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Frank Lloyd Wright and Prairie School Architecture Tour

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Dana
Photo by FLICKR user juco, Creative Commons
  

Dana Thomas House
LOCATION: 301 E. Lawrence Avenue, Springfield, IL
ARCHITECT: Frank Lloyd Wright
CONSTRUCTED: 1902-1904

LOOK FOR:

  • Deep eaves at roof line provide shade
  • Decorative terra cotta frieze wraps the upper portion of the exterior
  • Structure appears to grow naturally from site, connected to landscape with terraces, connecting garden walls
     
Main
Main (south) façade of the Darwin D. Martin House
Photo by Biff Henrich. Courtesy the Martin House Restoration Corporation.
  

Darwin D. Martin House
LOCATION: 125 Jewett Parkway, Buffalo, NY
ARCHITECT: Frank Lloyd Wright
CONSTRUCTED: 1903-1905

LOOK FOR:

  • Dominant horizontal lines recall horizon line of America’s Prairie lands of the Midwest
  • Horizontal emphasis in masonry, sills, copings, and garden walls
  • Structure and space united through exposed brick construction and glass infill between structural columns
     
The
The Frederick C. Robie House, 1910, Oak Park, IL
Photograph by Tim Long. Collection of the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust.
 

Frederick C. Robie House
LOCATION: 5757 S. Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, IL
ARCHITECT: James Renwick, Jr.
CONSTRUCTED: 1908-1910

LOOK FOR:

  • Long, low layers of red-tiled hipped roofs emphasize the horizontal
  • Bold limestone coping atop brick walls unify building and site
  • Prominent foundations that anchor the house to the site