Prairie Sites
In Illinois:
 

Arenzville
Aurora
Barrington_Hills

Batavia

Belvidere
Berwyn
Bloomington
Blue Island
Brookfield

Calumet City
Camp Point 
Canton
Champaign
Chicago
Danville
Decatur
Dekalb
Delevan
Dixon
Downers_Grove
Dwight
Edwardsville
Elgin
Elmhurst
Evanston
Flossmore 
Galva
Geneva
Glencoe

Glen Ellyn
Highand Park
Harvey
Hinsdale
Jacksonville
Joliet
Kankakee
 Kenilworth
 LaGrange
Lincoln
Lisle
Lombard

Maywood
Morris
 Naperville

Normal
Oak Park

0ttawa
Palos Park

Peoria
Plainfield
Pontiac
Quincy
River Forest Riverside

Rochelle
Rockford
Rock Island
St. Charles Springfield Villa_Park 
Watseka

Western Springs

Wheaton
Wilmette
Winnetka

Winfield
 

Rick's WrightSite (TM) 90 12/08/2013
Prairie Style Architecture by Frank Lloyd Wright
(and contemporaries) in Illinois, and beyond...

Prairie Sites
Beyond Illinois:


Alexandria
Bloomington
Buffalo
Canton, OH
Dallas
Dayton
Deal, NJ
Denver
Derby, NY
Dunbar, PA
Elkhart
Elkins Park, PA
Ft. Myers
Ft Wayne
Gary
Grand Beach
Grand Rapids
Hammond
Holland
Indiana
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Logansport
Kalamazoo
Kansas City
Kenosha
Kirkwood
Lake_Geneva
Lakeland

Los Angeles
Madison, WI
Madison, OH
Marion

Memphis
Milwaukee
Mill Run, PA
Montclair, NJ
 
New York 
Oberlin,Ohio
Ogden Dunes 
Pasadena
Phoenix
Plainfield
Racine
Rochester
San Diego
San Jose
South Bend
Taliesin
Spring Green
 Springfield, Ohio

 
San Rafael
Santa Cruz
St Joseph
St Petersburg
 Scottsdale-Taliesin West

Shorewood
Tampa

Tucson
Waikapu, Maui
Wauwatosa
West Lafayette
Whiting
Williams Bay
 

My work as a volunteer certified docent/interpreter and research captain for the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust is enriched by my knowledge of work by Wright and his contemporaries. Here is my photo gallery of prairie style architecture and FLW sites that I have visited as part of my travels and studies. Many thanks to John Panning and his Prairie School Traveler site for making many of these discoveries possible, and the docent interpreters at sites I have visited. I look forward to seeing you at the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio in Oak Park, Illinois.

Rick's Wright-Site Home Index of IL Prairie Sites Prairie Sites Beyond Illinois FLW sites Other Prairie Sites FLW Artglass

Frank Lloyd Wright Artglass      
 
Frank Lloyd Wright created light screens - windows with ornamentation for the diffusion of walls - to let the outside in and the inside out.  Mixing form with function, they provided beauty as artwork as well as privacy while letting in soft natural diffused light. Frank Lloyd Wright designed ornate panels of glass for skylights and windows.
Wright designed over 4,000 leaded glass windows and doors for over 150 of his buildings. While most know them as "leaded glass" and they were often referred to as "art glass windows",  Wright often referred to them as "light screens".  This term has its roots in Japanese shoji screens, which were arranged in bands like his windows. Wright created leaded glass designs for doors, skylights, back-lit ceiling panels, table lamps, and wall sconces as well as for windows.
Renowned Saguaro artglass panel by Frank Lloyd Wright at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel, Phoenix, AZ also designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. There is also an exhibit of Frank Lloyd Wright art glass at the The Art Institute of Chicago.
 
    The image featured on our WrightSite home page and shown to the left is used with permission from Robert Cooper. Here is the background on this panel according to Robert.
   
"The small tree of life panel on your site was inspired by the abstract design of a magnolia in blossom, a motif used in the W. A. Glasner house in Glencoe, Illinois (Frank Lloyd Wright - 1905).  We began selling it at the Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio in Oak Park, Illinois well over 25 years ago. It's been sold at over 20 major museum stores nationally. It's been available in several colors and sizes up to 12"X42", which was close to an exact copy."

  Born and raised in Chicago, Bob lived in Palos Heights, IL for 17 years while raising a family, restoring the Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio, and doing the restoration of the Ryerson Architectural Library ceiling in the The Art Institute of Chicago® and their art glass collection. My selections from this collection can be seen on their website here.
   
  Cooper moved to Florida 16 years ago. He still supplies art glass to every Wright site that has a store and gives tours. He's worked from home full time for over 30 years doing glass work.

More on Robert Cooper and the actual panels which are available can be see on Robert Cooper's ArtGlass Site at http://www.cooperartglass.com/.  
               
  Other Frank Lloyd Wright light screens.
   
  Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio, 951 Chicago Avenue, Oak Park, IL - Frank Lloyd Wright - 1889-1909
 

More Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio

               
    Frank Lloyd Wright Studio Artglass   FLW H&S Office Lightscreen    
               
  FLW Architecture - Home & Studio - Oak Park, IL   Frank Lloyd Wright artglass - Home & Studio Children's Playroom   Frank Lloyd Wright Artglass - Oak Park Home Dining Room    
               
  Robie House, Hyde Park, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL - Robie House page on Rick's Wrightsite
   
     FLW Robie House Chicago - Window   Frank Lloyd Wright Robie House - Living Room - North    
               
  Robie House Living Room windows   FLW Robie House Chicago - Dining Window Exterior East   FLW Robie - Servants Quarters Windows    
               
               
  Darwin Martin House/Complex, Buffalo, New York
  Darwin Martin House, Buffalo, New York, Stable/Carriage House Art-glass Window          
               
  William Martin House, 646 East Avenue, Oak Park, IL - Frank Lloyd Wright - 1903  
               
  William Martin House - Frank Lloyd Wright - Entry Hall - Foyer            
               
  William Martin House - Frank Lloyd Wright - Light_screen_LR   William Martin House - Frank Lloyd Wright - Light_screen_LR exterior   William Martin House - Frank Lloyd Wright - Light_screen_LR exterior rear           
               
  Frank Lloyd Wright Wm Martin House Entry-Foyer Divider Light Screen   FLW Wm Martin House Breakfast Room        
               
  Hollyhoke House. Las Angeles, CA - Hollyhoke House page on Rick's WrightSite
  Hollyhock House Windows on Rick McNees Wright-site on McNees.org    Frank Lloyd Wright windows - Hollyhock House - McNees Wright-site on McNees.org   Frank Lloyd Wright Hollyhock House windows on McNees Wright-site   Frank Lloyd Wright windows - Hollyhock House on McNees Wright-site on McNees.org
  Frank Lloyd Wright windows - Hollyhock House - McNees Wright-Site on McNees.org   Frank Lloyd Wright windows  - Hollyhock House - McNees Wright-Site on McNees.org        
               
  Unity Temple - Oak Park, IL - Unity Temple page on Rick's WrightSite
  Frank Lloyd Wright Unity Temple Sidelights   Frank Lloyd Wright Oak Park Unity Temple Sanctuary Light Screen   Frank Lloyd Wright Unity Temple Doors  
  Frank Lloyd Wright Oak Park Unity Temple Meeting Hall Skylights     Frank Lloyd Wright Unity Temple Sanctuary Ceiling Skylights        
               
  Nathan G. Moore House, 333 Forest Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois  - Frank Lloyd Wright - 1895, 1923
               
           
               
  The Frank Lloyd Wright House in Ebsworth Park -  Feature page on Rick's WrightSite
Russell and Ruth Kraus House,
120 North Ballas Road, Kirkwood, Missouri - Frank Lloyd Wright - 1957    
Kraus House - Kirkwood, MO - http://www.ebsworthpark.org/
               
           
               
  Edward P. and Florence Irving Residence and Garage, 2 Milliken Place, Decatur, Illinois - 1909
Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built by Marion Mahony and Hermann von Holst who worked for Wright.
               
  Florence Irving House 2 Miliken Place Decateur, IL            
               
  J. Kibben Ingalls House, 562 Keystone Avenue River Forest, Illinois  - 1909 - Frank Lloyd Wright
               
  Frank Lloyd Wright J. Kibben Ingalls House in River Forest, IL            
               
 
Ward Winfield Willits House, 1445 Sheridan Road, Highland Park, Illinois, Frank Lloyd Wright, 1903
               
  Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in Highland Park, Illlinois - Willits House on McNees.org/wrightsite            
               
  James Charnley Residence - 1365 North Astor Street, Chicago - Frank Lloyd Wright and Lewis Sullivan - 1892
The house is now called the Charnley–Persky House and is operated as a Museum by The Society of Architectural Historians.
               
  Charnley House - Chicago - Frank Lloyd Wright            
               
  Fine Arts Building - 410 South Michigan Avenue,  Chicago
The Frank Lloyd Wright Windows display is on the second floor in the elevator lobby.
               
             
               
 
Stephen M. B. Hunt House, 345 South Seventh Avenue at Goodman, LaGrange, Illinois - 1907 - Frank Lloyd Wright
               
             
               
  Dr. R. L. Truitt House, 48 East Jefferson Avenue, Naperville, Illinois - 1915 - FLW associate HARRY ROBINSON
               
  Dr. R. L. Truitt House Windows            
               
  Frank Lloyd Wright Artglass Exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago - 
               
  Frank Lloyd Wright Artglass at Art Institute of Chicago - Emil Bach House - Chicago   Frank Lloyd Wright Artglass at The Art Institute of Chicago - Avery Coonley House   Frank Lloyd Wright Artglass - Art Institute of Chicago - Francis Lamb House - Wayzata, MN   Frank Lloyd Wright Artglass - E.F. Tomek House - Riverside, IL
   Emil Bach House - Chicago   Avery Coonley House - Riverside, IL   Francis Lamb House - Wayzata, MN    E.F. Tomek House - Riverside, IL
               
  Balloons, Coonley  Playhouse, Riverside, IL   Robert Evans House - Chicago         
  Frank Lloyd Wright Artglass- Art Institute of Chicago - Coonley Playhouse Balloons   Frank Lloyd Wright Artglass- Art Institute of Chicago - Robert Evans House - Chicago         
   
  Eric & Cathy Allen House - Brendonwood, Indianapolis, IN - 2009
               
  Frank Lloyd Wright Lightscreen Recreation - Allen House   Frank Lloyd Wright Lightscreen Recreation   Frank Lloyd Wright Lightscreen Recreation - Allen House    
               
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