Orth House
Appearance
Orth House | |
Location | 42 Abbotsford Rd., Winnetka, Illinois |
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Coordinates | 42°5′31″N 87°43′10″W / 42.09194°N 87.71944°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1908 |
Architect | Griffin, Walter Burley |
Architectural style | Prairie School |
NRHP reference No. | 76000708[1] |
Added to NRHP | October 8, 1976 |
The Orth House is a historic house located at 42 Abbotsford Road in Winnetka, Illinois. Walter Burley Griffin designed the Prairie School house, which was built in 1908. Griffin was a former employee of Frank Lloyd Wright, and he designed the Orth House shortly after starting his own studio when FLW had borrowed money from Griffin and did not repay him. The 1+1⁄2-story house's design features a stucco exterior with decorative stained wood, casement windows divided into geometric patterns, and an overall horizontal emphasis, all characteristic features of the Prairie School.[2]
The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 8, 1976.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Graham, James W. (October 7, 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Orth House" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
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Categories:
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Cook County, Illinois
- Prairie School architecture in Illinois
- Houses completed in 1908
- Winnetka, Illinois
- Houses in Cook County, Illinois
- 1908 establishments in Illinois
- Walter Burley Griffin buildings
- Cook County, Illinois Registered Historic Place stubs