und Entwurfe von Frank Lloyd Wright, Tafel LXI (61), "Perspective view of the dwelling for William Norman Guthrie." Text bottom left: "3497." Photographed by Henry Fuermann. Courtesy of The Art Institute of Chicago. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0094.71.0120 1910 George Barton Residence, Buffalo, New York, First Floor Plan 1910 (1903 - S.103). Copy of the first floor plan published in the Ausgefuhrte Bauten, 1910, Plate XXVI (26), "Masonry dwelling for Mr. Martin, Buffalo, N.Y. Adjoining the Martin residence." Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Barton Residence in 1903. Text on sleeve: "A-20-Wr-92-1. Wright. Barton House. Plan: First floor." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. 0094.85.0720 - 0094.87.0720 Circa 1910 Peter A. Beachy Residence, Oak Park (1906 - S.117) Circa 1910. View of the exterior front looking East. Frank Lloyd Wright remodeled the James Fargo House to create the Prairie styled Beachy Residence. Little remains of the original structure. The Entrance is on the left side of the home. The Living Room is in the foreground on the first level. The master Bedroom is directly above the Living Room. Built-in planters are to the left and right of the front. Photographed between 1906 and 1916 by J. W. Taylor. Original 10 x 8 B&W Photograph. Acquired from The Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson & Burnham Archives. 0094.29.0613 C 1910 George Blossom Residence, Chicago Circa 1910 (1892 - S.014). View looking North. The Blossom Residence was designed in 1892, while he was still working for Sullivan, thus one of his "bootleg" designs. Colonial Revival in design, the floor plan is nearly symmetrical. A short wall, set between two sets of stairs, borders the sidewalk on the South side. Semi-circular urns are set on both corners of the terrace. Curbs have been installed, but the road still appears to be dirt. Courtesy of The Art Institute of Chicago. 10 x 7.25 B&W photograph. 0094.50.0517 C 1910  George Blossom Residence, Chicago, Illinois, Circa 1910 (1892 - S.014). View looking North. The Blossom Residence was designed in 1892, while he was still working for Sullivan, thus one of his "bootleg" designs. Colonial Revival in design, the floor plan is nearly symmetrical. A short wall, set between two sets of stairs, borders the sidewalk on the South side. Semi-circular urns are set on both corners of the terrace. Curbs have been installed, but the road still appears to be dirt. Photographed before dormer was added. Text on sleeve: "A-20-Wr-100-4. Wright. Blossom House. Ext: Orig. side vw." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. 0094.88.0720 C 1910 Charles A. Brown Residence, Evanston, Illinois, Perspective Circa 1910 (1905 - S.110). Perspective view of the Brown Residence viewed from the North. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1905. The front door faces the street, but is enclosed and partially obscured from the street by a short wall. The exterior walls of the house are board and batten, and extend up to the sills of the second floor windows. The horizontal band of windows and stucco surrounds all four side and extends to the roof line. The sills match the light color of the stucco. The windows are trimmed in wood, and trim is also used to as a design element between windows. A striking feature of the house is the roof that is cantilevered over the veranda. Published in the October, 1913 issue of House Beautiful, p.134, and in Modern American Homes, von Holst, 1913, plate 90. 7 x 5 B&W photographs. 0094.103.1113 C 1910 James Charnley Bungalow, Ocean Springs, Mississippi, Circa 1910 (1890 - S.007). View of one of the Charnley Bungalow from the Southwest. James Charnley was a wealthy lumber baron who was a personal friend of Louis Sullivan. Frank Lloyd Wright was the chief draftsman at the time for the architectural firm of Adler and Sullivan. Designed in 1890 by Frank Lloyd Wright. In his autobiography, Wright wrote: "With Silsbee, I had gained considerable light on the practical needs of the American dwelling. Adler and Sullivan refused to build residences during all the time I was with them. The few that were imperative, owing to social obligations to important clients, fell to my lot out of office hours. They would, of course, check up on them in good time. Sullivan's own home on Lake Avenue (now demolished) was one of these, as were his southern house at Ocean Springs and the house next door for the Charnleys. The city house on Astor Street for the Charnleys, like the others, I did at home evenings and Sundays in the nice studio draughting room upstairs at the front of the little Forest Avenue home... In this Charnley city-house on Astor Street I first sensed the definitely decorative value of the plain surface, that is to say, of the flat plane as such. The drawings for the Charnley house... Continue... 0094.101.0623 1910 City National Bank and Park Inn Hotel, Mason City, Iowa, Ground and Floor Plan 1910 (1909 - S.155-156). Set of 8 - 35mm slides. 1) Copy photograph of the Ground and Floor plan for the City National Bank and the Park Inn published in Ausgefuhrte Bauten Plate IL (49T). Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1909. Text on sleeve: "Wright, F. L. - City National Bank, 1-1. City National Bank Building and Hotel. Plan, ground floor of bank and hotel. Mason City, IA, USA, 1909. Wright, Frank Lloyd. U of Virginia FAIC." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. 0094.75.0510 - 0094.82.0510 1910 Coonley Living Room (1907 - S.135 ) Circa 1910. View of the right side. Copper Urn on the right. Photographed by Henry Fuermann. 8 x 5.5 Print. High res digital image. For more information see our Wright Study on Browne's Bookstore. 0094.09.0311 1910 Coonley Living Room Circa 1910 (1907 - S.135 ). View of the right side of the Living Room. Very similar to the view in Frank Lloyd Wright Ausgefuhrte Bauten, Wright, 1911, p.124. A Wright designed Copper Urn is on the right. This print was used by The University Prints. Cambridge, Mass., for publishing "A Special Study Set of Fine Art Reproductions" 1961, plate 81. Acquired from the archives of The University Prints. Cambridge, Mass. Photographed by Henry Fuermann. 8 x 5.5 Print. Original 10 x 4 B&W photograph. 0094.53.0118 1910 Coonley Living Room (1907 - S.135 ) Circa 1910. View of the left side. Copper Urn on the left. Photographed by Henry Fuermann. 8.5 x 6.5 Print. High res digital image. For more information see our Wright Study on Browne's Bookstore. 0094.10.0311 1910 Coonley Living Room Hall (1907 - S.135 ) Circa 1910. Hallway viewed from Living Room. Photographed by Henry Fuermann. 10 x 7.5 Print. High res digital image. For more information see our Wright Study on Browne's Bookstore. 0094.11.0311 C 1910 Coonley Residence Living Room Hall Circa 1910 (1907 - S.135 ). Copy of the photograph published in "Frank Lloyd Wright Ausgefuhrte Bauten" p.125. Hallway viewed from Living Room. One of two Wright designed Urns can be seen in the center. Photographed by Henry Fuermann. Original 16 x 20 B&W photograph. 0094.54.0218 C 1910 Coonley Living Room Hall (1907 - S.135 ) Circa 1910. Hallway looking toward Living Room. Two Urns were placed symmetrically in the Living Room. Wright used this same symmetry in the Waller Dining Room and possibly his own Dining Room. Photographed by Henry Fuermann. 10 x 7.5 Print. High res digital image. For more information see our Wright Study on Browne's Bookstore. 0094.12.0311 C 1910 Avery Coonley Residence, Riverside, IL, Living Room Hall Circa 1910 (1907 - S.135). View of the Living Room Hall, from the Dining Room toward the Living Room. Two copper urns were placed symmetrically in the Living Room, one can be seen on the left, the other in the background in the center. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1907. A very similar view was illustrated in the Ausgefuhrte Bauten in 1910, Plate LVIa (56a), and the same similar view was published in both Frank Lloyd Wright Ausgefuhrte Bauten, 1911, p.121, and Frank Lloyd Wright Chicago, 1911, p.99. Stamped on verso: "Chicago Architectural Photo Co.," and "Photographic Archive, Art History Department, University of Minnesota." Hand written on verso: "F. L. Wright. The Avery Coonley House (Gallery). Riverside, Illinois 1908." Photographed by the Chicago Architectural Photographing Company, Chicago. Acquired from the archives of the University of Minnesota. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0094.72.0420 Circa 1910 Dana-Thomas Residence (1902 - S.072). Flower in the Crannied Wall Sculpture Circa 1910. The Dana-Thomas House was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1902 for Susan Lawrence Dana. The back of the sculpture is inscribed with the following poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson. "Flower in the crannied wall. I pluck you out of the crannies. I hold you here, root and all, in my hand. Little flower" but if I could understand. What you are, root and all, and all in all. I should know what God and man is." Photographed by Frederick O. Bemm, who was a staff photographer for the Art Institute of Chicago and later owned and operated a studio. Original 5 x 6.5 B&W photograph. 0094.28.0513 1910 Grace Fuller House, Glencoe, Illinois (1906 - S.123). Tafel XL (40), Ausgefuhrte Bauten und Entwurfe von Frank Lloyd Wright. Perspective, Ground and Floor Plans for the: "Workmen's Cottages for Mr. E. C. Waller, Chicago, Ill. Suburban cottage for Miss Grace Fuller, Glencoe, Ill." Published in 1910 by Ernst Wasmuth A.-G., Berlin. In 1910, Frank Lloyd Wright published the Ausgefuhrte Bauten portfolio, Tafel (Plate) XL which included The Workmen's Cottages for Mr. E. C. Waller, and a Suburban Cottage for Miss Grace Fuller, Glencoe, Illinois. It included a perspective of the Fuller House as well as the floors plans for the first and second levels. There was no descriptive text for the Fuller house in the introduction. Wright did not indicate if the house was ever built. 10 x 6.5 Color photograph. 0087.40.0221 1910 / 1934 Arthur Heurtley Cottage Remodeling, Les Cheneaux, Marquette Island, Michigan, Portrait Circa 1910 (undated) (1902 - S.075). Portrait of Arthur Heurtley, facing slightly to the left, looking straight ahead. Obituary for Arthur Heurtley, published in The Oak Leaves, Oak Park, Illinois, September 20, 1934. Arthur Heurtley, one of Oak Park's most prominent citizens until after the World War, died on Tuesday at his country place near Muscatine, Ia., aged seventy-three years. Funeral services will take place at Muscatine this afternoon (Thursday) and interment will be at Chippiannock, Rock Island. Mr. Heurtley was distinguished both in business and in movements for cultivation of arts, especially music. He was among the first to employ the art of Frank Lloyd Wright and the "Heurtley House" at 310 Forest, designed by Mr. Wright has been pictured in architectural publications in Europe and Asia and has had a wide influence on design.        In the garden of this house is the oldest inhabitant of Oak Park, a great oak tree, said to have lived a thousand years. Mr. Heurtley became secretary of the Northern Trust company in 1889 when it was organized and served in that capacity until 1920 when he retired. He was born in Boston and came to Chicago in 1881... Continue... 0094.99.0523 C 1910 P. D. Hoyt Residence, Geneva, Illinois, South Elevation Circa 1910 (1906 - S.120). View of the Hoyt Residence from the South. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1906. The Hoyt House is similar in design to the Hunt and Stockman houses. In some respects a simplification of the design used in Wright's "Fireproof" House. Square in its footprint, it is constructed of stucco with wood trim. The entrance is in the center of the front elevation and opens into the living room. Unusual for Wright because he preferred concealing the entrance. It appears very symmetrical in design. Another design element unique to the Hoyt House is the letter "H" monogram repeated at the top portion of every window. Wright emphasizes the vertical appearance with wood strips that extend from the first to the second floors, and wrap around the four corners. A trellis-arbor above the front door surrounds the entrance with vegetation. The trellis was removed in 1917, but is still visible in the photograph. Photographer unknown. Published in Wright 1885-1916, Pfeiffer, 2011, p.266. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. 9 x 7.75 Color photograph. 0094.89.0121 Circa 1910 1) Stephen Hunt Residence I, LaGrange, Illinois, Ground Plan 1910 (1907 - S.138). Copy of the ground plan published in the Ausgefuhrte Bauten, 1910, Plate XIVa (14a), Concrete house originally designed for Ladies' Home Journal. The Hunt Residence is the best example of "A Fireproof House for $5,000." Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Hunt Residence in 1907. Text on sleeve: "Wright, F. L. - Hunt House I, 1-1. Stephen Hunt House I. Plan, ground floor. La Grange, IL., USA. 1907. Wright, Frank Lloyd. U of Virginia FAIC." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. 0094.83.0720 Circa 1910 2) Stephen Hunt Residence I, LaGrange, Illinois, Upper Floor Plan 1910 (1907 - S.138). Copy of the upper floor plan published in the Ausgefuhrte Bauten, 1910, Plate XIVa (14a), Concrete house originally designed for Ladies' Home Journal. The Hunt Residence is the best example of "A Fireproof House for $5,000." Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Hunt Residence in 1907. Text on sleeve: "Wright, F. L. - Hunt House I, 1-2. Stephen Hunt House I. Plan, upper floor. La Grange, IL., USA. 1907. Wright, Frank Lloyd. U of Virginia FAIC." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. 0094.84.0720 Circa 1910 Joseph & Helen Husser Residence Circa 1910 (1899 - S.046). Photographic postcard of Buena Avenue East from Clarendon Street. Although the Husser Residence is barely visible, hidden behind vegetation, it does give an additional view of the house in proximity to the lake. In Wright's drawings, he showed the lake in close proximity to the house. Text written along the bottom "15067. Buena Ave. E. from Clarendon, Chicago." Thank you Anthony Thompson for bringing this image to our attention. 8 x 5 B&W photograph. 0094.60.0419 Circa 1910 Hillside Home School II circa 1910 (1902 - S.069). View from the Southwest. A bridge is seen in the foreground. Ellen (Nell) and Jane Lloyd Jones, Frank Lloyd Wright's aunts, formed the Hillside Home School in 1887 and ran it until 1915 when it closed. The private school accepted students between the ages of seven and seventeen. It espoused non-conventional teaching methods, and was the first coeducational school in the nation. After attending the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wright headed for Chicago in 1887 and accepted a position as draftsman in the architectural firm of Joseph Lyman Silsbee. That year, his Aunt's drafted him to design a school building for them, Hillside Home School I, a large Shingle styled building, reflected the designs of his mentor Silsbee, and in the style of his first project, Unity Chapel, in Spring Green. As the school grew, so did the need for more space. Wright designed Hillside Home School II in 1902, which was completed in 1903. (Plate X, Ausgefuhrte Bauten.) It eventually became part of the Taliesin Fellowship complex. When Wright began the Taliesin Fellowship in 1932, he began restoring and remodeling the building. Courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society. 7 x 5 B&W photograph. (See progression of the Hillside Home School / Taliesin Complex) 0094.36.1213 1910 Hillside Home School II Floor Plan 1910 (1902 - S.069). Photograph of Plate X (tissue), "Hillside Home School, Lloyd Jones Sisters, Hillside Wisconsin. Floor Plan on the Main Floor." From the Ausgefuhrte Bauten und Entwurfe von Frank Lloyd Wright. "Studies and Executed Buildings". Published by Ernst Wasmuth A.-G., Berlin, 1910. Ellen (Nell) and Jane Lloyd Jones, Frank Lloyd Wright's aunts, formed the Hillside Home School in 1887. Wright designed Hillside Home School I in 1892 (1897 - S.001). As the school grew, so did the need for more space. Wright designed Hillside Home School II in 1902, which was completed in 1903. The building was constructed of light rose colored sandstone, heavy oak beams and red roof tiles. The gymnasium/theatre was on the left, two floors of classrooms and offices in the center, and a three story assembly hall on the right. Hillside Home School closed in 1915. When Wright began the Taliesin Fellowship in 1932, it became part of the Taliesin Fellowship complex. 10 x 6 Color photograph. (See progression of the Hillside Home School / Taliesin Complex) 0094.44.0215 1910 Hillside Home School II Bird's-Eye View, 1910 (1902 - S.069). Photograph of Plate X, "Hillside Home School, Lloyd Jones Sisters, Hillside Wisconsin, Bird's-Eye View." From the Ausgefuhrte Bauten und Entwurfe von Frank Lloyd Wright. "Studies and Executed Buildings". Published by Ernst Wasmuth A.-G., Berlin, 1910. Ellen (Nell) and Jane Lloyd Jones, Frank Lloyd Wright's aunts, formed the Hillside Home School in 1887. Wright designed Hillside Home School I in 1892 (1897 - S.001). As the school grew, so did the need for more space. Wright designed Hillside Home School II in 1902, which was completed in 1903. The building was constructed of light rose colored sandstone, heavy oak beams and red roof tiles. The gymnasium/theatre was on the left, two floors of classrooms and offices in the center, and a three story assembly hall on the right. Hillside Home School closed in 1915. When Wright began the Taliesin Fellowship in 1932, it became part of the Taliesin Fellowship complex. 10 x 6 Color photograph. (See progression of the Hillside Home School / Taliesin Complex) 0094.45.0215 1910's Hillside Home School Copy Negative and Contact sheet (circa 1910) 1910.00.0604 Circa 1910 Samuel & Lena Horner Residence (1908 - S.142). Front exterior viewed from the street, looking South circa 1910. As you entered the sidewalk on the left, you passed the Garden Wall with it's pedestal that begged for a urn. A large prairie styled Robie House urn would have fit perfectly. Turning right into the Garden, you entered the home through the art glass front door. The Reception Room is on the left. Five wide stairs lead up to the balance of the first level. The Living Room is in the center foreground with art glass doors that exit out to an enclosed Terrace. The Stairway landing and Kitchen overlooked the symmetrical Garden and Garden Wall on the right. Upper level. As you reached the top of the stairs, the Bedrooms and the Bath were reached by turning left. The Balcony on the east (left) was reached through the two smaller Bedrooms in the center of the upper level. A row of art glass windows were just beneath the roof line of the Master Bedroom in the center. Turning right at the top of the stairs lead to the exterior balcony over the Kitchen. Both Balconies had built-in Planters on either end. The low pitch of the roof almost gives the appearance of being flat like the Gale Residence. Most likely photographed by Henry Fuermann. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. For more information see our Wright Study on the Horner Residence. 0094.24.0612 Circa 1910 Samuel & Lena Horner Residence (1908 - S.142). Back exterior viewed from the back yard, looking North circa 1910. The Kitchen and back Entrance is on the left. The Dining Room is in the center foreground with art glass doors that exit out to the Terrace. On the right side stairs lead down to the back yard. From the Living and Dining Room, five wide stairs lead down to the Reception Room on the right. Note: the house across the street seen on the left still exists. Upper level. A door at the top of the stairs leads out to the Balcony over the Kitchen on the left. Bedrooms and the Bath are in the center, The Balcony over the Kitchen on the east (right) was reached through the two smaller Bedrooms in the center of the upper level. A row of art glass windows were just beneath the roof line of the large Bedroom in the center. Both Balconies had built-in Planters on either end. The low pitch of the roof almost gives the appearance of being flat like the Gale Residence. Most likely photographed by Henry Fuermann. Original 9.7 x 8 B&W photograph. For more information see our Wright Study on the Horner Residence. 