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Racine,
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All Photos by Rick McNees |
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SC Johnson Headquarters, Racine, Wisconsin - Frank Lloyd Wright - 1939 |
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As part of the Chicago
Architecture Biennial festivities, SC Johnson is offering shuttle
bus tours to Racine, Wisconsin, to explore the SC Johnson corporate
headquarters designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Tours include the
Administration Building (opened in 1939), the Research Tower (opened in
1950), and Wingspread, the iconic, Prairie-style home Wright designed
for H. F. Johnson Jr. in the late 1930s. Visit
http://www.scjohnson.com/wrightnow/ |
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W C (Bill) Connolly at SC Johnson HQ research tower, designed by Frank
Lloyd Wright, in front of display of vintage Life Magazine article
featuring the building. Picture shown is Bill's grandfather, W C
Connolly, advertising executive of SC Johnson, standing in Wright
designed building with Herbert Fiske Johnson, then President of SC
Johnson. |
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Wingspread - SC Johnson Home, Racine, Wisconsin - Frank Lloyd Wright -
1936 |
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This page lasted
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