American System-Built Home, 2714 West Burnham Street, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

See also HABS WI-372 for additional documentation.

1998 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry

Significance: This structure is a product of Wright's passion to provide housing for which a city dweller could afford. The structure, and others like it, reflect the principles Wright conceived and practiced. Open plan, use of natural materials, human proportions in scale, and construction techniques appropriate to the machines employed became these principles Wright fueled his design, thus giving all an opportunity to experience and cherish.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N501

Survey number: HABS WI-355

south milwaukee wis american system built home american system built home burnham west burnham street milwaukee milwaukee county wisconsin historic american buildings survey mark keane eric melger isaac menyoli school of architecture and urban planning university of wisconsin milwaukee frank lloyd wright photo library of congress

1933 - 1970

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