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Oak Park |
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All Photos by Rick McNees |
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See Frank Lloyd Wright Oak Park
Unity Temple page |
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Frank Lloyd Wright Home and
Studio, 951 Chicago Avenue, Oak Park, IL - Frank Lloyd Wright -
1889-1909 |
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Frank Lloyd Wright designed and built his home and studio in Oak Park in
1889-1909. During those twenty years he and his first wife Katherine
(Kitty Tobin) Wright raised their six children. Wright expanded the home
in 1895 to accommodate his growing family and then added his studio in
1898 to house his growing architectural business. The property was taken
over and renovated by the Frank Lloyd
Wright Preservation Trust who offer public, private and specialty
tours of the building. As a certified docent/interpreter and
researcher for the
Trust, I serve as a volunteer guide for these tours. |
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Arthur B. Heurtley House, 318
Forest Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois - Frank Lloyd Wright - 1902 |
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Nathan G. Moore House, 333 Forest
Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois - Frank Lloyd Wright - 1895, 1923 |
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Edward R. Hills House, 313 Forest Avenue Oak Park, Illinois - Frank
Lloyd Wright - 1906 |
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Peter A. Beachy House, 238
Forest Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois - Frank Lloyd Wright - 1906 |
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Charles
Matthews House, 432 North Kenilworth Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois -
Tallmadge & Watson - 1909
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H.P. Young House, 334 North Kenilworth Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois -
Frank Lloyd Wright - 1895
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Harry C Goodrich House - 534 East
Ave. Oak Park, IL - Frank Lloyd Wright - 1895 |
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Edwin Cheney House, 520
East Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois - Frank Lloyd Wright - 1903 |
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George W. Smith House - 404 So. Home Ave., Oak Park - Frank Lloyd Wright
- 1898 |
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Rollin Furbeck
House, 515 Fair Oaks Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois - Frank Lloyd Wright -
1897 |
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George W. Furbeck House, 233 North Euclid Avenue
Oak Park, Illinois - Frank Lloyd Wright -
1897 |
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William G. Fricke House, 540 N.
Fair Oak Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois - Frank Lloyd Wright - 1902 |
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Mrs. Charles A. Yerkes
House, 450 Iowa Street, Oak Park,IL - John S. Van Bergen
- 1912 |
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J.E. Murray House, 703 North East Avenue, Oak
Park,IL - EE Roberts - 1915 |
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W.A. Normann House
330 North East
Avenue Oak Park, IL -Tallmadge & Watson, c. 1915
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Edwin Cheney House, 520
East Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois - Frank Lloyd Wright - 1903 |
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Edward W. Mc
Cready House, 231 North Euclid Avenue,
Oak Park, Illinois -
Robert Spencer - 1907 |
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Dale Bumstead House,
504 N. East Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois -
Vernon Watson - 1909 |
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Mrs. Flori Blondeel House III - 426
Elmwood Oak Park - John S Van Bergen - 1914 |
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Mrs. Flori Blondeel House II - 432
Elmwood Oak Park - John S Van Bergen - 1914 |
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Mrs. Flori Blondeel House I - 436 Elmwood
Oak Park - John S Van Bergen - 1913 |
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William Martin
House, 636 East Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois - Frank Lloyd Wright - 1903 |
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William
Martin House Info Page |
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Ashley C Smith House
- 630 N Euclid Avenue
Oak
Park, Illinois, - architect Tallmadge & Watson
- 1908 |
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Oscar B. Balch House, 611 N. Kenilworth Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois,
Frank Lloyd Wright - 1911
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Harry S. Adams House, 710
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Augusta Avenue,
Oak Park, IL - Frank Lloyd
Wright - 1913 |
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Col. WC Hunter House 700 Columbian Avenue, Oak
Park, IL - architect -
Charles E White Jr. - 1909 |
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Robert N. Erskine House
714
Columbian Avenue
Oak Park, IL
- John S. Van Bergen,
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William V. Carroll House, 611
Fair Oaks Avenue, Oak
Park, Illinois - architect
Vernon Watson
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Robert P. Parker House, 1019
Chicago Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois, Frank Lloyd Wright - 1892 (Left)
Thomas H. Gale House, 1027 Chicago Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois, Frank
Lloyd Wright - 1892 (right) |
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Dr.
Charles E. Cessna House, 524 North Oak Park Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois,
- architect E.E.
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Linden Apartments & Garage 175-81 Linden/643-45 Ontario
John S. Van Bergen
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JL Simmons House - 325
Linden Avenue
Oak
Park, Illinois, - architect EE Roberts
- 1911 |
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Gustavus Babson House II
- 415 Linden Avenue
Oak
Park, Illinois, - architect Tallmadge & Watson
- 1912 |
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S.S. Vaughn House
- 530 Linden Avenue
Oak
Park, Illinois, - architect EE Roberts
- 1912 |
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Oliver N Caldwell House
- 531 Linden Avenue
Oak
Park, Illinois, - architect George W. Maher
- 1908 |
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Henry Golbeck.House 636 N. Linden Avenue, Oak
Park, IL - architect
Tallmadge & Watson - 1914 |
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James F Skinner House 605 Linden Avenue, Oak
Park, IL - architect -
Charles E White Jr. - 1909 |
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Henry R. Hamilton, Jr. House 714 Linden Avenue, Oak
Park, IL - architect - John
S. Van Bergen - 1914 |
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Ernest P. Ward House 724
Linden Avenue
Oak
Park, Illinois, - architect Tallmadge & Watson
- 1914 |
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Charles Westcott
Apartments & Garage 152 North Scoville Avenue, Oak Park, IL - John
S. Van Bergen -
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Prairie architecture house at 232 N Scoville Ave Oak Park, IL - designer
unknown |
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Joseph S. Guy House
407 North Scoville
Avenue Oak Park, IL Tallmadge & Watson, 1915 |
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Frederick B.
Mathis House
411 North Scoville Avenue
Oak Park, IL - Tallmadge & Watson, 1913 |
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