0094.25.0612 Circa 1910 Samuel & Lena Horner Residence (1908 - S.142). View of the Living Room from the Reception Room circa 1910. As you opened the art glass front door, you entered the Reception Room. Wright chose wood and stucco for the exterior of the home. Behind the camera to the left were built-in seats. Above the coat closet and front door to the right, were a pair of clerestory art glass windows. On either side of the five wide stairs were built-in oak book cases, which opened up in the front and back. At the top of the stairs the Dining Room was to the left. Entering the hall straight ahead, enclosed by a pair of vertical spindled screens, you could turn left to go to the Kitchen, or take the stairs to the right to reach the second level. The Living Room on the right. The large, prairie styled Fireplace was located in the Living Room to the right, covered most of the west wall. Photographed by Henry Fuermann. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. For more information see our Wright Study on the Horner Residence. 0094.26.0612 C 1910 Samuel & Lena Horner Residence circa 1910 (1908 - S.142). View of the Living Room from the Reception Room circa 1910. As you opened the art glass front door, you entered the Reception Room. Wright chose wood and stucco for the exterior of the home. Behind the camera to the left were built-in seats. Above the coat closet and front door to the right, were a pair of clerestory art glass windows. On either side of the five wide stairs were built-in oak book cases, which opened up in the front and back. At the top of the stairs the Dining Room was to the left. Entering the hall straight ahead, enclosed by a pair of vertical spindled screens, you could turn left to go to the Kitchen, or take the stairs to the right to reach the second level. The Living Room on the right. The large, prairie styled Fireplace was located in the Living Room to the right, covered most of the west wall. Clipping pasted to verso: "One of the early tri-levels, Wright's Horner house was built in 1908. Indirect lighting is beamed out from cornices near ceiling. This house also bears another Wright imprint, the free-flowing rooms not blocked off by solid partitions." Stamped on clipping: "Mar 27 1957." Photographed by Henry Fuermann. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. For more information see our Wright Study on the Horner Residence. 0094.42.0115 Circa 1910 Samuel & Lena Horner Residence (1908 - S.142). View of the Living Room from the Dining Room circa 1910. Art glass doors in the Living Room on the left, opened out to an enclosed Terrace. The west (left) wall of the Living Room was covered by the fireplace. The east (right) wall of the Living Room included three "high windows" that fell in line with the two in the Reception Room. On either side of the wide stairs were built-in oak book cases, which opened up in the front and back. Photographed by Henry Fuermann. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. For more information see our Wright Study on the Horner Residence. 0094.27.0612 Circa 1910 Jenkin Lloyd Jones Circa 1910. Jones (November 14, 1843-September 12, 1918) appears to be standing above the crowd, his left hand is raised as he addresses the crowd. The entrance to an unidentified auditorium is in the background. Hand written on verso: "Jenkin Lloyd Jones. (Quelling a mob at Auditorium, Chicago." Etched in the negative, bottom right hand corner: "1P-10-3-10." Jones was the uncle of architect Frank Lloyd Wright, He became a Unitarian minister in Chicago. He became Missionary Secretary of the Western Unitarian Conference and editor of the liberal religious weekly, Unity. In 1889 Jones became a strong supporter of the Hull House Settlement that had been established by Jane Addams and Ellen Starr in the run-down Nineteenth Ward of Chicago. An opponent of child labour and supporter of the early trade union movement, gave lectures at Hull House to recently arrived immigrants from Europe. He was the author of numerous works. Although Jones was the most powerful western figure in the denomination, he encountered friction from the American Unitarian Association (AUA) because of his independent course and friction within the WUC because of his theological radicalism. In 1882 Jones reorganized the Fourth Unitarian Society in Chicago... Continue... 0094.61.0819 C 1910 Larkin Administration Building. Buffalo, New York, Circa 1910-1920 (Not Dated) (1903 - S.093) / Frank L. Smith Bank Barrel Chair (1905 - S.111). Larkin Administration Building Library and Frank L. Smith Bank Barrel Chair. The Library was located on the fourth floor of the Annex. Thanks to Thomas Heinz’s sharp eye, he noticed a Frank L. Smith Bank Barrel Chair in the library. The Larkin Side Chairs seen in this photograph were also found in the restaurant on the fifth floor. There is no indication as to the relationship of the Smith Barrel Chair and the Larkin Building. Wright designed the Larkin Building in 1903, the Larkin Administration building was completed in 1904, and the finished building was ready for occupancy in August 1906. Construction of the Larkin Building and the Smith Bank overlapped, and one might speculate that Wright sent John Larkin and Darwin Martin a sample of the Smith chair as an option? Wright designed his first barrel chair for the Darwin D. Martin residence in 1904. But it is only a speculation. Published in Frank Lloyd Wright’s Larkin Building, Quinan, 1987, p.81. Courtesy of Jack Quinan. 10 x 6 B&W copy photograph. See Additional information on the Smith Bank Barrel Chair... 0094.111.0824 1910 1) George Millard Residence (I), Highland Park, Illinois, Ground Plan 1910 (1906 - S.126). Detail of the ground and first floor plan of the George Millard Residence, Ausgefuhrte Bauten und Entwurfe von Frank Lloyd Wright. Tafel XLIV (44). The dining room is on the left, to its right is the entrance, hall and kitchen, in the center is the terrace, living room, stairwell, and the servant's room. On the exterior to the far right, under the cover of the cantilevered bedroom, it almost appears that Wright may have added built-in exterior seating. German text replaced with English text by Douglas M. Steiner. 8 x 10 Color photograph. 0094.96.0622 1910  2) George Millard Residence (I), Highland Park, Illinois, Second Floor Plan 1910 (1906 - S.126). Detail of the second floor plan of the George Millard Residence, Ausgefuhrte Bauten und Entwurfe von Frank Lloyd Wright. Tafel XLIV (44). The second floor included four bedrooms and two bath. One of the rooms was labeled sewing, and the master bedroom had a fireplace. German text replaced with English text by Douglas M. Steiner. 10 x 8 Color photograph. 0094.97.0622 1910 George Millard Residence (I), Highland Park, Illinois, Viewed from the South, Circa 1910 (1906 - S.126). View of the George Millard house from the South. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1906. Both the East and West ends of the second floor were cantilevered. Although it is difficult to see through the woods, the West end (right) was cantilevered. By 1935-1945 when Gilman Lane photographed the house, the space under the West cantilever was fully enclosed, and windows added. It remains that way as of this date. Copy photograph published in both Frank Lloyd Wright Ausgefuhrte Bauten (1911) p.65 and Sonderheft: Frank Lloyd Wright Chicago (1911), p.56. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0094.98.0622 1910 New York City Exhibition 1910 (1910 - S.163). Copy of photograph published in "Frank Lloyd Wright Ausgefuhrte Bauten," Wright, 1911, p.111. The exhibition was held in Madison Square Garden, December 14 - 20, 1910. An announcement was published in the Universal Portland Cement Monthly Bulletin - December, 1910, p.3: "We will be represented at the New York Show by four exhibits. The main exhibit will be located in spaces 229 and 230, where a display of ornamental concrete will be made, illustrating the possibilities in the decoration of concrete surfaces by means of inlaid colored glass and tile. It has been designed by Mr. Frank Lloyd Wright, the well known architect of Chicago. Mr. Wright has given much study to the subject of reinforced concrete design, with special reference to residence architecture and interior decoration. The striking originality of his work has attracted wide attention, and examples may be seen in many localities." Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. 10 x 6.75 B&W photograph. 0094.66.1119 Circa 1910  Isabel Roberts Residence Living Room (1908 - S.150) circa 1910. Isabel Roberts was Frank Lloyd Wright's secretary, bookkeeper and office manager in his Oak Park studio. View of the two story Living Room toward the fireplace, from the west. The Dining Room is to the left, screened porch to the right. Open balcony is in the background above. Two Wright designed side chairs are visible, One in the doorway on the left, and in front of the book shelf on the right. An arm chair is just to the right of the fireplace. A Wright designed desk is to the right. Of interest is the unidentified side chair on the left. Possibly a Wright design, but not confirmed. A second is in the background on the right. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright Chicago" (Sonderheft), 1911, p.59. Photographed by Henry Fuermann. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0094.30.1013 Circa 1910  Isabel Roberts Residence Living Room (1908 - S.150) circa 1910. Isabel Roberts was Frank Lloyd Wright's secretary, bookkeeper and office manager in his Oak Park studio. View of the Living Room fireplace looking north toward the dining room. An arm chair is just to the left. The Dining Room is to the through the door in the center. A side chair can be seen to the right of the doorway. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright Ausgefuhrte Bauten", 1911, p.67, and "Frank Lloyd Wright Chicago" (Sonderheft), 1911, p.60. Photographed by Henry Fuermann. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0094.31.1013 1910 River Forest Tennis Club, Tafel 42, Wasmuth Portfolio 1910 (1906 - S.119). Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1906. In 1910 Frank Lloyd Wright produced the "Ausgefuhrte Bauten und Entwurfe von Frank Lloyd Wright," published by Ernst Wasmuth, in Berlin. Perspective and floor plan. Description: "Plate 42. River Forest Tennis Club, River Forest, Illinois. 1906. A simple wooden building set up on posts, built to house the River Forest Tennis Club. Located and planned to afford an outlook over the tennis courts and a good dancing floor, with comfortable ingle nooks. The walls are of wide boards laid on horizontally, joints covered with battens." There are three fireplaces. The left side included a Women's Locker Room and Kitchen. The right included the Men's Locker Room. The Fireplace Nook and Alcoves on either side included built-in seating. Doors opened outward from the expansive interior, in essence, removing the wall which lead to an open Terrace which ran nearly the full length of the building. Wright designed each end by rotating a square 90 degrees. 10 x 6.25 Color photograph. 0087.42.0421 C 1910 River Forest Tennis Club circa 1910. View looking out at the tennis courts. Photographed by H. Fuermann & Co. Published in Frank Lloyd Wright Ausgefuhrte Bauten, 1911, page 97, by Ernst Wasmuth A.-G., Berlin. Also published in Frank Lloyd Wright Chicago. Wasmuth A.-G., Berlin, 1911, p.77. This photograph shows the building as Frank Lloyd Wright designed it, in its original location before it was moved in 1920. On the roof, above the stairs that lead up to the Terrace, there appear to be two poles, left and right, with banners on each. The Terrace runs from one end to the other, about two-thirds of the length. Frank Lloyd Wright described it as, "A simple wooden building set up on posts, built to house the River Forest Tennis Club. Located and planned to afford an outlook over the tennis courts and a good dancing floor, with comfortable ingle nooks. The walls are of wide boards laid on horizontally, joints covered with battens." 10 x 6.25 B&W copy photograph. 0094.90.0421 1910 Robie House Viewed from the Southeast 1910 (1906 - S.127). Note the wall and gates toward the right which leads into the courtyard. The wall was lowered and the gates were removed at a later date, but have now been restored. The wall is lowered in photographs from the 1950s through the 1990s. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright Robie House", title pages and p.20. Photographed by Henry Fruemann. "AR-20. Frank Lloyd Wright. Robie House. Chicago, Illinois. 1909." Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0094.48.0117 1910 Robie House Entrance Hall, Lower Level (1906 - S.127) 1910. Looking Southeast. A Wright designed high back chair and entry table are on the left. Oak with leather upholstered seat and back. The back legs have square feet and caps. Laid across the Wright designed entry table is a runner designed by Wright with the pattern from the leaded glass windows. The carpets were also designed by Wright. The leaded glass doors in the center lead to the Playroom. The stairs lead up to the main level. Photographed by Henry Fuermann & Sons. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. Wright Chairs. 0094.32.1013 1910 Robie House Living Room (1906 - S.127) 1910. Looking West. The Robies were moved into the home by May 1910. This was photographed after the completion of construction and furnishing the home. Four distinct chairs are visible in this photograph. A) An armchair on the left; B) A matching armchair rocker; C) A side chair behind the rocker; D) An upholstered armchair on the right, very similar to an upholstered armchair in the May house photographed circa 1910 (see "Frank Lloyd Wright and George Mann Niedecken", 1999, p. 38). Wright designed some of the Robie House furniture, some was in conjunction with George Mann Niedecken, and some may have been designed by Niedecken for the Robie House. A double pedestal lamp sets on the table to the left. The left half of this photograph was published in "Frank Lloyd Wright Ausgefuhrte Bauten", 1911, p. 114, and "Frank Lloyd Wright Chicago" (Sonderheft), 1911, p. 96. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. Wright Chairs. 0094.33.1013 1910 Edward C. Waller Bathing Pavilion, Charlevoix, Michigan Circa 1910 - Not Dated (1909 - S.166). View of the side of the Pavilion. The front is on the left, back is to the right. Windows run the entire periphery of the pavilion. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1909. Edward C. Waller was a successful Chicago Businessman, real estate developer and an early client and patron of Frank Lloyd Wright. One of his projects was a 2,000 acre parcel of land on Lake Michigan, just north of Charlevoix, and ran half way Petosky. Immediately North of Charlevoix there is still a Road named Waller that runs a little over half a mile. In 1902 Wright created two designs for a large summer house on the property (FLLW #0212 and #0310). Neither was built. In 1909 Wright designed a Bathing (swimming) Pavilion on the property. Located on the beach, it provided a large common area with fireplace, separate bath/changing room and lounge for men and women. Behind the fireplace was a kitchen. The front of the building had a large veranda, balance on either side by large concrete urns. This photograph appears to be the only one that has survived. It was demolished in 1922-23 by fire. 10 x 6.5 B&W photograph. 0094.92.0521 1910 Wright's Oak Park Playroom (1895 S.003) C1910. Photographed by Henry Fuermann & Sons. Published in "In The Nature of Material" Hitchcock, 1942, Plate 16, credited to Fuermann; also published in "Frank Lloyd Wright to 1910" Manson, 1958, page 47, credited to Fuermann and dated 1910. Caption on verso: "Abundant use of wood and stone in living room of Wright's own Oak Park home, built in 1895, sowed seeds for natural building materials often seen in today's homes. Wall mural over fireplace recalls popularity of this type of interior decorating treatment today. Hanging lamps over chairs near fireplace may be forerunners of today's pulley lights. Chicago Architectural Photography Co. Photo. (Stamped) Mar 27, 1957. " Noted changes from photograph published in House Beautiful, February 1897: Built-in window seats on left and right are removed; Windows on left cover have been sealed off; Four light fixtures have been added; Two leaded glass cabinets have been added.4 on either side of fireplace. Original 10 x 8 B&W Print. Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Sun Times. 0094.06.0310 1910 Mamah Borthwick Cheney. Circa 1910-1914. She appears to be just a little older in this photograph than in the other two available photographs. Note: she was 45 at the time of her death (1914). She would have been 41 years old in 1910. Published in "Many Masks" Gill, 1987, page 207. 4.75 x 6.5 Print, High res digital image. 0094.05.0609 Circa 1910 Oscar Steffens Residence (1909 - S.153) Circa 1910. Viewed from the Northwest, from Rogers Avenue. The covered Porch is on the left, Living Room in the center, and Dining Room on the far right. The entrance is on the right side of the Living Room. The Bedrooms are on the second level, seen above and behind the covered Porch and Living Room. Photographed by Henry Fuermann. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright Ausgefuhrte Bauten", 1911. Original 8.5 x 6.5 B&W print. For more information see our Wright Study on the Oscar Steffens Residence. 0094.22.0412 Circa 1910 Oscar Steffens Residence (1909 - S.153) Circa 1910. Viewed from the West, from the corner of Sheridan Road and Rogers Avenue. The covered Porch is on the left, Living Room in the center, and Dining Room on the far right. The entrance is on the right side of the Living Room. The Bedrooms are on the second level, seen above and behind the covered Porch and Living Room. Most likely photographed by Henry Fuermann at the same time and S#94.22. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright, Chicago", (Sonderheft) 1911. Original 8.1 x 5.75 B&W print. For more information see our Wright Study on the Oscar Steffens Residence. 0094.23.0412 Circa 1910 Albert W. Sullivan Residence, Chicago, Illinois, Circa 1910 (1892 - S.019). View of the front of the Albert Sullivan Residence. Designed in 1892 while Frank Lloyd Wright worked for Louis Sullivan. Albert Sullivan , Louis" brother, commissioned him to design a house for their mother. She past away before it was completed and Louis Sullivan moved into the house when it was completed, and lived there until 1896. Albert and his family then took up residence there until 1914. The house was a collaboration between Sullivan and Wright, but most scholars credit Wright with the design and Sullivan with the floral designs. Sullivan was busy on commercial commissions and delegated residential to Wright. The house was demolished in 1970. Photographed by A. H. Hall between 1892 - 1910. Courtesy of The Art Institute of Chicago. 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 0094.102.0823 Circa 1910 Frank Wright Thomas Residence (1901 - S.067) Circa 1910. Viewed from across the street. The Frank Thomas Residence is considered to be Frank Lloyd Wright's first fully developed prairie styled house in Oak Park. It is also the first house in Oak Park to be completely designed in Stucco. Upon entering the archway, stairs lead up to the Terrace and main living quarters on the second level. The Living Room is to the left, Dining Room on the right. The Kitchen is strait ahead. A back stairway leads to the bedrooms on the third floor. The ground floor was for the house staff. Some of the design features included beaded molding and exquisite leaded glass windows. Photographed by Henry Fuermann. Courtesy of The Art Institute of Chicago. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright," Hitchcock, 1928. 10 x 7.75 B&W photograph. 0094.47.1116 Circa 1910 1) Thurber Art Galleries circa 1910 (1909 - S.154). Exterior hallway view of entrance to the Thurber Art Galleries designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1909. Located on the fifth floor of the Annex Building, which is adjacent to the Fine Arts Building on the North side, facing Michigan Avenue. Where the Fine Arts Building has ten floors, the Annex has five. Glass, an element Wright brilliantly utilized in his designs, engulfed the Entryway of the Thurber Art Galleries. Single stained glass panels adorned either side of the double glass doors in the entrance. A single circular piece of glass topped the Entrance. Wright used dull grayed white glass, rich yellow and a few small squares of black. All were set in brass leadings of various widths. Copy photograph published in The Book of The Fine Arts Building, 1911/2008, page 19. 4 x 5 B&W photograph. 