Frank Lloyd Wright House Oak Park Il
Frank lloyd wright house oak park ilOak park home studio wright was 22 years old and newly married when he borrowed 5 000 from his employer louis sullivan to build a home for his future family.
Frank lloyd wright house oak park il. You don t need to be an avid fan of frank lloyd wright to enjoy this tour. Select from a variety of tours featuring wright s own home and studio his unity temple and the prairie school historic district. The annual wright plus housewalk offers rare interior tours of private homes in mid late may each year. 1 hour 20 public includes cac admission.
Experience history and enjoy a festive day. Wright built the home in 1889 with a loan he secured through his. Most of the frank lloyd wright homes in the oak park area are privately owned. Experience all that oak park has to offer with the wright around oak park tour.
951 chicago ave oak park il 60302 phone. The annual wright plus housewalk features rare interior tours of private homes and public buildings designed by frank lloyd wright and his contemporaries in oak park and river forest illinois. Click on a building below to view more photos and learn more about its history and location. Oak park is home to the world s largest collection of buildings designed by frank lloyd wright.
Oak park has the highest number of wright designed residences in the world. Buildings are listed in order of year built. 9 am 5 pm daily closed. 10 am 4 pm daily museum shop hours.
His home and studio in oak park give you a look into his family and early career. My knowledge of him was probably rudimentary and weighted heavily toward knowledge of his prairie style architecture. Frank lloyd wright spent the first twenty and most prolific years of his career in oak park where the frank lloyd wright home and studio stands. Learn more this tour is free for trust members.
Frank lloyd wright architecture tours in oak park the easily accessible chicago suburb of oak park is home to more frank lloyd wright buildings than anywhere in the world. Join us on this tour to view the exteriors of a rich selection of wright s structures including prairie style and victorian homes. Thanksgiving christmas eve christmas and new year s day. Parker house fetches 685k the historic property predates wright s prairie school style and features many victorian influences by jay koziarz nov 22.