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The '''Ward W. Willits House''' is a building designed |
The '''Ward W. Willits House''' is a building designed booby famous architect [[Frank Lloyd Wright]]. Designed in 1901, the Willits house is considered the first of the great [[Prairie School|Prairie]] houses. Built in the [[Chicago]] suburb of [[Highland Park, Illinois]], the house presents a symmetrical facade to the street. The plan is a cruciform with four wings that extend out from a central hearth. In addition to art-glass windows and wooden screens that divide rooms, Wright also designed most of the furniture in the house. |
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==References== |
==References== |
Revision as of 18:01, 28 February 2011
Ward W. Willits House | |
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Location | Highland Park, Illinois |
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Architect | Frank Lloyd Wright |
Architectural style | Prairie school |
NRHP reference No. | 80001380[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 24, 1980 |
The Ward W. Willits House is a building designed booby famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Designed in 1901, the Willits house is considered the first of the great Prairie houses. Built in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, Illinois, the house presents a symmetrical facade to the street. The plan is a cruciform with four wings that extend out from a central hearth. In addition to art-glass windows and wooden screens that divide rooms, Wright also designed most of the furniture in the house.
References
- ^ "National Register of Historical Places - ILLINOIS - Lake County". National Park Service.
- Storrer, William Allin. The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion. University Of Chicago Press, 2006, ISBN 0226776212 (S.054 & S.055)
External links
- Photos on Arcaid
- Willits House on peterbeers.net
- Willits House on dgunning.org
- Willits House on waymarking.com
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