0094.95.0522 Circa 1910 Thurber Art Galleries (1909 - S.154), circa 1910. View of the smaller Viewing Gallery looking East toward Lake Michigan. The floors were designed especially to reflect the light, composed of white magnasite. Around the edge of the floor was a band of dull yellow-toned magnasite, bringing the golden wall color down into the floor. The two colors were divided by a narrow strip of inlaid brass. The walls of both galleries were covered with cork gilded in a low-toned bronze dadoed by a higher-keyed gilded rough plaster. Each gallery had a skylight, composed of oblong pieces of dull grayed white glass, with smaller oblong pieces of rich yellow and a few small squares of black, set in brass leadings of various widths, and were different in each gallery. The furniture was designed by Wright. Published in "International Studio", April, 1911. 10 x 7.2 B&W Print. For more information see our Wright Study on the Thurber Art Galleries. 0094.17.0911 Circa 1910 Thurber Art Galleries (1909 - S.154), circa 1910. View of the larger Print and Reproduction Gallery looking East toward Lake Michigan. Wright "carefully considers every detail of room size and height, the lighting by day and night, placing of doors and windows, the breaking up of the wall surfaces, the design and use of each piece of furniture..." (I.S.) The built-in portfolio booths were seven and one-half feet high and include portfolio screens, drawer space, tables, desks and seats. There were no fixtures of any sort. Electric lights were placed above the skylights and concealed in the portfolio booths, so that the source of light was hidden, diffused and softened "as to have the effect of daylight". Each gallery had a skylight, composed of oblong pieces of dull grayed white glass, with smaller oblong pieces of rich yellow and a few small squares of black, set in brass leadings of various widths. The furniture was designed by Wright. Photographed by Henry Fuermann and Company. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright Ausgefuhrte Bauten", 1911. 10 x 7.4 B&W Print. For more information see our Wright Study on the Thurber Art Galleries. 0094.18.0911 Circa 1910 Thurber Art Galleries (1909 - S.154), circa 1910. View of the larger Print and Reproduction Gallery looking West. Wright "carefully considers every detail of room size and height, the lighting by day and night, placing of doors and windows, the breaking up of the wall surfaces, the design and use of each piece of furniture..." (I.S.) The built-in portfolio booths were seven and one-half feet high and include portfolio screens, drawer space, tables, desks and seats. There were no fixtures of any sort. There were electric lights placed above the skylights and concealed in the portfolio booths, so that the source of light was hidden, diffused and softened. This larger gallery had two skylights, composed of oblong pieces of dull grayed white glass, with smaller oblong pieces of rich yellow and a few small squares of black, set in brass leadings of various widths. The furniture was designed by Wright. Photographed by Henry Fuermann and Company. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright Ausgefuhrte Bauten", 1911. 10 x 6.5 B&W Print. For more information see our Wright Study on the Thurber Art Galleries. 0094.19.0911 Circa 1910 Ward W. Willits, Highland Park, Illinois, Circa 1910 (1901 - S.054). Viewed from the South. Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Willits House in 1901, one of his first Prairie styled houses. Ward W. Willits was the president of the Adams and Westlake Company, a brass and bronze foundry. Orlando Giannini, an artist who designed art glass and murals for Wright, also worked for Adams and Westlake. In 1905, Willits and his wife accompanied Frank and Catherine Wright on their first trip to Japan. Etched in negative, bottom left hand corner: "2767." Published in Frank Lloyd Wright, Chicago, Wright, 1911, p.50. Photographed by Henry Fuermann. Courtesy Art Institute of Chicago. 10 x 4.75 B&W print. 0094.69.1219 Circa 1910 Ward W. Willits Residence, Highland Park, Illinois, Circa 1910 (1901 - S.054). Viewed from the South. Photographed circa 1910. Copy photograph of Ward Willits House published in Frank Lloyd Wright: The Early Work, Wright, 1968, p.57. Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Willits House in 1901, one of his first Prairie styled houses. Ward W. Willits was the president of the Adams and Westlake Company, a brass and bronze foundry. Orlando Giannini, an artist who designed art glass and murals for Wright, also worked for Adams and Westlake. In 1905, Willits and his wife accompanied Frank and Catherine Wright on their first trip to Japan. Printed on verso: "Copy of Willits Houase on page 57 of Frank Lloyd Wright: The Early Work." Clipping pasted to verso: "The Willits House, shown in an old photo, is a mature example of a prairie house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright." Stamped on verso: "Aug 10 1982, The Houston Post Co." Also "Photo (copy photo) by Craig Hartley." Clipping pasted to verso: "The future of this Frank Lloyd Wright architectural masterpiece in Chicago is in question." First published in Frank Lloyd Wright Ausgefuhrte Bauten, Wright, 1911, p.57. Also published in Frank Lloyd Wright, Chicago, Wright, 1911, p.47. Acquired from the archives of the Houston Post. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0094.94.0322 1911 1911 Herbert Angster Residence, Lake Bluff, Illinois, Perspective View 1911 (1911 - S.169). Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin (Hillside), in 1911 after his return from Europe (FLLW#1101.01). Perspective view of the Herbert Angster Residence viewed from the West. The kitchen is in the background on the far left. The entrance can be seen left of center in the two-story section of the house tucked behind the concrete urn. The covered porch in the foreground to the right is off the master bedroom. A built-in flower box sets between the two columns supporting the roof. The living room is to the right. Text lower left: "Mr. Herbert Angster Residence. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect." Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives, Avery Library, Columbia University. 10 x 7 B&W photograph. 0104.31.0923 1911 Sherman M. Booth Residence Scheme I, Glencoe, Illinois, Perspective 1911 (1911 - FLLW#1118). Perspective No, 1. View of the Booth Residence, Scheme I, from across the ravine. Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation #1118.01. Designed in 1911, this was Frank Lloyd Wright’s first design for Sherman Booth. Scheme I was a magnificent estate on fifteen acres. It has been compared to the Coonley and Martin Residences, and the unrealized McCormick residence. Wright excelled when the topography was challenging, and he took full advantage of it’s unique characteristics. “Although the most striking feature of the design is undoubtedly the treatment of the ravine, Wright has treated the access and approach to it in much the same manner as he did the waterfall at Fallingwater. It is done with intricate subtlety. Crossing the bridge, one gets only a glimpse of the glen, but once inside the house the beauty of the ravine and its natural landscape is revealed as part of the interior of the house itself. The entrance to the house is likewise treated as a series of approaches, not as a sudden confrontation.” Treasures of Taliesin, Pfeiffer, 1985, p.18-19. The design remained a project, and as Pfeiffer puts it, “for reasons that are lost in time.” Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. 7 x 10 Color photograph. 0104.44.0524 1911 Sherman M. Booth Residence Scheme I, Glencoe, Illinois, Perspective 1911 (1911 - FLLW#1118). Perspective No, 2. View of the Booth Residence, Scheme I, from across the ravine. Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation #1118.04. Designed in 1911, this was Frank Lloyd Wright’s first design for Sherman Booth. Scheme I was a magnificent estate on fifteen acres. It has been compared to the Coonley and Martin Residences, and the unrealized McCormick residence. Wright excelled when the topography was challenging, and he took full advantage of it’s unique characteristics. “Although the most striking feature of the design is undoubtedly the treatment of the ravine, Wright has treated the access and approach to it in much the same manner as he did the waterfall at Fallingwater. It is done with intricate subtlety. Crossing the bridge, one gets only a glimpse of the glen, but once inside the house the beauty of the ravine and its natural landscape is revealed as part of the interior of the house itself. The entrance to the house is likewise treated as a series of approaches, not as a sudden confrontation.” Treasures of Taliesin, Pfeiffer, 1985, p.18-19. The design remained a project, and as Pfeiffer puts it, “for reasons that are lost in time.” Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. 8 x 10 Color photograph. 0104.45.0524 1911           Sherman M. Booth Summer Cottage, Glencoe, Illinois, Floor Plan 1911 (1911 - S.178). Floor plan for the Booth Summer Cottage. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1911, 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. 10 x 5.5 Color photograph. 0104.25.0121 1911 Glencoe Park Architectural Features For Sherman Booth 1911 (1911 - FLLW #1120). 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. 10 x 6.5 B&W photograph. 0104.46.0524 1911 Walter Gerts Residence Remodeling, River Forest, Illinois, First and Second Floor Plan 1911 (1911 - S.177). First and Second floor plans for the remodel of the Walter Gerts Residence. Plans also include the staircase, interior glass doors and the sideboard. The Walter Gerts Residence was designed by Charles E. White, Jr., in 1905. It suffered and extensive fire and in 1911, they asked Frank Lloyd Wright to remodel the house. From the plans it appears that Wright moved the stairs from the center of the house to the back as well as moving interior walls. Wright also specified art-glass windows, interior furnishings, a living room ceiling fixture and interior glass doors. The art-glass windows were never executed. Sheet 1. Text upper right: "Walter S. Gerts. Alterations of Dwelling. River Forest, Illinois. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect, Oak Park, Illinois. Specifications: Contractor shall take the building in its present condition, replace all charred and damaged woodwork, furnish new materials and for all work necessary to make same correspond to these drawings and details according to the specifications. New work to correspond in every detail to old work. Floors, woodwork, walls and ceilings, where damaged, shall be replaced or made good. New floor should be laid through out first story, except the kitchen...  Continue... 0104.28.0922 1911 Walter Gerts Residence Remodeling, River Forest, Illinois, Elevations and Plans 1911 (1911 - S.177). Four elevations, basement plan, windows and light fixture for the remodel of the Walter Gerts Residence. The Walter Gerts Residence was designed by Charles E. White, Jr., in 1905. It suffered and extensive fire and in 1911, they asked Frank Lloyd Wright to remodel the house. From the plans it appears that Wright moved the stairs from the center of the house to the back as well as moving interior walls. Wright also specified art-glass windows, interior furnishings, a living room ceiling fixture and interior glass doors. The art-glass windows were never executed. Sheet 2. Text hand written lower left: "1114.02." Courtesy of the Avery Library, Columbia University. 10 x 4 B&W photograph. 0104.29.0922 1911 Ingwald Moe Residence, Gary, Indiana, Map 1911 (1909 - FLLW #0531). The Sanborn Fire Insurance Map for the City of Gary, Indiana, published in January, 1911 shows a house on the Northeast corner of 7th and Van Buren Street. The Moe House was built on the Southwest corner of Block 53. Sanborn Maps published in January 1911 includes the footprint of a two-story house with a one-story partially covered porch. The roof was slate or tin and indicates framed construction, plastered finish. A one-story plastered Auto House was built on the Northeast corner of the lot. The property was a corner lot that combined three lots. Published Janury, 1911 by the Sanborn Map Company, New York. Sheet 1 of 34 sheets. By comparing the map published in December, 1908 to the map published in January 1911, it confirms that the Ingwald Moe house was constructed during 1909-1910. The Inwald Moe House was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1905/1908-9, and most likely plans from the Evanston Model Housing Project. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. 8 x 9.5 Color photograph. 0104.40.1123 1911 Ingwald Moe Residence, Gary, Indiana, Map 1911 (1909 - FLLW #0531). The Sanborn Fire Insurance Map for the City of Gary, Indiana, published in January, 1911 shows a house on the Northeast corner of 7th and Van Buren Street. The Moe House was built on the Southwest corner of Block 53. Sanborn Maps published in January 1911 includes the footprint of a two-story house with a one-story partially covered porch. The roof was slate or tin and indicates framed construction, plastered finish. A one-story plastered Auto House was built on the Northeast corner of the lot. The property was a corner lot that combined three lots. Published Janury, 1911 by the Sanborn Map Company, New York. Sheet 4 of 34 sheets. By comparing the map published in December, 1908 to the map published in January 1911, it confirms that the Ingwald Moe house was constructed during 1909-1910. The Inwald Moe House was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1905/1908-9, and most likely plans from the Evanston Model Housing Project. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. 8 x 9.5 Color photograph. 0104.41.1123 1911 Wright's Oak Park Home and Studio (1895 S.003) 1911. "In December of 1911 he left Oak Park and moved to Spring Green... There he built Taliesin 1 for his new life with Mamah Cheney. Before leaving Oak Park, Wright extensively remodeled the home and studio. The studio was converted to a dwelling for his wife and four children still living at home. The home was converted into a rental unit to provide income for Catherine. This wall was constructed to add privacy to the garden and 'Library'. "The Plan for Restoration" 1978, pages38-40. Stamped on verso: "Dec 2 - 1911". Photographed by "Bu... & At..., Press Photographers, Chicago." Clipping on verso: "Although Frank Lloyd Wright's home in Oak Park today serves as a museum, it was built in 1889 for about $6,000. In 1911, workers built the brick fence that assures privacy." 10 x 8 Print, High res image. From the archives of the Chicago Sun Times. 0104.07.0410 Circa 1911 Wright's Oak Park Home (1895 - S.002-4) Dining Room Circa 1911. Dining Room looking south. In 1911, Frank Lloyd Wright converted the home into a rental property. He added two cantilevered lights on the bay end of the Dining Room. "In December of 1911 he left Oak Park and moved to Spring Green... There he built Taliesin I for his new life with Mamah Cheney. Before leaving Oak Park, Wright extensively remodeled the home and studio. The studio was converted to a dwelling for his wife and four children still living at home. The home was converted into a rental unit to provide income for Catherine. "The Plan for Restoration" 1978, pages38-40. Most likely photographed after restoration, before Wright left Oak Park. Photographed by Henry Fuermann. Original 10 x 7.75 B&W photograph. 0104.19.0814 1911 Wright's Oak Park Home and Studio, Bedroom for Mrs. Wright. (1895 - S.003) 1911. "In December of 1911 Wright left Oak Park and moved to Spring Green... There he built Taliesin I for his new life with Mamah Cheney. Before leaving Oak Park, Wright extensively remodeled the home and studio. The studio was converted to a dwelling for his wife and four children still living at home. The home was converted into a rental unit to provide income for Catherine." "The Plan for Restoration" 1978, pages 38-40. In 1911, Wright's original two-story drafting room was converted to a living room on the first floor, and four bedrooms for his children on the second. His office which was adjacent to the drafting room on the first floor was converted to a dining room, and a second level was added above it creating a bedroom for Mrs. Wright. The fireplace was added, tying it into the original drafting room chimney. The windows on the left look out over Chicago Avenue. A Wright designed slant-back chair is visible against the wall under the windows. A stubbed wall is visible on the far right. To it's right, two steps lead down to a landing and out to the hallway. Courtesy Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust, Oak Park. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. Wright Chairs. 0104.14.1013 1911 Wright's Oak Park Home and Studio, Bedroom for Children. (1895 - S.003) 1911. "In December of 1911 Wright left Oak Park and moved to Spring Green... There he built Taliesin I for his new life with Mamah Cheney. Before leaving Oak Park, Wright extensively remodeled the home and studio. The studio was converted to a dwelling for his wife and four children still living at home. The home was converted into a rental unit to provide income for Catherine." "The Plan for Restoration" 1978, pages 38-40. In 1911, Wright's original two-story drafting room was converted to a living room on the first floor, and four bedrooms for his children on the second. This was Catherine's Bedroom, the northeast bedroom, looking northeast. Three pieces of furniture are visible. A) Left: Slant back side chair. Wright designed them for his home in Oak Park, 1904. Front and back legs are straight. The back legs have feet, the top is capped. Oak, leather upholstered seat, 40.25 (H) x 15 (W) x 18.75 (D). B) Japanese Print Table, designed by Wright in 1898. Used in Catherine's room as a desk. 48.5 (H) x 44 (W) x 26.25 (D). C) In front of desk: Low back chair. Designed by Wright circa 1908. Very similar to the Isabel Roberts Side Chair (1908), but shorter. The main difference is an additional horizontal trim along the base of the seat which runs along...  Continue... 0104.15.1013 C 1911-25 Frank Lloyd Wright's Oak Park Home and Studio Master (North) Bedroom (1889 - S.002) Circa 1911-1925. Looking North after 1911 renovation by Wright. The Master Bedroom looking North, shows the vault ceiling and mural painted by Orlando Giannini. "In December of 1911 he (Wright) left Oak Park and moved to Spring Green... There he built Taliesin I for his new life with Mamah Cheney. Before leaving Oak Park, Wright extensively remodeled the home and studio. The studio was converted to a dwelling for his wife and four children still living at home. The home was converted into a rental unit to provide income for Catherine..." "The Plan for Restoration" 1978, pages 38-40. This could explain the single beds and sealed doors to the balcony. Photographed by Henry Fuermann and Sons Photographic Company. The Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust dates this photograph circa 1911-1925. The Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson & Burnham Archives, dates this photograph circa 1890-1910 and acquired their copy of the photograph in 1933. Clipping pasted to the verso: "What seems to be an Indian brave commands the space above rectangular bedroom windows", stamped "May 11, 86". Second clipping pasted to verso: "A bedroom in his Oak Park home: elegance even in the most modest spaces", stamped "Feb 9, 92"...  Continue... 0104.13.1211 C 1911-25 Frank Lloyd Wright's Oak Park Home and Studio Master (North) Bedroom (1889 - S.002) Circa 1911-1925. Looking North after 1911 renovation by Frank Lloyd Wright. The Master Bedroom looking North, shows the vault ceiling and mural painted by Orlando Giannini. "In December of 1911 he (Wright) left Oak Park and moved to Spring Green... There he built Taliesin I for his new life with Mamah Cheney. Before leaving Oak Park, Wright extensively remodeled the home and studio. The studio was converted to a dwelling for his wife and four children still living at home. The home was converted into a rental unit to provide income for Catherine..." "The Plan for Restoration" 1978, pages38-40. This could explain the single beds and sealed doors to the balcony. Photographed by Henry Fuermann and Sons Photographic Company. The Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust dates this photograph circa 1911-1925. The Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson & Burnham Archives, dates this photograph circa 1890-1910 and acquired their copy of the photograph in 1933. Mounted to gray board. Label pasted to board: : "West 20, US Arch. Wright, Frank L. Oak Park, Ill. F.L. Wright Res. 1889. Interior." Acquired from the Wayne Andrews estate. Original 9 x 8 B&W photograph. 