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	Ward W. Willits House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Highland Park, Illinois
Architect	Frank Lloyd Wright
Architectural style	Prairie school
NRHP reference No.	80001380
Added to NRHP	November 24, 1980

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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)

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-The '''Ward W. Willits House''' is a building designed by 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.
+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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