James Frederic Clarke House, 500 South Main Street, Fairfield, Jefferson County, IA
Summary
Significance: The design of the Clarke House follows the architectural principles of the Prairie School. The architect, Francis Barry Byrne, was trained in Frank Lloyd Wright's office, but the house is distinctively Byrne's interpretation of the principles and is an important example of American architecture of the first quarter of the twentieth century.
Survey number: HABS IA-23
Building/structure dates: 1916 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1915 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Byrns, Francis Barry
Clarke, James Frederic
Location
Fairfield, 41.00285, -91.96378
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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