0104.22.0220 C 1911-12 Taliesin I Entrance Gate circa 1911-12 (1911 - S.172). Taliesin I was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1911, it was partially destroyed by fire on August 15, 1914. Three stone masons working on the entrance gate to Taliesin. Wright wrote, "Country masons laid all the stone with the quarry for a pattern and the architect for teacher. They learned to lay the walls in the long, thin, flat ledges natural to it, natural edges out. As often as they laid a stone they would stand back to judge the effect. They were soon as interested as sculptures fashioning a statue..." "An Autobiography" Wright, 1932, p.174. Photographed by Taylor Woolley, a draftsman who lived and worked at Taliesin from September 1911 though the Spring of 1912. His photographs are an invaluable record of the birthing of Taliesin I. 10 x 7 B&W photograph. 0104.20.0215 1911 (Side Note) Hoquiam Library, Hoquiam, Washington. After living in the State of Washington for over 30 years, I was surprised to find such a fine example of a prairie style building right here in my back yard. I was even more surprised when I discovered it was built in 1911.  Originally funded by the Andrew Carnegie Foundation, (funding secured in 1910), it's on the National Register of Historic Places and is known as a rare example of the Prairie Style of Architecture found in the Pacific Northwest. The original building was designed by the architectural firm of Claude & Starck, Madison, Wisconsin. Louis Claude was a former associate and lifelong friend of architects Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright. Claude & Starck's work reflects this influence. This firm was selected by Miss Macpherson, the first Librarian.  She had previously worked in the Evansville, Wisc. Library which was also designed by them.  After additional research I was surprised to five additional libraries from the same design. The library was formally dedicated on August 25, 1911. In 1991, the building was enlarged and remodeled by Tonkin/Koch Architects of Seattle. They did an excellent job of duplicating and blending the with original design. The original frieze mold was still available through a University of Minnesota Library which houses the...  Continue... 2007.03.0207 1912 1912 City National Bank, Mason City, Iowa 1912 (1909 - S.155). View of the City National Bank from the Northeast. The Park Inn Hotel can be seen in the background to the right. Frank Lloyd Wright was commissioned by attorneys, James E.E. Markley and James E. Blythe to design a building for their bank. Markley made Wright's acquaintance while visiting his daughter during her stay at the Hillside Home School, in Spring Green, Wisconsin. Wright was commissioned to design both the City National Bank and Park Inn Hotel in early 1909 and construction began April 1, 1909. Construction was completed in August 1910. Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 0114.28.0519 1912 Sherman M. Booth Residence Scheme I, Glencoe, Illinois, Planting Plan 1912 (1911 - FLLW #1118). Landscaping plans for the grounds of the Booth Residence, Scheme I, designed by Jens Jensen. Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation #1118.14. Designed in 1911, Scheme I was Frank Lloyd Wright’s first design for Sherman Booth. Frank Lloyd Wrtight called on Jen Jensen to design the landscaping plans for the Booth Estate. The design was quite extensive. One of the main elements was the garden. It was divided into three sections, two for vegitables and one for floweres. A grape arbor ran the full length of the gardens, and the were bordered in hedges. To the West of the entrance to the garden was the Stable and Garage (Gardener’s Cottage). Further west was a tennis court, and to the South end of the garedns was a natural;ly formed swimming pool. To the North of the Gardens was the residence.        Besides the bridge across the ravine, there appears to be an elaborate entrance to the property. The entrance appears to include architectural designed elements, much like Wright’s plans for the Gateway to the Glencoe Park (FLLW #1120.04). An interesting side note. The plans include the Stable and Garage, which the Foundation...  Continue... 0114.44.0524 1912 Sherman Booth Stable and Garage Main Floor Plan and Details, Sheet 2 (1912 - FLLW #1211). Floor plan and details for the Sherman Booth Stable and Garage. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1912. Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation #1211.03. The garage and stables were actually two separate building set at right angles to each other, but not touching. The smaller of the two buildings was the stable with stalls for one cow, two horses, and a carriage room. The garage was actually a small, 730 square foot house with two large garage bays. The garage bays opened on both sides so you could drive in and drive out. It was finished in a light stucco finish with wood trim and a red tile roof. The plans in the Frank Lloyd Wright archives are dated February 7, 1912...  Continue... 0114.45.0524 0114.46.0524 0114.47.0524 1912 Francis W. Little Residence II, Northome, Deephaven, Minnesota, Ground & Floor Plan 1912 (1912 - S.173). Ground and floor plan for the Little Residence II, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1912. The Bedroom wing is on the left, which includes three bedrooms, two bath and the library. Stairs lead down to the dining room which is on the lower level. The living room and billiards is in the center, and the screened pavilion is on the right.        Mr. Little past away in 1923. Mrs. Little gave the summer home to their daughter Eleanor and her husband, Raymond Stevenson. By the late 1960s, the Stevensons could not keep up with the challenges of the home. In 1972, after efforts were exhausted to preserve the Little House on its site, interior rooms were saved. The Metropolitan purchased the house in 1972, installing the Living Room, selling other portions of the home to other museums. The Allentown Art Museum installed the Library. The Minneapolis Institute of Art installed remnants of other rooms. The Domino’s Center for Architecture and Design purchased the Bedroom Wing and displayed portions of it.        Text lower left: "1304.50.” Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library. 10 x 7.5 Color photograph. 0114.48.0924 1912 Press Building for San Francisco Call, Project, San Francisco, California, Perspective 1912 (1913 - FLLW #1207). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Perspective drawing of the Press Building for the San Francisco newspaper, the Call Bulletin was the first tall building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. It was actually designed as two connected buildings, one half the size of the other. In 1914, a model of the building was exhibited at "The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright," with the Chicago Architectural Club at the Art Institute of Chicago. The model included only the taller portion of the building. Hand written in center left: "Call Bldg S. F. Globe Bldg with Albright of L.A. FLW." Hand written lower right: "Skyscraper for ... San Francisco. C. 1912." lower left: "1207.07." Two similar original 8 x 10 B&W photographs. 0114.30.1219 0114.31.1219 1912 Press Building for San Francisco Call, Project, San Francisco, California, Floor Plan 1912 (1913 - FLLW #1207). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Floor Plan of the Press Building for the San Francisco newspaper, the Call Bulletin, which was the first tall building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. It was actually designed as two connected buildings, one, half the size of the other. In 1914, a model of the building was exhibited at "The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright," with the Chicago Architectural Club at the Art Institute of Chicago. The model included only the taller portion of the building. Hand written: "Plan of Main Floor. (Design) For Reinforced Concrete Skyscraper. Slab Construction. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect." Bottom left hand corner: "1207.09."Published in Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1907-1913, Pfeiffer, 1991, p.230. Original 8 x 10 B&W photographs. 0114.32.1219 C 1912 Robie House exterior viewed from the Southwest. (1906 S.127) Circa 1912. Heavily airbrushed photograph, home on far left in background removed as well as tree trunks in foreground. Published on the cover of "Frank Lloyd Wright Robie House". Pipes and wire fence are visible along the West porch. Photographed by Clarence Fuermann. According to the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust, the date of view is circa 1912. Original 10 x 8 silver gelatin B&W photograph. Acquired from Kelmscott Gallery. 0114.09.0612 C 1912 Robie House, Chicago, Illinois, Circa 1912 (1906 - S.127). View of the Robie House from the Southwest. Photographed by Clarence Fuermann. According to the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust, the date of view is circa 1912. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1906. Text on sleeve: "Wright, Frank Lloyd (1869-1959). Robie House, 1909. American Architecture. Chicago, Illinois." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. 0114.35.0920 1912 Taliesin I, Spring Green, 1912 (1911 - S.172). View of Frank Lloyd Wright's Living quarters from the West. The fore court is in the foreground. The carriage approach to Taliesin I was from the South (right), through the porte-cochere seen in the center. Taliesin I was designed by Wright in 1911, it was partially destroyed by fire on August 15, 1914. Published in "Taliesin 1911-1914", Menocal, 1992, p.129. Also published in the "Journal of Organic Architecture," O'Mallery; Smith; Kalec, p.30. Photographed by Henry Fuermann in the Summer of 1912. Clipping pasted to verso: "A vista at the first Taliesin." Stamped on clipping: "Su May 23 1965." Hand written on verso: "Taliesin I." Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0114.29.0619 1912 Burton J. Westcott Residence (1907 - S.099), circa 1912. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1907, completed 1909-1911. View of the South and East side and the garage. Hand written on verso: "By Frank Lloyd Wright. Westcott House, Springfield, Ohio, 1912. 1340 E. High Street. Present owner Roscoe Pierce, who bought house in 1927." In dating this photograph the date written on the back (1912), presents a few questions. A brief history: When Burton Westcott's father passed away in 1907, he inherited the Westcott Carriage Co. located in Richmond, Ohio. He converted the company to the Westcott Motor Car Co. and produced the first two-seater (seen on the far right) in 1909. By 1911 they were producing a larger sedan, seen to the left of the two-seater. Around 1915, Burton moved the company from Richmond to Springfield, about 190 miles to the west. Westcott would have been driving the latest models of his vehicles, but it is difficult to date the vehicles in the photograph. Production continued until 1925, so this photograph would have been taken between 1910-1925, so most likely 1912 is correct. The Oak Park Public Library attributes this photograph to Grant Manson. Manson was born in 1904. That would have place Manson at 8 years old. So most likely Manson acquired the photograph but did not take it... Continue... 0114.06.1011 1912 Burton J. Westcott Residence (1907 - S.099), circa 1912. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1907, completed 1909-1911. Viewed from the South. Dining Room on the left, Living Room in the center, Sitting Room on the far right, first floor. Photographed at the same time as S#114.06. Noted that the second floor "Veranda" (balcony) has been enclosed, which was not originally intended by Wright. Acquired from the Art Institute of Chicago. Original 4.75 x 2.75 B&W Print. 0114.07.1011 C 1912 Ward W. Willits Residence, Highland Park, Illinois, Circa 1912 (1901 - S.054). Viewed from the South. Photographed circa 1912. Copy photograph of the Ward Willits House. Text on face: "Willits House, Highland Park, Illinois. "ËśThe house on the prairie a well developed type by 1901." "ťThis photograph was taken shortly after the photograph published in Frank Lloyd Wright, Chicago, Wright, 1911, p.50. Changes include removal of trees very close to the house. Remaining trees are nearly identical in their growth. It is nearly identical to a photograph published in "The Work of the American Architect Frank Lloyd Wright," 1925, p.55. Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Willits House in 1901, one of his first Prairie styled houses. Ward W. Willits was the president of the Adams and Westlake Company, a brass and bronze foundry. Orlando Giannini, an artist who designed art glass and murals for Wright, also worked for Adams and Westlake. In 1905, Willits and his wife accompanied Frank and Catherine Wright on their first trip to Japan. Stamped on verso: "Date Used, May 22 1977." Original 7.5 x 4.5 B&W photograph. 0114.39.0323 1913 1913 Sherman M. Booth Summer Cottage, Glencoe, Illinois, Exterior view 1913 (1911 - S.178). View of the Booth Summer Cottage shortly after construction was completed. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1911. 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. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. (S#120.22) 0120.22.0121 1913 Sherman M. Booth Summer Cottage, Glencoe, Illinois, Exterior view 1913 (1911 - S.178). View of the Booth Summer Cottage shortly after construction was completed. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1911. 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. 8 x 8 B&W photograph. 0120.23.0121 Circa 1913 Isidore Heller Residence Entrance, Chicago, Circa 1913 (1896 - S.038). View from the Southeast of the entrance. The large limestone columns on either side of the entrance are octagonal in shape, with ornamental Sullivanesque capitals. The columns support three square frieze panels with a quatrefoil design. The entrance is framed with a billet molding. The Art Institute of Chicago dates this photograph before 1914. Ida Heller, Isidore Heller's wife, past away in 1909. Isidore Heller lived in the home a few more years, but sold it and moved in 1913. Not confirmed, but the gentleman in the photograph could be Isidore Heller. (Note lamp to the right of the entrance. Changed in later images.) Courtesy of The Art Institute of Chicago. 6 x 10 B&W photograph.  See our Wright Study on the Heller Residence. 0120.15.0514 C 1913 Francis W. Little Residence II, Northome, Wayzata, Minn. Exterior View 1913 (1912 - S.173). Mrs. Little seated on the stairs leading to the Entrance of the second Little residence. Viewed from the Southeast. The bedroom wing is on the far left, the Living Room is in the background on the right. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1912. Text on sleeve: "Wright, F. L. - Little, F Ho2, 4-1. Francis W. Little House II. Ext., front entrance. Deephaven, MN, USA., 1912-13, 1972. Wright, Frank Lloyd. U of Virginia FAIC." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. 0114.33.0420 C 1913 Francis W. Little Residence II, Northome, Wayzata, Minn. Exterior View Circa 1915 (1912 - S.173). Exterior view of the second Little residence shortly after completion. Viewed from the lake side. The Bedroom Wing is on the left, the dining room is below. The Living Room on the right, and the Screened Pavilion is on the far right. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1912. Two copies: A) Text on sleeve: “Wright, F. L. - Little, F Ho2, 4-3. Francis W. Little House II. Ext., view from lake (sic). Deephaven, MN, USA., 1912-13, 1972. Wright, Frank Lloyd. U of Virginia FAIC.” Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. A) 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. B) 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0114.34.0420 (A&B) 1913 Francis W. Little House Living Room 1913.  "200B. Francis W. Little House, 'Northome' R.F.D. 3, Wayzata, Minn. 1913 - Living Room."  Photographic copy of Plate 200b, "In The Nature of Material" Hitchcock, 1942.  Verso label: "The Living Room from the Francis Little House, Wayzata, Minn. 1912-1914.  Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.  The Metropolitan Museum of Art.  The Emily C. Chadbourne Bequest.  Photo by Hollis, courtesy Henry-Russell Hitchcock."  8 x 10 silver gelatin photo. 0120.03.0207 1913 Francis W. Little House Living Room, 1913. Photographic copy of Plate 200b, "In The Nature of Material" Hitchcock, 1942. Clipping pasted to verso: "At home. Frank Lloyd Wright's majestic living room for the F. W. Little house in Wayzata, Minnesota, (1912-1915) is to be rebuilt in the enlarged American wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Kansas City Star. Sunday, May 21, 1972." Stamped on clipping: "May 21, 1972." Acquired from the archives from the Kansas City Star. Original 7 x 5.5 B&W photograph. 0120.19.1217 1913 Midway Garden, Chicago, Illinois, Winter Garden Sculpture Drawing 1913 (1913 - S.180). Drawing for the Winter Garden Sculpture. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1913, the sculptures were executed by Alfonso Iannelli. Midway Gardens was built in 1914 and demolished in 1929. Two fountains were located in the Winter Garden, one at either end of the promenade. As you enter Midway Gardens through the Belvedere, stairs lead down to the Promenade. This fountain was originally located in the center of the stairs. The promenade lead to the Winter Garden Restaurant. In 1953, Iannelli wrote an essay for his unpublished book. "My last problems were two fountains at the entry of the dining room which was worked out by John (Lloyd Wright) and me on the Cube theme "children sprites playing over and around the Cube" a playful garland of planes winding over and around, protruding and receding into the mass. Mr. Wright made some suggestions as it was being carried out." Alfanso Iannelli, Jameson, 2013, p.80-81. Hand Written lower left: "0107.01." It was later renumbered "1401.213." Text lower right: "Front Elevation." Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library. 10 x 6.75 B&W photograph. 0120.27.0122 1914 C 1914 Harry S. Adams Residence (1913 - S.179) Circa 1914. Wright's first proposal was more extensive than the finished project, and was dated September 4, 1912. Wright's second proposal was dated May 31, 1913. Both were rejected as too elaborate, and the third scaled down proposal was one of Wright's last prairie homes to be completed. 710 Augusta Blvd., Oak Park. Viewed from across the street. Photographed by Henry Fuermann. Original 10 x 6.75 B&W photograph. 0124.16.0112 C 1914 Herbert Angster Residence, Lake Bluff, Illinois, Circa 1914 (1911 - S.169). Perspective view of the Herbert Angster Residence from the Southwest. Only one photograph of the Angster House has survived to date, a perspective view seen from the Southwest. It is in the Lake Bluff History Museum and was published in the Independence Day, July 4th, 1914 booklet. The covered porch and master bedroom are on the left. An entry to the living-dining room is in the center. The living room is to the right. A built-in flower box is on the left side of the living room. Lake Michigan can bearly be seen in the background on the far right. The guest bedroom is on the second floor. Hitchcock noted in In The Nature of Materials, 1942, "The Angster house, like many of the houses of this decade, is so set among trees it cannot be adequately photographed." Courtesy of the Lake Bluff History Museum, Lake Bluff, Illinois. 10 x 5 B&W photograph 0124.56.0923 C 1914-15 Mrs. Lydia Avery Coonley Ward. The Mother of Wright client Avery Coonley (1907 - S.135) Circa 1914-15. Lydia Avery Coonley was born in Virginia on Jan 31, 1845 to Benjamin Franklin and Susan Look Avery. Lydia Avery Coonley became a writer, publishing many poems. One poem entitled "Indian Summer", was published in the Nov 3, 1894 "The Outlook". She compiled a number of poems and published "Singing Verses for Children". She was also the author of "Under The Pines and Other Verses", published in 1895 by another client of Wright's, Chauncey Williams, of Way & Williams. She also wrote and published "Washington and Lincoln". She was active in the women's movement, and was president of the Chicago Women's Club from 1895-1896. On March 18, 1897, Lydia Avery Coonley, a wealthy Chicago widow, married Naturalist Henry Augustus Ward. Original 3 x 4.25 B&W photograph. Courtesy of the New York Public Library. 0124.15.0112 C 1914 Grace Fuller Circa 1914 (1906 - S.123). Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Grace Fuller House in 1906. No evidence has been found to date that the house was ever built. According to Karen Ettelson of the Glencoe Historical Society, Grace Fuller was a leader of the community for quite some time before Wright prepared his 1906 designs for her. She lived in the Thomas Allen home on the corner of Hazel Avenue and Sheridan Road, Glencoe. Thomas Allen was the father of Grace's deceased fiance. Grace became Mr. Allen's caregiver during the final years of his life and when he died in 1897, he left the house and the bulk of his very extensive estate (adjusted for inflation and estimated in current dollars to be approximately $1.7 million) to Grace. She lived there until 1924 when she sold the property. This photograph came from the 1914 Aurora Senior Class Annual for Michigan State Normal College (which is now Eastern Michigan University). At that time, Grace Fuller was Dean of Women and Head of the Household Arts Department although she left the College shortly thereafter in August of 1914. The Glencoe Historical Society has researched Grace Fuller's life extensively, yet, she remains one of our greatest mysteries. Courtesy of the Glencoe Historical Society. 8 x 10 Color photograph. 0124.47.0221 C 1914 Hotel Geneva, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, Circa 1914 (1911 - S.171). Not Dated. View of the entrance to the Hotel Geneva. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1911. The drive appears to be gravel. It does not appear that the area in front of the lobby has been landscaped yet. Tall light poles is visible above large base. Smaller globes are on the pedestals on either side of the stairs leading to the lobby. The "Hotel Geneva" lettered across the front of the Lobby above the windows does not yet exist. There is a horse and buggy to the far right behind the automobile. Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 0124.68.0724 1914 Midway Garden Sprite.  Chicago Architectural Photographing Company, Chicago.  Original gelatin silver photograph printed by photographer Clarence Fuermann (1883-1983).  Printed in the early 1960s from the original negative (1913-14).  Clarence Fuermann of Henry Fuermann and Sons.  The original image was published in "The Life-Work of the American Architect Frank Lloyd Wright" 1925, page 76, center.  8 x 10. For more information see our Midway Gardens Study. 1407.01.0406 Circa 1914 Midway Garden (1913 - S.180) Male Sprite 1913-14. Male sprite holding a geometric dodecahedron, in the Northeast corner of the Winter Garden. This sculpture appeared only once in the Midway Gardens. In the May, 1915 issue of "The International Studio" the caption read "Sprites designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, executed by Alfonso Iannelli". A dispute arose between Iannelli and Wright as to who designed the sculptures. Published in "Life Work of the American Architect Frank Lloyd Wright", 1925, page 77. Original 4 x 10.5 B&W photograph. Photographed by Clarence Fuermann. 0124.17.0712 Circa 1914 Midway Garden (1913 - S.180) Female Sprite 1913-14. Female Sprite holding triangle in the Northwest corner of the Winter Garden. This sculpture appeared only once in the Midway Gardens. In the May, 1915 issue of "The International Studio" the caption read "Sprites designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, executed by Alfonso Iannelli". A dispute arose between Iannelli and Wright as to who designed the sculptures. Published in "The International Studio", May, 1915, page LXXXI. Original 4 x 10.5 B&W photograph. Photographed by Clarence Fuermann. 0124.18.0712 Circa 1914 Midway Garden (1913 - S.180) Female Sprite 1913-14. Female sprite holding a sphere, in the Southeast corner of the Winter Garden. This sculpture appeared only once in the Midway Gardens. In the May, 1915 issue of "The International Studio" the caption read "Sprites designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, executed by Alfonso Iannelli". A dispute arose between Iannelli and Wright as to who designed the sculptures. Original 4 x 10.5 B&W photograph. Photographed by Clarence Fuermann. 0124.19.0712 1914 Midway Gardens Summer Garden 1914. Photographed by Henry Fuermann & Sons in September 1914. The Southeast corner of the interior, viewed from the North Terrace looking out over the Summer Garden. The Winter Garden on the left, the South Belvedere is in the center, and the South Arcade is on the right. Vases, Totem poles and Light Tree are visible in the foreground. Label pasted to verso: "Photo caption: Nostalgia buffs will get a glimpse of the past at the flower show where 'Memories of Midway Gardens' has been recreated by the Chicago School of Architecture Foundation. This unique entertainment complex was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1914 and located near the University of Chicago. The original Midway Gardens (pictured here) was a center for good entertainment, food and music and was designed by Wright as a synthesis of architecture, sculpture and painting. The mini-Midway gardens at the Flower Show was designed by Joe Karr and Associates who designed the courtyard garden at Glessner House, home of the Chicago School of Architecture Foundation, 1800 S. Prairie Avenue." Stamped on verso: Mar 29 1973". Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Tribune. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0124.14.1211 1914 Midway Garden Entrance (1914).  Chicago Architectural Photographing Company, photographer Clarence Fuermann (1883-1983), Chicago, (Note: "Domino's Collection" page 152;  "In The Nature of Materials", page xvi, no. 194).  Purchased from "The Architectural Forum". Note on back indicates it was used by Arthur Drexler - MOMA. This image published in "Frank Lloyd Wright: Writings and Buildings" 1960, Edgar Kaufmann and Ben Raeburn, page 120.  "Frank Lloyd Wright and Midway Gardens" 1998, Paul Kruty, page g. "Frank Lloyd Wright: Preserving an Architectural Heritage, Domino’s Collection" David A. Hanks, page 89.  8 x 10. For more information see our Midway Gardens Study. 1407.02.0706 1914 Midway Gardens 1914. Photographed by Henry Fuermann & Sons in 1914. Cottage Grove Avenue viewed from the Northeast. The Winter Garden to the left side of this image, the Tavern is on the right. Both towers are prominent above the Winter Garden. Patterned concrete blocks, Two Queen of the Gardens and three Sprite statues are visible. Caption on face: "The Chicago Architectural Photographing Co. Midway Gardens, Cottage Grove Avenue at 60th Street, Chicago, Illinois, 1914. Demolished." Stamped on verso: "Field Enterprises, Inc. Oct 1968." published in "Frank Lloyd Wright: Writings and Buildings" 1960, Edgar Kaufmann and Ben Raeburn, page 120.  "Frank Lloyd Wright and Midway Gardens" 1998, Paul Kruty, page g. "Frank Lloyd Wright: Preserving an Architectural Heritage, Domino’s Collection" David A. Hanks, page 89. Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. For more information see our Midway Gardens Study. 0124.12.0911 1914 Midway Gardens, Chicago, Illinois, 1914 (1913 - S.180). Set of six photographs of Midway Gardens, held in the collection of the Oak Park Public Library. View of the North entrance from Cottage Grove Avenue. The entrance includes three cantilevered and trellised roof overhangs, patterned balcony concrete blocks, decorative metal fascia cornices and two Sprites. Front doors, which open outward, leading into the Belvedere are hidden approximately twenty-five feet within the entrance. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1913. These photographs were produced in the late 1970s. Hand written on verso: "Midway 41D." Photographed by Henry Fuermann & Sons. Original 5 x 3.5 B&W photograph. 0124.46.0920 (1-6) 1914 Study photograph of the 1914 Midway Garden real photo postcard. View of the Midway Gardens from the Southeast. Very early nighttime photograph. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1913. On June 27th, 1914, the Midway Gardens officially opened with the National Symphony Orchestra. It had two excellent years as an entertainment center providing exceptional dining, orchestra music, opera, exotic dancers and in 1915, Anna Pavlova, the famous Russian Dancer. Although success at first, Midway Gardens struggled financially. After only two years, on May 31, 1916, Midway Gardens was sold to the Edelweiss Brewery, turned into a beer garden and renamed "Edelweiss Gardens." The building was demolished in October of 1929. Very early nighttime photograph. Due to the postcard lacking quality, we scanned the photo postcard at 600 DPI, enlarged the image to 10 x 6.5 in order to enhance and study the details in the photograph. Text on face: Midway Gardens, Chicago." Original postcard published by AZO. AZO manufactured postcards between 1910 to 1930. Original real photo postcard. 5.4 x 3.4. 10 x 6.5 Color photograph. 0124.50.1121 1914 Exotic Dancers, Midway Gardens 1914.  Photographed by Collins (emboss on verso of board).  Possibly a publicity photograph or souvenir a that could be purchased as a keepsake, 4.75 x 3.6, mounted to decorative board 6.76 x 5.8.  Photograph 4.75 x 3.6. For more information see our Midway Gardens Study. 0124.03.0407 1914 Ravine Bluffs Development, Glencoe, Illinois, Ravine Bluffs Subdivision, 1914 (FLLW #1516.15). 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...  Continue... 0124.66.0624 1914 Marionette Theatre 1914. The Marionette Theatre was displayed at an exhibition of Wright's work entitled "The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright" at The Art Institute of Chicago in 1914. The Marionette Theatre was designed in 1908 for his son Llewellyn. The engraved masque reads, "To Fashion Worlds in Little - Making Form As God Does One With Spirit - So God Makes Use Of Poets", an adaptation of a passage from Richard Harvey's "Taliesin". This quote was used three years before Wright began building Taliesin I in 1911. Also visible in the photograph is a Coonley Playhouse window (1912 - S.1912) and three Print Stands. The shorter version seen on the left behind the Puppet Theater and the taller version seen on the right. A smaller desk top Print Stand can be seen in the center. Also seen behind the print stands center right are small models of the Midway Gardens Sprite maquettes. Published in Taliesin 1911-1914, Menocal, 1992, p.49. Text bottom left: "12024." Hand written on verso: "F. L. Wright. An exhibition of his architectural designs, Sept. 25 to Oct 12, 1930 (sic) at the Chicago Art Institute, shown concurrently with an exhibition of Japanese prints, from Buckingham called, By Utagaina Toyakuni." Stamped on verso: "Photographic Archive, Art History Department, University of Minnesota." Acquired from the achieves of the University of Minnesota. Original '7.5 x 10 B&W photograph. For more information see our Wright Study on the Japanese Print Stand. 0124.41.0420 1914 Marionette Theatre 1914. The Marionette Theatre was displayed at an exhibition of Wright's work entitled "The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright" at The Art Institute of Chicago in 1914. The Marionette Theatre was designed in 1908 for his son Llewellyn. The engraved masque reads, "To Fashion Worlds in Little - Making Form As God Does One With Spirit - So God Makes Use Of Poets", an adaptation of a passage from Richard Harvey's "Taliesin". This quote was used three years before Wright began building Taliesin I in 1911. Also visible in the photograph is a Coonley Playhouse window (1912 - S.1912) and three Print Stands. The shorter version seen on the left behind the Puppet Theater and the taller version seen on the right. A smaller desk top Print Stand can be seen in the center. 7.75 x 10 B&W print. Courtesy of The Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust. For more information see our Wright Study on the Japanese Print Stand. 0124.13.1211 1914 Frank Lloyd Wright at Exhibition 1914. The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright at The 27th Annual Exhibition of the Chicago Architectural Club, held at the Art Institute of Chicago in the Spring of 1914. Midway Gardens model is in the foreground on the right. The reverse side of the Marionette Theatre, designed in 1908 for his son Llewellyn, is in the center. There are five Print Stands visible in this image. The two taller floor versions are seen on the far left and the right. The shorter table top version is to the right of center. Not seen before are the two desk top versions seen in the foreground on the left, and behind it in the background. Drawings are on the wall in the background. Three Midway Gardens Sprite maquettes are visible, two on the ledge to the left, and on in the background in the center. Published in Wright on Exhibit, Smith, 2017, p.38; The Chicago Architectural Club, Hasbrouck, 2005, p.425. Photographed by Henry Fuermann & Sons. '7.5 x 10 B&W photograph. (S#124.42) 0124.42.0420 1914 Frank Lloyd Wright at Exhibition 1914. The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright at The 27th Annual Exhibition of the Chicago Architectural Club, held at the Art Institute of Chicago in the Spring of 1914. Midway Gardens model is in the foreground. The reverse side of the Marionette Theatre, designed in 1908 for his son Llewellyn, is to the left. There are five Print Stands visible in this image. The two taller floor versions are seen on the far left and the right. The shorter table top version is in the center of the group. Not seen before are the two desk top versions seen in the foreground on the left, and directly behind it. The Call Building model 1 is to the right. Four Midway Gardens Sprite maquettes are visible, "Queen of the Gardens" and a "Sprite" are on the left, a "Triangle Sprite" is in the center background, and a "Cube Sprite" on the right. Drawings are on the wall in the background. Published in Wright on Exhibit, Smith, 2017, p.35; The Chicago Architectural Club, Hasbrouck, 2005, p.425. Photographed by Henry Fuermann & Sons. 10 x 7.5 B&W photograph. 0124.43.0520 1914 Frank Lloyd Wright at Exhibition 1914. The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright at The 27th Annual Exhibition of the Chicago Architectural Club, held at the Art Institute of Chicago in the Spring of 1914. Midway Gardens model is in the center. The Call Building model 1 is in the center background. The Coonley playhouse model and window are along the wall to the right. There are four visible Midway Gardens Sprite maquettes, "Queen of the Gardens" and a "Sprite" are on the left, a "Sphere Sprite" is along the wall behind the Midway Gardens model, and an "Octagonal Sprite" is on the right. Drawings cover the walls in the background. Published in Wright on Exhibit, Smith, 2017, p.37; The The Chicago Architectural Club, Hasbrouck, 2005, p.425. Photographed by Henry Fuermann & Sons. 10 x 7.75 B&W photograph. 0124.44.0520 1914 Frank Lloyd Wright at Exhibition 1914. The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright at The 27th Annual Exhibition of the Chicago Architectural Club, held at the Art Institute of Chicago in the Spring of 1914. Midway Gardens model is in the center. The Marionette Theater and five print stands are in the center background. The Marionette Theater was designed in 1908 for his son Llewellyn. The Call Building model 1 is in the background to the right. There are five visible Midway Gardens Sprite maquettes, a "Sprite" and "Queen of the Gardens" are on the left, a "Sprite" with baton is to the right of the plant, a Triangle Sprite" is along the wall in the center, and an "Octagonal Sprite" is on the right. Drawings cover the walls in the background. Published in Wright on Exhibit, Smith, 2017, p.34. Photographed by Henry Fuermann & Sons. 10 x 7.8 B&W photograph. 0124.45.0520 1914 Taliesin I Entrance Gate circa 1914 (1911 - S.172). Picnic near Taliesin Gate. A group of unidentified picnic goers relaxing near the gate at Taliesin. Taliesin I was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1911. The Entrance masonry was built between 1911-1912. Taliesin was partially destroyed by fire on August 15, 1914. Group of seven photographs pasted front and back to a scrap book page. Acquired from the granddaughter of Emma Stephenson who lived in Mineral Point, Wisconsin, 25 miles South of Taliesin. The photograph album from which these photos were taken begins in February of 1914. 1) Bottom Center: Group of picnicker standing at the open entrance gate at Taliesin. Large Wright designed planter urns set atop the walls and piers constructed of Limestone...  Continue... 0124.28.0918 1914 Wright at 47. Circa 1914. Portrait of Wright facing slightly to the left. This was taken about the time he was completing Midway Gardens. Published in "An Autobiography, Frank Lloyd Wright", page 192a. 4.6 x 7 Print, High res digital image. 0124.09.0709 1915   American System-Built Houses (1915-17 - S.200-204). In a letter written by Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer dated May 9, 1972, Pfeiffer writes, "Frank Lloyd Wright began work, in 1911 on a scheme of precut, prefabricated housing called the American System-Built Homes..." American System-Built Houses, McArthur, 1985, p.13. "The drawing file for the American System-Built Houses is the largest in the Taliesin archives, over nine hundred sheets the greater part of which are working drawings done in ink on waxed linen tracing cloth. Work on this particular project went on over a period of many years, from 1911 to 1917. The size of the file bears witness to the importance of the work, especially since Frank Lloyd Wright believed that by means of the machine and prefabrication, housing on a moderate scale cost could be produced in the United States..." Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 4, Pfeiffer, 1985, p.92. It would appear that Pfeiffer believes that the concept was completely Wright's. But Pfeiffer writes that in 1915, "Arthur Richards... "then employed Wright to design a system of low-cost homes, called The American Ready-Cut System or American System-Built Houses." Wright 1885-1916, Pfeiffer, 2011, p.483. In 1992, from January 24 - February 22, Kelmscott Gallery, exhibited a dozen previously unpublished designs of Frank Lloyd Wright's American System-Built Houses.   C 1915 American System-Built Houses, Model A101, Circa 1915-1917 (1915-17 - S.200-204). Photograph of the promotional page for Model A101. In 1911, Frank Lloyd Wright began work on a concept for precut, prefabricated housing called the American System-Built Homes. In 1915, Wright partnered with Arthur Richards and produced a line of prefabricated homes. Promotional material was produced to facilitate the sale of the homes. Text of face: "American Model A101. Patents Applied For. American System-Built Houses. Designed By Frank Lloyd Wright. The Richards Company Proprietors. Milwaukee." Original size of the flyer, 8.5 x 11. 8 x 10 color photograph courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art. 0128.22.1216 C 1915 American System-Built Houses, Model A221, Circa 1915-1917 (1915-17 - S.200-204). Photograph of the promotional page for Model A221. In 1911, Frank Lloyd Wright began work on a concept for precut, prefabricated housing called the American System-Built Homes. In 1915, Wright partnered with Arthur Richards and produced a line of prefabricated homes. Promotional material was produced to facilitate the sale of the homes. Text of face: "American Model A221. Patents Applied For. American System-Built Houses. Designed By Frank Lloyd Wright. The Richards Company Proprietors. Milwaukee." Original size of the flyer, 8.5 x 11. 8 x 10 color photograph courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art. 0128.23.1216 C 1915 American System-Built Houses, Model A231, Circa 1915-1917 (1915-17 - S.200-204). Photograph of the promotional page for Model A231. In 1911, Frank Lloyd Wright began work on a concept for precut, prefabricated housing called the American System-Built Homes. In 1915, Wright partnered with Arthur Richards and produced a line of prefabricated homes. Promotional material was produced to facilitate the sale of the homes. Text of face: "American Model A231. Patents Applied For. American System-Built Houses. Designed By Frank Lloyd Wright. The Richards Company Proprietors. Milwaukee." Original size of the flyer, 8.5 x 11. 8 x 10 color photograph courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art. 0128.24.1216 C 1915 American System-Built Houses, Model A243, Circa 1915-1917 (1915-17 - S.200-204). Photograph of the promotional page for Model A243. In 1911, Frank Lloyd Wright began work on a concept for precut, prefabricated housing called the American System-Built Homes. In 1915, Wright partnered with Arthur Richards and produced a line of prefabricated homes. Promotional material was produced to facilitate the sale of the homes. Text of face: "American Model A243. Patents Applied For. American System-Built Houses. Designed By Frank Lloyd Wright. The Richards Company Proprietors. Milwaukee." Original size of the flyer, 8.5 x 11. 8 x 10 color photograph courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art. 0128.25.1216 C 1915 American System-Built Houses, Model B1 Floor Plan, Circa 1915-1917 (1915-17 - S.200-204). Photograph of the promotional page for Model B1 Floor Plan. In 1911, Frank Lloyd Wright began work on a concept for precut, prefabricated housing called the American System-Built Homes. In 1915, Wright partnered with Arthur Richards and produced a line of prefabricated homes. Promotional material was produced to facilitate the sale of the homes. Text of face: "American Model B1. Patents Applied For. American System-Built Houses. Designed By Frank Lloyd Wright. The Richards Company Proprietors. Milwaukee." Original size of the flyer, 8.5 x 11. 8 x 10 color photograph courtesy of the Library of Congress. 0128.46.1216 C 1915 American System-Built Houses, Model B11, Circa 1915-1917 (1915-17 - S.200-204). Photograph of the promotional page for Model B11. In 1911, Frank Lloyd Wright began work on a concept for precut, prefabricated housing called the American System-Built Homes. In 1915, Wright partnered with Arthur Richards and produced a line of prefabricated homes. Promotional material was produced to facilitate the sale of the homes. Text of face: "American Model B11. Patents Applied For. American System-Built Houses. Designed By Frank Lloyd Wright. The Richards Company Proprietors. Milwaukee." Original size of the flyer, 8.5 x 11. 8 x 10 color photograph courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art. 0128.26.1216 C 1915  American System-Built Houses, Model B23, Circa 1915-1917 (1915-17 - S.200-204). Photograph of the promotional page for Model B23. In 1911, Frank Lloyd Wright began work on a concept for precut, prefabricated housing called the American System-Built Homes. In 1915, Wright partnered with Arthur Richards and produced a line of prefabricated homes. Promotional material was produced to facilitate the sale of the homes. Text of face: "American Model B23. Patents Applied For. American System-Built Houses. Designed By Frank Lloyd Wright. The Richards Company Proprietors. Milwaukee." Original size of the flyer, 8.5 x 11. 8 x 10 color photograph courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art. 0128.27.1216 C 1915 American System-Built Houses, Model C3, Circa 1915-1917 (1915-17 - S.200-204). Photograph of the promotional page for Model C3. In 1911, Frank Lloyd Wright began work on a concept for precut, prefabricated housing called the American System-Built Homes. In 1915, Wright partnered with Arthur Richards and produced a line of prefabricated homes. Promotional material was produced to facilitate the sale of the homes. Text of face: "American Model C3. Patents Applied For. American System-Built Houses. Designed By Frank Lloyd Wright. The Richards Company Proprietors. Milwaukee." Original size of the flyer, 8.5 x 11. 8 x 10 color photograph courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art. Also an original 8 x 10 B&W photograph acquired from the Kelmscott Gallery, produced for a exhibit held at the Gallery on January 24 - February 22, 1992. 0128.28.1216 0128.29.1216 C 1915 American System-Built Houses, Model C3 Floor Plan, Circa 1915-1917 (1915-17 - S.200-204). Photograph of the promotional page for Model C3 Floor Plan. In 1911, Frank Lloyd Wright began work on a concept for precut, prefabricated housing called the American System-Built Homes. In 1915, Wright partnered with Arthur Richards and produced a line of prefabricated homes. Promotional material was produced to facilitate the sale of the homes. Text of face: "American Model C3. Patents Applied For. American System-Built Houses. Designed By Frank Lloyd Wright. The Richards Company Proprietors. Milwaukee." Original size of the flyer, 8.5 x 11. 8 x 10 color photograph courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art. Also an original 8 x 10 B&W photograph acquired from the Kelmscott Gallery, produced for a exhibit held at the Gallery on January 24 - February 22, 1992. 0128.30.1216 0128.31.1216 C 1915 American System-Built Houses, Model C3 Interior, Circa 1915-1917 (1915-17 - S.200-204). Photograph of the promotional page for Model C3 Interior. In 1911, Frank Lloyd Wright began work on a concept for precut, prefabricated housing called the American System-Built Homes. In 1915, Wright partnered with Arthur Richards and produced a line of prefabricated homes. Promotional material was produced to facilitate the sale of the homes. Text of face: "American Model C3. Patents Applied For. American System-Built Houses. Designed By Frank Lloyd Wright. The Richards Company Proprietors. Milwaukee." Original size of the flyer, 8.5 x 11. 8 x 10 color photograph courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art. Also an original 8 x 10 B&W photograph acquired from the Kelmscott Gallery, produced for a exhibit held at the Gallery on January 24 - February 22, 1992. 0128.32.1216 0128.47.1216 C 1915 American System-Built Houses, Model C3 Interior, Circa 1915-1916 (1915-17 - S.200-204). Lower Photograph: Photograph of the original perspective illustration for bungalow Model C3 interior. In 1911, Frank Lloyd Wright began work on a concept for precut, prefabricated housing called the American System-Built Homes. In 1915, Wright partnered with Arthur Richards and produced a line of prefabricated homes. Text on face: "The Wright State. Frank Lloyd Wright in Wisconsin. September 11 - November 8, 1992. Milwaukee Art Museum... Perspective of Bungalow Living Room, American System-Built Homes, Milwaukee, 1915-1916. Copyright 1984 The Frank Lloyd Wright Archives." Text on face of illustration: "C3. American Model. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect - Chicago." Text on illustration bottom right: "Patent Applied For." Clipping pasted to verso: "Milwaukee Art Museum. The photograph of Frank Lloyd Wright (above) in the Garden at Taliesin, Wis., taken Sept. 1, 1939, will be part of the museum's exhibit "Frank Lloyd Wright in Wisconsin," Sept. 11 through Nov 8. Also on display will be a work station (right) designed for the S. C. Johnson and Son Administration Building in Racine." Stamped on clipping" FR Sep 4 - 1992." Upper Photograph: S. C. Johnson Work Station, Desk and Office Chair, 1944. Text: "Work Station (Desk and Chair), S.C. Johnson and Son Administration Building, Racine, 1944. Courtesy S.C. Johnson and Son, Inc. Photo by P. Richard Eells." Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 0128.66.1019 C 1915 American System-Built Houses, Model D1, Circa 1915-1917 (1915-17 - S.200-204). Photograph of the promotional page for Model D1. In 1911, Frank Lloyd Wright began work on a concept for precut, prefabricated housing called the American System-Built Homes. In 1915, Wright partnered with Arthur Richards and produced a line of prefabricated homes. Promotional material was produced to facilitate the sale of the homes. Text of face: "American Model D1. Patents Applied For. American System-Built Houses. Designed By Frank Lloyd Wright. The Richards Company Proprietors. Milwaukee." Original size of the flyer, 8.5 x 11. 8 x 10 color photograph courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art. 0128.33.1216 C 1915 American System-Built Houses, Model D1 Floor Plan, Circa 1915-1917 (1915-17 - S.200-204). Photograph of the promotional page for Model D1 Floor Plan. In 1911, Frank Lloyd Wright began work on a concept for precut, prefabricated housing called the American System-Built Homes. In 1915, Wright partnered with Arthur Richards and produced a line of prefabricated homes. Promotional material was produced to facilitate the sale of the homes. Text of face: "American Model D1. American System-Built Houses. Designed By Frank Lloyd Wright. The Richards Company Proprietors. Milwaukee." Original size of the flyer, 8.5 x 11. 8 x 10 color photograph courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art. 0128.34.1216 C 1915 American System-Built Houses, Model D1 Floor Plan Second Floor, Circa 1915-1917 (1915-17 - S.200-204). Photograph of the promotional page for Model D1 Floor Plan for the Second Floor. In 1911, Frank Lloyd Wright began work on a concept for precut, prefabricated housing called the American System-Built Homes. In 1915, Wright partnered with Arthur Richards and produced a line of prefabricated homes. Promotional material was produced to facilitate the sale of the homes. Text of face: "American Model D1. American System-Built Houses. Designed By Frank Lloyd Wright. The Richards Company Proprietors. Milwaukee." Original size of the flyer, 8.5 x 11. 8 x 10 color photograph courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art. 0128.35.1216 C 1915 American System-Built Houses, Model D101, Circa 1915-1917 (1915-17 - S.200-204). Photograph of the promotional page for Model D101. In 1911, Frank Lloyd Wright began work on a concept for precut, prefabricated housing called the American System-Built Homes. In 1915, Wright partnered with Arthur Richards and produced a line of prefabricated homes. Promotional material was produced to facilitate the sale of the homes. Text of face: "American Model D101. Patents Applied For. American System-Built Houses. Designed By Frank Lloyd Wright. The Richards Company Proprietors. Milwaukee." Original size of the flyer, 8.5 x 11. 8 x 10 color photograph courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art. Also an original 8 x 10 B&W photograph acquired from the Kelmscott Gallery, produced for a exhibit held at the Gallery on January 24 - February 22, 1992. 0128.36.1216 0128.37.1216 C 1915 American System-Built Houses, Model E3, Circa 1915-1917 (1915-17 - S.200-204). Photograph of the promotional page for Model E3. In 1911, Frank Lloyd Wright began work on a concept for precut, prefabricated housing called the American System-Built Homes. In 1915, Wright partnered with Arthur Richards and produced a line of prefabricated homes. Promotional material was produced to facilitate the sale of the homes. Text of face: "American Model E3. Patents Applied For. American System-Built Houses. Designed By Frank Lloyd Wright. The Richards Company Proprietors. Milwaukee." Original size of the flyer, 8.5 x 11. 8 x 10 color photograph courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art. Also an original 8 x 10 B&W photograph produced for a exhibit held at the Gallery on January 24 - February 22, 1992. Stamped on Verso: "Sun Jan 19 1992". Caption pasted on verso: "A dozen previously unpublished designs for FLW pre-fabricated houses will be shown at the Kelmscott Gallery starting Friday." Acquired from the archives of the Associated Press. Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 0128.38.1216 0128.39.1216 C 1915 American System-Built Houses, Model J400 Floor Plan, Circa 1915-1917 (1915-17 - S.200-204). Photograph of the promotional page for Model J400. In 1911, Frank Lloyd Wright began work on a concept for precut, prefabricated housing called the American System-Built Homes. In 1915, Wright partnered with Arthur Richards and produced a line of prefabricated homes. Promotional material was produced to facilitate the sale of the homes. Text of face: "American Model J400. Patents Applied For. American System-Built Houses. Designed By Frank Lloyd Wright. The Richards Company Proprietors. Milwaukee." Original size of the flyer, 8.5 x 11. 8 x 10 color photograph courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art. 0128.40.1216 C 1915 American System-Built Houses, Model J401, Circa 1915-1917 (1915-17 - S.200-204). Photograph of the promotional page for Model J401. In 1911, Frank Lloyd Wright began work on a concept for precut, prefabricated housing called the American System-Built Homes. In 1915, Wright partnered with Arthur Richards and produced a line of prefabricated homes. Promotional material was produced to facilitate the sale of the homes. Text of face: "American Model J401. Patents Applied For. American System-Built Houses. Designed By Frank Lloyd Wright. The Richards Company Proprietors. Milwaukee." Original size of the flyer, 8.5 x 11. 8 x 10 color photograph courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art. 0128.41.1216 C 1915 American System-Built Houses, Model J900 Floor Plan, Circa 1915-1917 (1915-17 - S.200-204). Photograph of the promotional page for Model J900 Floor Plan. In 1911, Frank Lloyd Wright began work on a concept for precut, prefabricated housing called the American System-Built Homes. In 1915, Wright partnered with Arthur Richards and produced a line of prefabricated homes. Promotional material was produced to facilitate the sale of the homes. Text of face: "American Model J900. Patents Applied For. American System-Built Houses. Designed By Frank Lloyd Wright. The Richards Company Proprietors. Milwaukee." Original size of the flyer, 8.5 x 11. 8 x 10 color photograph courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art. 0128.44.1216 C 1915 American System-Built Houses, Model J902, Circa 1915-1917 (1915-17 - S.200-204). Photograph of the promotional page for Model J902. In 1911, Frank Lloyd Wright began work on a concept for precut, prefabricated housing called the American System-Built Homes. In 1915, Wright partnered with Arthur Richards and produced a line of prefabricated homes. Promotional material was produced to facilitate the sale of the homes. Text of face: "American Model J902. Patents Applied For. American System-Built Houses. Designed By Frank Lloyd Wright. The Richards Company Proprietors. Milwaukee." Original size of the flyer, 8.5 x 11. 8 x 10 color photograph courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art. Also an original 8 x 10 B&W photograph acquired from the Kelmscott Gallery, produced for a exhibit held at the Gallery on January 24 - February 22, 1992. Label on Verso: ".Kelmscott Gallery." 0128.42.1216 0128.43.1216 C 1915 American System-Built Houses, (Generic) Floor Plan, Circa 1915-1917 (1915-17 - S.200-204). Photograph of the promotional page of a Generic Floor Plan. In 1911, Frank Lloyd Wright began work on a concept for precut, prefabricated housing called the American System-Built Homes. In 1915, Wright partnered with Arthur Richards and produced a line of prefabricated homes. Promotional material was produced to facilitate the sale of the homes. Text of face: "American System-Built Houses. Designed By Frank Lloyd Wright. The Richards Company Proprietors. Milwaukee." Original size of the flyer, 8.5 x 11. 8 x 10 color photograph courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art. 0128.45.1216 1915 Sherman Booth Residence Scheme II, Glencoe, Illinois Ground Plan & Elevations 1915 (1915 - S.187) (1915 - FLLW #1502). Ground plan for the Sherman Booth Residence, Scheme II. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1915. Understanding the Sherman M. Booth Stable and Garage is essential in the development of Scheme II. It literally became the foundation of the house that was built. The garage and stables were actually two separate building set at right angles to each other, but not touching. The smaller of the two buildings was the stable. The garage was actually a small, 730 square foot house with two large garage bays.        By the end 1914 the decision was made, and Wright 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. Written on the initial plans were “Alterations of Gardener’s Cottage” and “Alterations of and Additions to Gardener’s Cottage.” On this Ground Plan, FLLW#1502.02, the original two buildings are indicated in “red” lines... Continue... 0128.75.0524 0128.76.0524 0128.77.0524 C 1915 Avery Coonley Playhouse (1912 - S.174) interior, circa 1915. View of the interior from the East end toward the Fireplace. In 1906, Mrs. Coonley formed the Cottage School in Riverside, Illinois, a private independent school. In 1912, Wright designed the Coonley Playhouse to accommodate the growth of the Cottage School. The Fireplace and Stage are in the background. The Kitchen is through the folding doors on the left. The Workshop is through the folding doors on the right. Wright designed art glass decorate the clerestory windows. Wright designed tables and chairs fill the Assembly area. Photographed by Henry Feurmann. Original 10 x 7.75 B&W photograph. 0128.13.0613 C 1915 Robert G. Emmond Residence, LaGrange, Illinois Circa 1915 (not dated) (1892 - S.015). Viewed from the Southwest. Designed and built in 1892 while Frank Lloyd Wright still worked for Louis Sullivan, it is considered one of Wright's "bootlegged" houses. It is similar in design to the Thomas Gale Residence (1892 - S.016) and the Robert Parker Residence (1892 - S.017). It is also one of Wright's earliest designs. According to the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust, "1935 - the terraces were enlarged and enclosed." According to Storrer, "...the Emmond has been resurfaced with brick on the lower story; the terraces have been enlarged and enclosed (about 1935)." The Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust dates this image 1895. The short walls that surround the front Terrace are as originally built. An awning has been added above the front door. The side terrace has been enlarged and covered, and the design somewhat blends with the original design. The roof at this point is flat, and the house today has been restore to this design. The Terrace was later enclosed, and a pitched roof added. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0128.65.0619 C 1915-1920 Samuel & Lena Horner Residence (1908 - S.142). Front exterior viewed from the street, looking South circa 1915-1920. As you entered the sidewalk on the left, you passed the Garden Wall with it's pedestal that begged for a urn. A large prairie styled Robie House urn would have fit perfectly. Turning right into the Garden, you entered the home through the front door. The Reception Room is on the left. Five wide stairs lead up to the balance of the first level. The Living Room is in the center foreground with art glass doors that exit out to an enclosed Terrace. The symmetrical Garden Wall on the far right. Upper level. As you reached the top of the stairs, the Bedrooms and the Bath were reached by turning left. The Balcony on the east (left) above the Reception Room was reached through the two smaller Bedrooms in the center of the upper level. A row of art glass windows were just beneath the roof line of the Master Bedroom in the center. The Balconies had built-in Planters on either end. The low pitch of the roof almost gives the appearance of being flat like the Gale Residence. Photographed by Henry Fuermann. Courtesy of The Art Institute of Chicago. Original 7 x 9 B&W photograph. For more information see our Wright Study on the Horner Residence. 0128.11.0612 C 1915-20 Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Photo Package.  Package of 10 Genuine Photographs, Lake Geneva, Wis.  One photo of Hotel Geneva (1.75 x 2.75").  Grogan Photo Systems, Inc. 0104.03.0602 C 1915-20 Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Photo Package.  Package of 10 Genuine Photographs, Lake Geneva, Wis.  One photo of Hotel Geneva (1.75 x 2.75").  Grogan Photo Systems, Inc. 0104.04.0307 1915 A. D. German Warehouse, Richland Center, Wisconsin, Photograph of Perspective Drawing 1915 (1915 - S.183). Frank Lloyd Wright's perspective drawing of the A. D. German Warehouse gives a clear impression as to Wright's original intent for the building's design. With the added details, never completed: Corner flag poles with hanging light fixtures; Additional concrete lintel, faced with abstract patterns above the projecting roof over the clerestory windows that ran above the entrance; A single entrance with decorative concrete columns; And horizontal sash bars on either end of the plate glass windows. In total, these details complete the design which always appeared as incomplete. 9.5 x 8 Color photograph. 0128.48.1216 C 1915 Portrait of Albert Delvino German, circa 1915. Born December 18, 1875. Frank Lloyd Wright client. Photographed by Hillman, Richland Center, Wisconsin. Courtesy of the AD German Warehouse Conservancy. 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 0128.21.0316 1915 Larkin Building. Darwin D. Martin's desk designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in the Larkin Administration Building (1905) atrium, Buffalo, New York, August 3, 1915 (Martin was CEO of Larkin).  It shows Martin's desk on his return from a family vacation to Yosemite.  The "Welcome Home" flowers are in a Rookwood(?) vase.  In the early 1980s the Kelmscott Gallery acquired this photograph from the estate of Darwin. D. Martin.  It beautifully illustrates Wright's concept of a common workspace for executives and employees.  The desk by Van Dorn Iron Works Company had "drawers of various sizes and designed to provide space for specific forms and papers".  The chair is designed with painted steel and an oak seat. The photograph is so clear that "Tuesday August 3" is visible on a number of desk calendars.  According to the Graycliff Conservatory, Inc., Scott Elliott (Kelmscott Gallery) donated an impressive collection of historic photographs of the Darwin D. Martin family, including a photo album and journal of the Martin family's cross country trip to California including Yosemite National Park in 1915.  The Larkin Company was a mail-order house that sold soap and other household products.  The building was demolished between February and July 1950.  Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright's Larkin Building, Myth and Fact" Quinan, 1989, page 50.  Original silver gelatin 1915 photograph.  Photographer unknown.  7.5 x 7.75. 0128.02.0107 C 1915-20 Pebbles and Balch Remodeling, Oak Park, Circa 1915-20 (1907 - S.131). In the late 1800's, brothers Alonzo and Samuel Pebbles formed a decorating and painting company in Oak Park. In 1898, it was the oldest established business in Oak Park. In 1883 they moved the store to 144 Lake Street, which later became 1107 Lake Street, the address that Frank Lloyd Wright remodeled. By the late 1890's it employed more people than any other private business in Oak Park. Oscar B. Balch moved to Oak Park in 1890, where he joined the firm of A. W. and S. E. Pebbles. Alonzo and Samuel had a third brother who was a well know portrait artist, Frank M. Pebbles. His son, Frank M. Jr. joined his uncle's firm in 1896. Alonzo W. Pebbles past away in 1905, leaving management to his nephew Frank M. Pebbles Jr. Whether he purchased his two uncles interest in the business or he and Balch made arrangements, shortly after Alonzo's death, the name was changed to Pebbles and Balch. It was shortly after that in 1906, that Wright was approached to remodel their shop. It is not clear which partner approached Wright, but Pebbles was the dominate partner in the business and a member with Wright, of the Unity Church in Oak. The partnership did not last long. In 1908, a year... Continue... 0128.61.0519 1915 Chesley R. Perry Residence (1915 - S.188) and Hollis R. Root Residence (1915 - S.189), Glencoe, Illinois, Second Story Plan 1915. Second story plan for the Perry and Root houses designed for Sherman Booth by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1915, (FLLW #1516.01). The initial plan was for all the homes in Ravine Bluffs to be designed by Wright.        A square plan, refined from the Fireproof House Wright designed in 1907 for the April issue of The Ladies' Home Journal. 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.        Text lower left: “Second Story Plan. Roof Line For Lot #10 (Perry).” Text top right: “2. 15 October 1915.” Text lower right: “Lot #22 (Root). Lot #10 (Perry).” The roof of the Perry is illustrated here. A gable is inserted into a flat roof and is the most unique of the five houses. The Root is a flat roof. One other major difference between the Perry and Root is the entrance on the first floor. The Perry is on the “side” of the house, the Root is on the “front... Continue... 0128.78.0624 1915 Hollis R. Root Residence, Glencoe, Illinois, Perspective 1915 (1915 - S.189). Perspective view of the Hollis R. Root Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1915, for Sherman Booth, Wright’s attorney and close friend. The Root Residence was one of five houses designed for the Sherman Booth's Ravine Bluffs Development.        Wright designed five spec houses for Booth’s Ravine Bluffs Development: Perry (1915 - S.188); Root (1915 - S.189); Kier (1915 - S.190); Ross (1915 - S.191) and Kissam (1915 - S.192).        A square plan, refined from the Fireproof House Wright designed in1907 for the April issue of The Ladies' Home Journal. 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 spec house, it was named for the first owner of the house, Root, not Sherman Booth who commissioned the house. The Root House was built on Lot #22, Ravine Bluffs. The exterior was finished in stucco and wood trim. A basement included space for the heater, laundry and storage. The Perry and Root are similar... Continue... 0128.79.0624 1915 Hollis R. Root Residence, Glencoe, Illinois, Elevations 1915 (1915 - S.189). Four elevations for the Hollis R. Root Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1915, for Sherman Booth, Wright’s attorney and close friend. The Root Residence was one of five houses designed for the Sherman Booth's Ravine Bluffs Development.        Wright designed five spec houses for Booth’s Ravine Bluffs Development: Perry (1915 - S.188); Root (1915 - S.189); Kier (1915 - S.190); Ross (1915 - S.191) and Kissam (1915 - S.192).        A square plan, refined from the Fireproof House Wright designed in1907 for the April issue of The Ladies' Home Journal. 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 spec house, it was named for the first owner of the house, Root, not Sherman Booth who commissioned the house. The Root House was built on Lot #22, Ravine Bluffs. The exterior was finished in stucco and wood trim. A basement included space for the heater, laundry and storage. The Perry and Root are similar... Continue... 0128.80.0624 C 1915-17 Taliesin II Circa 15-17 (1914 - S.182). View of Taliesin from the Southeast. The Tower and Hill apartments are on the left, the Private Residence is to the right. The garden can be seen at the base of the hill. Written in the negative, bottom left hand corner "W-25." Hand written on verso: "6 3 25." Also: "Taliesin. 5/22/32 Mag Sect. Taliesin, the magnificent home of Frank Lloyd Wright." Very similar view, but taken from the right, in Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin and Taliesin West, Smith, 1997, p.56. According to the Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries, this was photographed by Henry-Russell Hitchcock. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0128.54.0218 1915 Taliesin II Dining Room, 1915. Taken at the same time as a photograph published in "Architectural Record", October, 1915. This was taken after rebuilding from the fire of August 15, 1914, but before August, in time to go to production for publishing in October, 1915. Photographed by Henry Fuermann and Sons, most likely in July or August, 1915. Dated incorrectly, but courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society. 8 x 10 B&W photograph. For more information see our Wright Study on the Japanese Print Stand. 0128.09.1211 C 1915-17 Taliesin II Sitting Room Circa 15-17 (1914 - S.182). Rare view of the Sitting Room at Taliesin II. When Taliesin I was built, this was the Sitting Room adjacent to two Bedrooms on the South end of the Private Residence. See floor plan Frank Lloyd Wright Select Houses 2, Pfeiffer, 1996, p.28. The doorway on the far left did not exist. The room actually ended on the left side of the fireplace and that wall as well as the wall on the right were exterior walls. "Taliesin 1911-1914," Menocal, 1992, p.129 clearly illustrates the absence of rooms to the South of the fireplace in 1912. Fire struck in 1914 and destroyed the Private Residence. Frank Lloyd Wright rebuilt, Taliesin II, extending the sitting Room toward the South, and adding his Bedroom through the doorway on the left, as well as a second Bedroom for Mrs. Wright. This is a view of the sitting room at Taliesin II. See floor plan in The Life-Work of the American Architect Frank Lloyd Wright, 1925, p.38. Fire struck for a third time in 1925, and Wright rebuilt again, Taliesin III. Over the years, he extended the house behind the fireplace, added the Garden Room. The Sitting Room became the alcove it is today, with passage to the Garden Room on either side of the fireplace. Wright also rebuilt the fireplace. Where it serviced just the Sitting Room, it now services this side as well as the opposite side... 0128.55.0218 1915 Taliesin Hillside Home School II, 1915 (1902 - S.069). View from the Southwest. Ellen (Nell) and Jane Lloyd Jones, Frank Lloyd Wright's aunts, formed the Hillside Home School in 1887. Wright designed Hillside Home School I in 1892 (1897 - S.001). As the school grew, so did the need for more space. Wright designed Hillside Home School II in 1902, which was completed in 1903. The building was constructed of light rose colored sandstone, heavy oak beams and red roof tiles. The gymnasium/theatre was on the left (out of frame), two floors of classrooms and offices in the center, and a three story assembly hall on the right. The windows were diamond patterned leaded glass and visible in this image. Hillside Home School closed in 1915, and the building fell into disrepair. When Wright began the Taliesin Fellowship in 1932, it became part of the Taliesin Fellowship complex. He began restoring and remodeling the building. Courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society. 7 x 5 B&W photograph. (See progression of the Hillside Home School / Taliesin Complex) 0128.18.0215 1915 Taliesin Hillside Home School II, 1915 (1902 - S.069). View from the Southeast. Ellen (Nell) and Jane Lloyd Jones, Frank Lloyd Wright's aunts, formed the Hillside Home School in 1887. Wright designed Hillside Home School I in 1892 (1897 - S.001). As the school grew, so did the need for more space. Wright designed Hillside Home School II in 1902, which was completed in 1903. The building was constructed of light rose colored sandstone, heavy oak beams and red roof tiles. The gymnasium/theatre was on the left (out of frame), two floors of classrooms and offices in the center, and a three story assembly hall on the right. The windows were diamond patterned leaded glass and visible in this image. Hillside Home School closed in 1915, and the building fell into disrepair. When Wright began the Taliesin Fellowship in 1932, it became part of the Taliesin Fellowship complex. He began restoring and remodeling the building. Courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society. 7 x 5 B&W photograph. (See progression of the Hillside Home School / Taliesin Complex) 0128.19.0215 1915 Westcott Motor Sedan circa 1915 (1907 - S.099). When Burton J. Westcott's father passed away in 1907, he inherited the Westcott Carriage Co. located in Richmond, Ohio. He converted the company to the Westcott Motor Car Co. and produced two-seater in 1909. By 1911 they were producing a larger sedan. Sedan facing left, "Grand (B) Stand" can be seen in the background. Hand written on verso: "Natimal (car) Indianapolis 1915 - Ada & Parks driving to New York." Stamped on verso: "261C." Original 3.5 x 2.5 B&W photograph. 0128.49.0317 C 1915 Wright at 48. Circa 1915. Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright facing left, looking down. This was taken about the time Wright began working on the Imperial Hotel. May have been taken about the same time as the 1914 image. Published in "The Metropolitan Museum of Art" Bulletin, Fall 1982, page inside front cover. 8 x 10 B&W Photograph. 0128.17.0115 1916 1916 Henry J. Allen Residence, Wichita, Kansas Ground Plan 1916 (1916 - S.205). Ground and floor plan for the Allen Residence, FLLW #1701.06. The house floor plan is “L” shaped, but when including the tea house and wall on the two opposite sides, the ground plan forms a square. The living room wing is one story, the bedroom wing is two. As you enter the house from the Porte Cochere, the red tiles covering the floor of the porte cochere continue into the entry hall. A fireplace warms the entry hall. Built-in seating and shelves are to the right. Interior brick mortar is gild. Up four stairs to the main level and the red tiles continue in the upper hall. Stairs lead to the second floor. Straight ahead is the dining room and the kitchen beyond. A red tile walkway continues into the living room, extending past the doors leading to the terrace and continuing to the far end of the living room. Red tiles flow outside and cover the terrace surface. Both the dining room and living room have fireplaces. They both have built-in ceiling light fixtures. The dining room light screens are chevron-patterned. The living room’s are geometrtic in style, utilizing squares and rectangles. The second floor included four bedrooms, Mrs. Allen’s sitting room and Mr. Allen’s study. The outdoor garden and pool were designed... Continue... 0136.18.0724 1916 Henry J. Allen Residence, Wichita, Kansas Aerial Perspective 1916 (1916 - S.205). Aerial Perspective of the Allen Residence, FLLW #1701.72. The house floor plan is “L” shaped, but when including the tea house and wall on the two opposite sides, the ground plan forms a square. The living room wing is one story, the bedroom wing is two. The entrance hall, and a portion of the living room are tiled. The living room opens to a terrace, pool and walled garden. The living room tile continues out to the terrace. Text lower right: “Perspective of Dwelling For Gov. Henry J. Allen At Wichita, Kansas. F. L. Wright Architect, Taliesin.” Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library. 10.5 x 6 B&W photograph. 0136.19.0724 1916 Henry J. Allen Residence, Wichita, Kansas Entry Hallway 1916 (1916 - S.205). Entry Hallway for the Allen Residence, FLLW #1701.55. As you enter the house from the Porte Cochere, the red tiles covering the floor of the porte cochere continue into the entry hall. A fireplace warms the entry hall. Built-in seating and shelves are to the right. Interior brick mortar is gild. Up four stairs to the main level and the red tiles continue in the upper hall. Stairs lead to the second floor. Straight ahead is the dining room and the kitchen beyond. A red tile walkway continues into the living room, extending past the doors leading to the terrace and continuing to the far end of the living room. Red tiles flow outside and cover the terrace surface. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library. 10.5 x 6.5 B&W photograph. 0136.20.0724 1916 Hotel Geneva Circa 1916 (1911 - S.171). Not Dated. View of the entrance to the Hotel Geneva. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1911. Drive is gravel. Landscaping is flourishing. "Hotel Geneva" lettered across the front of the Lobby above the windows. Globes have been added to the pedestals on either side of the stairs leading to the lobby. Original 3.25 x 2.25 B&W photograph. 0136.14.0721 1916 Midway Gardens, Chicago, Illinois, 1916 (1913 - S.180). View of the Midway Gardens, now called the “Edelweiss Gardens” from the Northeast. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1913. On June 27th, 1914, the Midway Gardens officially opened with the National Symphony Orchestra. It had two excellent years as an entertainment center providing exceptional dining, orchestra music, opera, exotic dancers and in 1915, Anna Pavlova, the famous Russian Dancer. Although success at first, Midway Gardens struggled financially. After only two years, on May 31, 1916, Midway Gardens was sold to the Edelweiss Brewery, turned into a beer garden and renamed "Edelweiss Gardens." Ownership continued to change hands and on August 31, 1921 the property was sold to owners of the E. C. Dietrich Midway Automobile Tire and Supply Company and became the "Midway Dancing Gardens". The building was demolished in October of 1929.        Spheres have been added to the tops of the towers. A large “Edelweiss Gardens” sign with lights has been added above the Belvedere (the large two story portion of the building to the right of center in the photograph). There is a second sign above the entrance, just tpo the right of the corder, that appears to read “Edelweiss Gardens... Continue... 0136.22.0924 (1-2) 1916 Robie House Entrance Hall, Lower Level (1906 - S.127) 1916. Looking Southeast. A Wright designed entry table is on the left, a high back chair is on the right. Laid across the Wright designed entry table is a runner designed by Wright with the pattern from the leaded glass windows. A Winged Victory Statue, a Wright favorite, sits atop the runner. The leaded glass doors in the center lead to the Playroom. The stairs lead up to the main level. The Oak straight back chair seat and back is upholstered with leather. The back legs have square feet and caps. The carpets were also designed by Wright. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. Wright Chairs. 0132.16.1015 1916 Robie House, Wilbers seated in Living Room (1906 - S.127) 1916. Seated on the left, Mrs. Isadora Wilber and Jeannette, seated on the right, Mr. Marshall D. Wilber. Stamped on Verso: Feb 1963, Field Enterprises, Inc. Hand written: "Frank Lloyd Wright. Mr. & Mrs. Marshall D. Wilber and daughter Jeannette (age 10). The second (third) owners of Robie House. Photo taken 1916." Robie sold the house in December 1911 to David Lee Taylor. Taylor died in October, 1912 and his wide sold the Robie House to Marshall Dodge Wilber in November 1912. "...the Wilbers loved the place and preserved everything as it was originally built. Commenting on the occasion when he accompanied the older Wright to dinner, he continued: "The old brown-stained furniture and woodwork was cleaned and polished. The soft autumn shade on the sand-finished wall panels had been maintained. The special light fixtures and leaded glass windows were clear and bright.. After we left, Dad said to me: 'You see John, that's an example of a house that has character, it grows more valuable as it grows older."' John Lloyd Wright, biography page 148. Wilber sold the house to the Chicago Theological Seminary on June 9, 1926. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House", Hoffmann 1984, page 65. 7.25 x 5.75 Print, High res image. From the archives of the Chicago Daily News. 0132.08.0410 1916 Robie House, Wilbers seated in Living Room (1906 - S.127) 1916. Stamped on Verso: Feb 1963, Field Enterprises, inc. Hand written: "Frank Lloyd Wright. Mr. & Mrs. Marshall D. Wilber and daughter Jeannette, age 10. 2nd (3rd) owners of Robie House - 1916." Robie sold the house in December 1911 to David Lee Taylor. Taylor died in October, 1912 and his wide sold the Robie House to Marshall Dodge Wilber in November 1912. "...the Wilbers loved the place and preserved everything as it was originally built. Commenting on the occasion when he accompanied the older Wright to dinner, he continued: "The old brown-stained furniture and woodwork was cleaned and polished. The soft autumn shade on the sand-finished wall panels had been maintained. The special light fixtures and leaded glass windows were clear and bright.. After we left, Dad said to me: 'You see John, that's an example of a house that has character, it grows more valuable as it grows older."' John Lloyd Wright, biography page 148. Wilber sold the house to the Chicago Theological Seminary on June 9, 1926. Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Daily News. Original 10 x 8 silver gelatin photograph. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House", Hoffmann 1984, page 71. 0132.05.0310 1916 Robie House, Mrs. Wilber poses in the Living Room (1906 - S.127) 1916. Hand written on verso: "Mrs. Marshall D. Wilber, wife of second (third) owner of Robie House, shown in house in 1916." Stamped on verso: "Sun Times, Jan 5 1963". Clipping on verso: "In 1916, the wife of the second owner of Robie House, Mrs. Marshall D. Wilber, posed in the home's living room." 5.75 x 7.25 Print, High res image. From the archives of the Chicago Sun Times. 0132.09.0410 1916 Robie House.  View from the Dining Room and South Aisle, toward the Living Room, 1916. Original Dining Room Table. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House", Hoffmann 1984, page 74, "The Robie House of Frank Lloyd Wright", Connors 1984, page 31. Photographed by Clarence Fuermann. 1) Photograph printed circa mid 1960s on Agfa paper.  Verso: "The Office of Public Relations, The University of Chicago". Original silver gelatin photograph. 10 x 8.  2) Original silver gelatin photograph. 10 x 8. Acquired from Kelmscott Gallery. Two copies. 0132.04.0707 0132.13.0612 1916 Robie House, Dining Room (1906 - S.127) 1916. Stamped on Verso: Feb 1963, Field Enterprises, Inc. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House", Hoffmann 1984, page 71, "The Robie House of Frank Lloyd Wright", Connors 1984, page 33. Original 10 x 8 silver gelatin photograph. Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Daily News. 0132.06.0310 1916 Robie House Dining Room (1906 - S.127). View of the Dining Room looking Southeast, 1916. Built-in cabinetry on the left, dining table and chairs on the right. The Kitchen is through the doorway on the left. The dining alcove can be seen in the background. This photograph was taken at the same time as S#132.06. Stamped on verso: "Feb 4, 1963". Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House", Hoffmann 1984, page 77. Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Tribune. Original B&W 10 x 8 silver gelatin photograph. 0132.12.1211 1916 Robie House, Jeannette Wilber standing in Hall (1906 - S.127) 1916. Stamped on Verso: Feb 1963, Field Enterprises, Inc. Hand written: "Frank Lloyd Wright Robie House. Mrs. Jeannette Wilber Scofield shown in Robie House, 5757 S. Woodlawn, at age of 10, as Jeannette Wilber, photo made in 1916." Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House", Hoffmann 1984, page 62. 7.25 x 5.75 Print, High Res image. From the archives of the Chicago Daily News. 0132.07.0410 1916 Robie House, Hallway, main level (1906 S.127) 1916. Looking west, built-ins are to the left and right. The Living Room is in the background through the opening. The Guest Room is on the right. Three side chairs are visible in this photograph as well as others dated 1910 and 1916. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. Wright Chairs. 0132.18.1013 1916 Robie House, Jeannette in Rumpus Room (1906 - S.127) 1916. Caption on Verso: "Early-Day Rumpus Room. Among dozens of innovations introduced by Frank Lloyd Wright is his Robie House, which he completed in Chicago in 1909 was this ground level family room, forerunner of today's rumpus room. Playing with doll house (left) is Jeanette Wilber, whose family was third to occupy dwelling. Now Mrs. Jeanette Wilber Scofield, of Riverdale, California., she remembers it as a 'beautiful house.' Associated Press Photo, 2/6/63." Stamped on verso: "Feb 8 - 1963". Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House", Hoffmann 1984, page 56. Original 9 x 7 Print. Acquired from the archives of the Associated Press. 0132.10.0511 1916 Robie House, Jeannette Wilber in Bedroom (1906 - S.127) 1916. Jeanette Wilber's family was the third to occupy the Robie House. Stamped on verso: "Feb 4 1963". Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House", Hoffmann 1984, page 87. Acquired from the archived of the Chicago Tribune. Original 10 x 8 B&W Print. 0132.11.0811 1916 Robie House Guest Bedroom (1906 - S.127) 1916. The Guest Bedroom is on the main level, north side of the home. The image is looking West, the Living Room windows can be seen through the windows on the left. A Wright designed slant back chair can be seen is on the left, a matching slant back rocker is in the center. Two pieces of the Wright designed bedroom furniture are visible, the bed, bottom left, and the dresser on the right. The detail of the dresser and bed frame match the details of the chair in the 1910 and 1916 entryway photographs. The Side Chair in the foreground on the right has been identified as a Wright design by the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust. Donald Hoffman also identifies it as a Wright design on page 81 "Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House", and is visible on page 65, top (1910) which was also published in "Frank Lloyd Wright Ausgefuhrte Bauten" 1911, and page 63 (1916). The small table in the background on the left is not a Wright design. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. Original 10 x 7.75 B&W photograph. Wright Chairs. 0132.17.1013 1917 1917 Henry J. Allen drawings for Dining Room Table and chairs 1917 (1916 - S.205). "Furniture Details - Henry J. Allen Residence. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect." Plan for Dining Room Table: 8' 0" x 3' 6". Plan for Chair 18" x 18". Allen was a Governor of Kansas and editor of the Wichita Beacon. Designed in 1916, the Allens moved into the home in 1918 and continued to live in the home until 1947. Frank Lloyd Wright considered the Allen Residence 'among my best,' and is considered the last of the Prairie Houses. Courtesy of the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. 10 x 8 Color photograph. 0138.07.0314 1917 Henry J. Allen drawings for the Dining Room Light Standard 1917 (1916 - S.205). "Henry J. Allen Residence. Frank Lloyd. Dining Room Light Standard " . Allen was a Governor of Kansas and editor of the Wichita Beacon. Designed in 1916, the Allens moved into the home in 1918 and continued to live in the home until 1947. Frank Lloyd Wright considered the Allen Residence 'among my best,' and is considered the last of the Prairie Houses. Courtesy of the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. 6 x 10 Color photograph. 0138.08.0314 1917 Aline Barnsdall Hollyhock House, Los Angeles, Rendering Circa 1917-1919 (1917 - S.208). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. View from the Southwest. Designed in 1917 by Frank Lloyd Wright as an appropriate style for Southern California, Hollyhock House was built in 1920-1921. Hand written lower left: "1705.(16?)." Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright, Hollyhock House and Olive Hill," Smith, 1992, p.43. Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 0138.29.1219 1917 Aline Barnsdall Hollyhock House, Los Angeles, Five Elevations, Circa 1917-1920 (1917 - S.208). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Five elevations. Designed in 1917 by Frank Lloyd Wright as an appropriate style for Southern California, Hollyhock House was built in 1920-1921. Text: "Residence A. Barnsdall, Hollywood, Cal. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect. Elevations." Hand written lower left: "1705.04." Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright, Hollyhock House and Olive Hill," Smith, 1992, p.85. Also "Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1914-1923," Pfeiffer, 1990, p.144. Also "Wright 1917-1942," Pfeiffer, 2010, p.48. Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 0138.30.1219 0138.31.1219 1917 Aline Barnsdall Hollyhock House, Los Angeles, Living Room Fireplace Relief, Circa 1917-1920 (1917 - S.208). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Fireplace elevation. Designed in 1917 by Frank Lloyd Wright as an appropriate style for Southern California, Hollyhock House was built in 1920-1921. The Fireplace is the focal point of the Living Room. "The bas-relief at the fireplace is composed in blocks of art-stone and ranks among the few and great mural abstractions that Wright deigned. Strictly geometric, monochromatic and austere in pattern, it is at the same time rich in references..." Frank Lloyd Wright's Hollyhock House, Hoffmann, p.61. Hand written lower left: "1705.27." Published in "Wright 1917-1942," Pfeiffer, 2010, p.57. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0138.32.1219 1917 Sherman Booth Residence Scheme II, Glencoe, Illinois, 1917 (1915 - S.187). Ad with exterior view of the Sherman Booth Residence from October 1917 issue of Western Architect. View from the Southeast. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1915. An ad for E-Cod Fabric, a plastering base. Includes a photograph of the Sherman Booth Residence approximately one year past completion. Note: Triangle in drive is as original plans. Garage on far left was built as per plans. Garage has been demolished. Tall vertical roof ventilator, designed and most likely built for the stable, is visible above the wing to the right of the garage. It still exists today. Flagstaff top center on roof above stairwell is in place and appears to have a flag attached.        Caption: “Residence for Sherman Booth, Glencoe, Illinois. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect. Exterior Plastered on E-Cod Fabric. Courtesy of Western Architect. 10 x 6.5 B&W photograph. 0138.42.0524 1917 Imperial Hotel Model (1915 - S.194) Circa 1917. Model of the proposed Imperial Hotel by designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Text of face: "Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect. Model of the proposed Imperial Hotel." Wright was commissioned and began designs in 1915. Construction began in 1917 and on July 4, 1922 the first section of Wright's Imperial Hotel opened. In August 1923 the hotel was complete. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. 7 x 5 Color Photograph. See additional model by Frank Lloyd Wright. 0138.13.0117 1917 Soldier's Field, Illustrated by Charles L. Morgan, 1919. Aerial view of Soldier's Field looking North, including the Field Museum. Lake Michigan is to the right. Charles L. Morgan (1890-1947) had a reputation as an excellent artist as well as being an architect. Frank Lloyd Wright was working on the National Life Insurance Company project in 1924-1925. Wright sought Morgan's help in preparing a series of perspective drawings for the project. Signed lower left: "Chas Morgan. Del." Text bottom left: Holabird & Roche - Architects." Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. 10 x 5.5 Color photograph. 0138.24.0319 Circa 1917 Peter C. Stohr Arcade Building, Chicago circa 1917 (1909 - S.162). Designed in 1909, it was demolished in 1922, just 13 years after it was built. Viewed from the Northeast. A form of the light fixture Wright designed, or what is left of it, is visible above the Southeast corner on the roof of the first level. Large windows at the top of the first floor allow light into the interior and swing open at the bottom allowing air to naturally cool the building. The second floor window design consisting of large arched curves which were unique only in this Wright building. Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society. 10 x 7 B&W photograph. For more information on the Stohr Arcade see our right study. 0138.09.0115 Circa 1917 Peter C. Stohr Arcade Building, Chicago circa 1917 (1909 - S.162). Designed in 1909, it was demolished in 1922, just 13 years after it was built. Viewed from the Northeast. On the far left, the Southeast corner of the street level, the mitered glass corner is visible. The second is in the center, just to the right of the gentleman window shopping. This may be the first example of Wright's use of mitered corners. A form of the light fixture Wright designed is visible above the Southeast corner on the roof of the first level. The large sets of vertical windows on the right cover two floors. The large vertical plate glass windows are nearly twelve feet high. Courtesy of the Krambles-Peterson Archives. 10 x 7 B&W photograph. For more information on the Stohr Arcade see our right study. 0138.10.0115 Circa 1917 Taliesin II, Dining Room, circa 1917-19. This photograph was first published in "The Nature of Materials: 1887 - 1941, The Buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright" Hitchcock, 1942, plate 177. Hitchcock mistakenly dates this photograph at 1911 (pg xvi). One of the many items in the photograph is an Imperial Hotel Coffee Service. Very similar to a photograph published in "Architectural Record", October 1915, page 395, which was the very first published interior of Taliesin II. Also published in "Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1907-1913 Volume 3" ill 275 and dated 1911. Photographed by Henry Fuermann. 10 x 8 B&W Photograph. For further information see our Wright study on: Imperial Hotel Monogram, Japanese Print Stand. 0138.04.1209 Circa 1917 Taliesin II, Living Room, circa 1917-19. Taken around the same time as a photograph of the Dining Room published in "Architectural Record", October 1915, page 395, which was the very first published interior of Taliesin II. Also published in "Wright Studies, Taliesin 1911-1914", Menocal, 1992, page 111, and dated circa 1915. Possibly photographed by Henry Fuermann. 10 x 7.25 B&W Photograph. Courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society. For more information see our Wright Study on the Japanese Print Stand. 0138.05.1211 Circa 1917 Taliesin II, Loggia, Circa 1917-19 (1914 - S.182). View of the Loggia. Seating appears to be built-in. A Chinese screen is affix to the wall. Small prairie styled table is to the left and right of the seating. A Chinese carpet is on the floor, Japanese textile and Chinese bust are on the table. The statue on the right is still at Taliesin today, in the Living Room. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1914-23 (4)" Pfeiffer, 1990, p.8; Select Houses 2, Pfeiffer, 1996, p.43; and Taliesin and Taliesin West, Smith, 1997, p.59. Hand written on verso: "Logia (sic) at Taliesin. 5/22/32 Mag Sect. Interior view of a corner of Taliesin. Frank Lloyd Wright - Home of." Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. (S#138.20) 0138.20.0218 1918 1918 Henry J. Allen Residence, Wichita, Kansas, Perspective Circa 1918 (1916 - S.205). View of the Allen Residence from the Northeast, shortly after completion, but prior to landscaping. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1916. The house floor plan is “L” shaped, but when including the tea house and wall on the two opposite sides, the ground plan forms a square. The bedroom wing on the left is two story, the living room wing on the right is one. The entrance hall, and a portion of the living room are tiled. The living room opens to a terrace, pool and walled garden. The living room tile continues out to the terrace. The tea house can be seen in the background on the right. Courtesy of The Allen House Foundation. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. 0139.22.0724 1918 Aline Barnsdall Theater, Los Angeles, Elevation 1918 Project (1918 - FLLW #2005). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Elevation for the Aline Barnsdall Theater. Aline Barnsdall had an early interest in the theater, and moved to Chicago in 1914, formed the Players Production Company, performing in one of the Theaters in the Fine Arts Building, Chicago Frank Lloyd Wright, Hollyhock House and Olive Hill, Smith, 1992, p.15.) This began her connection with Frank Lloyd Wright. Although Barnsdall did not have a specific site, she hire Wright to design a theater. Text hand written bottom left: "... For Model. (Revision ?) of 1918.." Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 0139.13.1219 1918 Aline Barnsdall Theater, Los Angeles, 1918 Project (1918 - FLLW #2005). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Longitudinal Section for the Aline Barnsdall Theater. Aline Barnsdall had an early interest in the theater, and moved to Chicago in 1914, formed the Players Production Company, performing in one of the Theaters in the Fine Arts Building, Chicago Frank Lloyd Wright, Hollyhock House and Olive Hill, Smith, 1992, p.15.) This began her connection with Frank Lloyd Wright. Although Barnsdall did not have a specific site, she hire Wright to design a theater. Text hand written bottom left: "2005.34" Published in Frank Lloyd Wright, Hollyhock House and Olive Hill, Smith, 1992, p.31. Also published in Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1914-1923, Pfeiffer, 1990, p.170. Also published in Wright, 1917-1942, Pfeiffer, 2010, p.43. Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. 0139.14.1219 1918 1) Aline Barnsdall Theater II, Los Angeles, California, Model 1918 (1918 - FLLW #2005). Set of 2 - 35mm slides. Model of the Aline Barnsdall Theater II. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1918. Frank Lloyd Wright Project #2005. Aline Barnsdall had an early interest in the theater, and moved to Chicago in 1914, formed the Players Production Company, performing in one of the Theaters in the Fine Arts Building, Chicago Frank Lloyd Wright, Hollyhock House and Olive Hill, Smith, 1992, p.15.) This began her connection with Frank Lloyd Wright. Although Barnsdall did not have a specific site, she hire Wright to design a theater. Published in Wendingen VII No. 9, 1926, p.160. Text on sleeve: "Wright, F. L. Barnsdall Theater II. 3-1. Barnsdall Theater II. Model. 1918. Wright, Frank Lloyd. U of Virginia FAIC." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. See other Wright Models. 0139.16.0720 1918 2) Aline Barnsdall Theater II, Los Angeles, California, Model 1918 (1918 - FLLW #2005). Set of 2 - 35mm slides. Model of the Aline Barnsdall Theater II. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1918. Frank Lloyd Wright Project #2005. Aline Barnsdall had an early interest in the theater, and moved to Chicago in 1914, formed the Players Production Company, performing in one of the Theaters in the Fine Arts Building, Chicago Frank Lloyd Wright, Hollyhock House and Olive Hill, Smith, 1992, p.15.) This began her connection with Frank Lloyd Wright. Although Barnsdall did not have a specific site, she hire Wright to design a theater. Text on sleeve: "Wright, F. L. Barnsdall Theater II. 3-2. Barnsdall Theater II. Model, view of interior space. 1918. Wright, Frank Lloyd. U of Virginia FAIC." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. See other Wright Models. 0139.17.0720 1918 Edmund D. Brigham Residence, Glencoe, Illinois, Portrait of Edmund D. Brigham, 1918 (1908 - S.184). Edmund Brigham was a prominent executive of the Chicago & North Western Railway. In 1907, Frank Lloyd Wright proposed a concrete house in the April issue of The Ladies Home Journal in his article "A Fireproof House for $5,000." Wright designed the Edmund Brigham house in 1908, revised the stables on May 11, 1908. Construction began later that year. Notice and portrait published in Railway Review: "Edmund D. Brigham has been appointed manager of iron ore, coal and grain traffic for the United States Railroad Administration, with office at Duluth, Minn. He will, in addition, have charge of general transportation matters throughout the Lake Superior district, and supervision over Duluth and Superior terminals. Mr. Brigham has just completed a service of 45 years with the Chicago & North Western Ry., having held every position in the freight traffic department up to assist ant freight traffic manager, and from which he now retires to devote his entire time to this important work for the railroad administration." August 3, 1918, p.192. Edmund D. Brigham past away on March 5, 1921, Services were held in Glencoe. 3.5 x 5 B&W copy photograph. 0139.12.1119 1918 Midway Gardens Winter Garden Fountain, Chicago, Illinois, Circa 1918 (1913 - S.180). Study photograph of a circa 1918 Edelweiss Gardens (Midway Garden) postcard. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1913, the sculptures were executed by Alfonso Iannelli. Midway Gardens was built in 1914 and demolished in 1929. Two fountains were located in the Winter Garden, one at either end of the promenade. As you enter Midway Gardens through the Belvedere, stairs lead down to the Promenade. This fountain was located in the center of the stairs. The promenade lead to the Winter Garden Restaurant. In 1953, Iannelli wrote an essay for his unpublished book. "My last problems were two fountains at the entry of the dining room which was worked out by John (Lloyd Wright) and me on the Cube theme "children sprites playing over and around the Cube" a playful garland of planes winding over and around, protruding and receding into the mass. Mr. Wright made some suggestions as it was being carried out." Alfanso Iannelli, Jameson, 2013, p.80-81. This is one of only two photographs of the fountain that has survived. In 1939, ten years after its destruction, Edgar Tafel, one of Frank Lloyd Wright's apprentices, was supervising the construction of the... Continue... 0139.18.0122 A&B 1918 "Independence Day Dance. The Midway Garden.  Music By Kelton's Music Makers. Wed., July 3"  In July of 1916 the name was changed to "Edelweiss Gardens" but in this poster it is still called "Midway Garden".  It was referred to by "Midway Garden" (singular).  2.75 x 4.5. 0139.03.0407 1919 1919 Sherman Booth Residence Scheme II, Glencoe, Illinois, 1919 (1915 - S.187). View of the Sherman Booth Residence from the Southeast. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1915. Triangle in drive is as original plans. Garage on far left was built as per plans. Garage has been demolished. Tall vertical roof ventilator, designed and most likely built for the stable, is visible above the wing to the right of the garage. It still exists today. Flagstaff top center on roof above stairwell is in place. Photographed by Mr. Graham Summer 1919. 10 x 7 B&W photograph. 0141.15.0524 1919 Wright at 52. Portrait of Wright facing slightly to the left. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1914-1923 Volume 4", Pfeiffer, Futagawa, 1990, page 2. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. 8 x 10 Print, High res digital image. 0141.02.0709     BACK TO TOP     1920-1929

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